red noses fight poverty
take a minute and ask yourself: what do charity and comedy have in common?
nothing? well, comic relief will certainly disagree with you.
set up by a group of comedians,comic relief is a charity that uses laughter to raise money from the general public and help fight poverty in the uk and africa. lt began with a few live comedy events that were broadcast on bbc 1 on christmas day 1985, in response to the famine in ethiopia. since then, they have managed to raise about 300 million!
comic relief is best known as the organisation behind red nose day,the biggest fundraising event in the uk. on red nose day,held every two years, people throughout britain put on a red plastic nose and do the craziest things they can think of-all to raise money for those in need. eating jelly with chopsticks, cutting the grass with a pair of scissors and eating grapes while wearing boxing gloves are just a few of the things people have done. the event includes moving documentary films and extraordinary comedy by some of the best british comedians, broadcast on national tv.