Comic Relief

Lenten disciplines are prayer, fasting, and almsgiving.

Almsgiving isn't neglected with CAFOD fast day, Archbishops appeal for Zimbabwe, local Christian Aid events, and now today 'Red Nose Day'.

Red Nose Day 2009 is here!

It’s Red Nose Day on Friday 13th March... which means it’s time to Do Something Funny for Money!

What is Comic Relief?

Good question. Here's the short answer:

Our vision is ‘a just world free from poverty’.

Our mission, thanks to our comedy heritage and the fantastic relationship we enjoy with the BBC, is 'positive change through the power of entertainment'.

And our biggest tool, in trying to achieve these two goals, is the ability to inspire people across the whole country especially those who don’t normally do charity - to do charity.

As the world has changed and become more complex over the last two decades, so Comic Relief has had to adapt and change too but the fundamentals remain the same - a just world free from poverty. In trying to achieve that vision we make this promise to the people who make those efforts possible - our supporters:

Painting the town red: above: Salisbury Cathedral spire is turning red each night this week in support of Comic Relief; below: girls from the Cathedral School are ready for Red Nose Day on Friday