Red Nose Day

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kirsty
I think that we should earn about £3000 and then send it of to children homes and people who are very ill so let's help.

Fox goes comic
The Fox in Tamworth has already raised £220 for Comic Relief by holding two Comic Relief quizzes with prizes having been donated from local companies. A pyjama party will also be held at The Fox all day on Friday 13th March and all team members will be dressed up in their PJ’s to raise even more money for the charity. Lynsey Tulip from The Fox said: “We’re so pleased to have raised £220 already but we’re hoping to raise lots more and asking all our locals and regulars to join us for our pyjama party this Friday 13th March.”This event is part of a wider fund raising campaign as team members from the 184 Ember Inns pubs across the UK have been challenged to raise a laugh by ‘doing something funny for money’ for Comic Relief

Ashbank do red nose
On fri 13th march we will be holding a charity fundraising event for comic relief at the Ashbank pub in werrington, stoke on trent. The events include live band playing 60's to present day covers, sponsored events including sponsored waxing, sponsored egg eat, sponsored silence, sponsored cross dressing!! There will also be a raffle and charity slave auction.The events will start at 8.00pm and admission is free, drinks served til midnight, all we ask is that people bring their wallets and a sense of fun!!More detail can be found by calling the Ashbank on 01782 302378 - cheers Su wright (event organiser)

Red Nose Day Cycle-athon !!!
We are holding a 7 hour non stop exercise bike event, to be held in the Six Arches Restaurant in Trentham Garden Centre on Red nose day 13th March 2009, 10am-5pm.Greens health club have kindly donated the use of one of their bikes for the day and all the staff will be participating in 15 minutes - 1 hour stints to hopefully cycle 150km and sweat off around 3000 calories in the process!We would love to have your involvment if you can spare the time, why not come down for the day and our hospitality will be assured!

Emma Bridgewater Pottery
Emma Bridgewater Pottery is going Red Nose Day crazy. The decorating studio and café, based in Emma Bridgewater’s historic Victorian factory at Lichfield Street, Hanley, is producing special giant red nose sponges –customised to be worn on the nose – for visitors to decorate their own mugs. We'll be donating the entire £2 studio fee and £8 cost of the mug to Comic Relief. The event will be running all day from 9.30 to 5.30 and our own expert decorators will be on hand all day giving demonstrations. Staff will also be paying £1 to come to work dressed in school uniforms (with a £2 forfeit to be paid by those who ‘forget’ the rules). Meanwhile, our management team is throwing protocol out of the window and inviting staff to pelt them with wet sponges for the bargain price of £1 a go. We hope to top the £500 mark so please come along and help us hit the target. For more information call the decorating studio on 01782 269682.

jade robinson
Spray paint your hair and spray paint others red charging a £1

Chrissie Cope at BT Directories
Hello, we are having lots of events going on in our Hanley Office. yesterday we had a 'guess the baby' competiton. today, tommorow & Friday we are running a 'stress relief neck & back massage session' we also have a lady cleaning our jewellery for money. On the big day we are having lots of events going on including raffles, tombola, and many more things. this is JUST in our department!!! there are many more things going on in the building!we are trying to raise as much as we can for Comic Relief...

Jill
Where in longton s-o-t can i buy a red nose

Four days of drumming
Hi! We have a (hopefully) world record breaking drumming marathon. Gary will continue for 86 hours minimum, on stage unit 39, Rumer Hill business estate, Cannock, Staffs, WS11 0ET. Sponsor him - he needs you!!

T-shirts... and Sky Dive!
Red Nose Day is back! Samantha Lewis at TK Maxx in Stoke-On-Trent (Newcastle-Under-Lyme processing centre) will be jumping 13,000 feet out of a plane in a tandem skydive.You can sponsor Samantha by visiting her fundraising page at:www.justgiving.com/then adding on tkmaxx_comic_relief_skydive.
TK Maxx is also selling the official Red Nose Day t-shirts which this year have been designed by Stella McCartney, as well as organising some of their own fundraising activities.

Clare Chick
Stafford College's red nose bellydancers (see photo at the top of this page) will be shimmying their way round the pubs collecting on Red Nose Day night - some of the staff at The Swan pub in the twown are up for some bellydancing, too. I think they are very brave bellydancing through Stafford on a Friday night....I hope they raise lots of money!!!!!

Howie in Hanley
Stoke born Howie is performing some of his songs in Hanley city centre on red nose day, along with his band who will be performing in front of cameras to make this the new movie for his latest single release GOODBYE... We are hoping for a good turn out so we can include the audience in film.hope you can attract a bigger audience for us.. HANLEY CITY CENTRE FRIDAY 13th MARCH - all money raised will go to red nose day.See also www.myspace.com/howieband

YMCA, Hanley
A group of young Y.M.C.A customers are holding a event to fundraise money for Comic Relief on Friday 13th March 2009 11am onwards.We are interested in involving the public in our activities,There will be a small entrance fee which all the procedes will go to charity.Activities will include leg waxing, football matches,hockey matches,hair braiding,tug or war, a special act and dj act and refreshments will be available.
Miss Leanne Lowe and Chris Drysden:

Newcastle College
Staff and students at Newcastle-under-Lyme College are to dress up as their favourite comedy characters to raise money for Comic Relief. On Friday 13 March staff and students will be swapping their everyday college clothes for comedy character style in return for a donation of £1. Between 10am and 12noon, brave members of staff and students will be volunteering for leg waxing and head shaving by hair and beauty students at the College’s Trinity Salon. Meanwhile, throughout the day the Students’ Union team will be organising a variety of fundraising activities in the Social Square. There will also be an amnesty in the college Learning Resources Centre, from Monday 9 to Friday 13 March, during which students can return overdue library books without paying any fines, in return for a donation to Comic Relief!

