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Red Nose Day is back – a chance for schools and colleges to have some fun, raise money and transform the lives of people in desperate need.

Red Nose Day 2013

When is Red Nose Day?

Red Nose Day will take place on Friday 15 March 2013. Twenty-five years on from the first event, this Red Nose Day looks set to be bigger and better than ever before.

Why get involved?

Schools and colleges make a huge contribution to the success of Red Nose Day. As Aleks Leimanis, schools and youth manager at Comic Relief explains, “Last Red Nose Day, students and teachers around the country pulled out the stops to raise an amazing total of £8.8 million. Comic Relief used all of this money to help transform the lives of vulnerable people in Africa and the UK.”

What sort of projects does Comic Relief support?

In the UK, the money you raise could help give shelter to young people living on the streets and help to provide protection to those living with domestic abuse. In Africa, your money could help to save thousands from malaria and provide communities with fresh water and life-saving vaccines. Even relatively small amounts make a huge difference. Just £75 could build a toilet for a family living in a Tanzanian slum and help to stop the spread of life-threatening diseases. Closer to home, £50 could provide a sports session for disabled children and their friends in the UK.

How can schools and colleges get involved?

A good starting point is Comic Relief’s free resource pack for secondary schools. Created by teachers for teachers, this is full of activity ideas, fundraising tips, balloons, stickers and posters. Red Nose Day isn’t just about students paying to gunge the leadership team: It’s also a great opportunity to explore global issues. The pack and website provide a range of curriculum-linked teaching ideas to help ensure that Red Nose Day is a time for both laughing and learning.

Any top fundraising tips?

Sell stuff – cakes, jokes or the good old Comic Relief ‘red noses’ all go down well. Charge people to participate – in a talent show, a dress-up (or down) day or in a quiz. Organise a sponsored something – a skip-a-thon, a dance-a-thon or challenge your students to give up texting for the day! You can find many more ideas in the resource pack or on the Red Nose Day website www.rednoseday.com

How do we access materials?

Visit www.rednoseday.com/ schools to order your free resource pack, buy ‘red noses’ and download a wide range of materials. Let us know your plans! Comic Relief would love to hear your plans for Red Nose Day 2013. Please email us at schools@rednoseday.com

Let us know your plans!

Comic Relief would love to hear your plans for Red Nose Day 2013. Please email us at schools@rednoseday.com


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