This year’s Red Nose Day on Friday, March 17, gives children a chance to dress up in wacky outfits, put on a plastic nose and have a fun day of fundraising.
Proceeds from sponsored events and bucket collections will help support people who are struggling with the cost of living crisis in England or earthquake victims in Syria and Turkey among others.
Comic Relief’s annual event gets a big push from a telethon on BBC 1. Skits of EastEnders, Waterloo Road and The Apprentice are lined up for Friday’s broadcast. Kylie Minogue has filmed a cameo in a sketch created by the cast of the sitcom Ghosts.
Don’t forget to send us your photos of how you celebrated the big day and any fundraising stunts.
Meanwhile, here’s a few pictures from years gone by of children supporting Red Nose Day.
1. High spirits
Jorge Marsden and Ruby Revell celebrate Red Nose Day with a balloon release at Cheeky Monkeys nursery in Chesterfield in 2011. Photo: Terry Walden
2. Red-letter day
Colour co-ordinated outfits for kids and staff at Sunshine Nursery in Chesterfield in 2016. Photo: Terry Walden
3. Colourful faces
Pupils at Pilsley Primary School on Red Nose Day 2007. Photo: Jason Chadwick
4. Head start
Joseph Edwards, Dennis Lindebaum, Kade Webster, Chelsea McClean, Phillip Judson and Amy Normington, winners of South Darley Primary School's hat competition for Comic Relief in 2009. Photo: Paul Robinson