Sing a little cheese
Mini Babybel wants everyone to do something funny for money this red nose day.So for a chance to win a singing lesson with voice coaches, Carrie and David Grant, visit www.singalittlecheese.co.uk to find out how!In addition, Mini Babybel are giving 1p from every special Red Nose Day pack so look out for Babybel instore and help us raise over £300,000 for Comic Relief

A message from Gok
Three exclusive celebrity ringtones are now available from your local SUBWAY store – and all in aid of Comic Relief. Gok Wan is working to help raise half a million pounds for Comic Relief by launching his hilarious ringtone from Subway! Along with Dr Who’s Tom Baker and DJ Tim Westwood, the TV fashion icon’s exclusive ringtone is available for download now – all you need to do is treat yourself to a Sub at your nearest SUBWAY store. What’s more, a donation is made directly to Comic Relief with every download.

Comic Relief
For the first time since its launch in 1985 Comic Relief has released three different Red Noses - with each of the trio set to rally the nation to Do Something Funny for Money on Friday 13 March. All three available from at Sainsbury's, Oxfam and www.rednoseday.com

Joke for you
An architect, a surgeon and an economist are discussing the Creation. The surgeon says: 'Look, we surgeons are most important. God's a surgeon because the first thing he did was to extract Eve from Adam's rib.' The architect says: 'No, wait a minute, God is an architect. He made the world in seven days out of chaos.' The economist smiles: 'And who made the chaos?'
Please receive in good faith. To take your mind off all the negative media attention that's happening at the moment! Kind Regards, The Recruitment Advantage Limited

Expedition to climb Mount Kilimanjaro
BT is helping to raise funds by supporting Comic Relief’s celebrity expedition to climb Mount Kilimanjaro, known as the BT Red Nose climbClimbers including Gary Barlow, Chris Moyles, Kimberly Walsh, Cheryl Cole, Ronan Keating, Denise Van Outen, Alesha Dix! on, Fearne Cotton and Ben Shephard, will be scaling Africa’s highest mountain and behind the scenes footage of the celebrities will be reported on www.bt.com/comicrelief.

BT contributes
BT will be donating a mountain of money to Comic Relief by donating to anyone signing up to BT Total Broadband and BT Vision; for subscribing to BT Total Broadband, and for opting for BT Vision. BT will contribute for every £50 or more spent on BT products ordered online at the BT Shop*. The fundraising will commence on 3 February and finishes on 31 March 2009.Details on how to purchase BT Total Broadband, BT Vision and from the BT Shop can be found via www.bt.com/comicrelief.

Ankermoor Primary School
Ankermoor are wearing their pyjamas to school to do something funny for Red Nose day. We will be filling a huge red nose with coins to fund raise for the event.

Claire Montford
I am a group of 100+ taking telephone calls at Fedex Newcastle under Lyme

Kim Hooper
The Uttoxeter Leisure Centre staff and users will be completing a sponsored 24 hr treadmill challenge from 8pm on Thursday 12th March to 8pm on 8pm on Friday 13th (RND of course) and the first half hour will be completed by Carl Dickenson - right back for Stoke City For more information on how to donate/sponsor please contact Tom Poole at the centre on 01889 562844.

Mark Dobson
I am writing on behalf of Royal Mail to say that we are delighted that Royal Mail, based on Festival Park Etruria, has been chosen as one of the official call centres for the 5th year running in support of Red Nose Day and on Friday 13th March. Volunteers from the company will be donating their services to help staff the official donation line. The team will be taking calls throughout the live TV extravaganza on BBC One. As well as managing much needed calls on the night, volunteers will be showing their support for Red Nose Day by Wearing Something Funny for Money, as they take part in a number of sponsored events for cash!

Anne Riddle
Fun Singathon hosted by The HPTV (Hartshill, Penkhull & Trent Vale) Community Choir at Hartshill's Holy Trinity Church from 7.00pm on Friday 13th March. Come along and sing all your favourite Songs from the Shows, Music Hall etc Come in Fancy Dress or a red nose or both. Cheerleaders and motivators welcome. Admission for Comic Relief £5 for Singers, £3 for Singers, participants and concessions. Refreshments available. Enquiries to Heather - 01782 410011 or Anne - 01782 623658

Ghost
The Gnosall Haughton and Other Surrounding Traders (GHoST) organisation will donate ten per cent of this year's Official Sponsor's fee to Comic Relief. GHoST are requesting sealed bids for the opportunity by 31st March. Bids should be received by the organisation to their postal address - GHoST, PO Box 3111, Gnosall, Stafford, ST20 0WL. More information is available on their website www.ghost-association.org.uk

Helen Towers, FedEx UK Limited
I am writing on behalf of FedEx UK to say that we are delighted that FedEx UK, based in Newcastle-under-Lyme, has been chosen as one of the official call centres for Red Nose Day and on Friday 13th March volunteers from the company will be donating their services to help staff the official donation line. The 120 strong team will be taking calls throughout the live TV extravaganza on BBC One. As well as managing much needed calls on the night, volunteers will be showing their support for Red Nose Day by Wearing Something Funny for Money, as they are sponsored to wear ridiculous outfits and accessories for cash!

gina mcguire
great in a group at my school are making a red nose day magazine to raise money becdause we are cool to buy this it ios 50p but that will soon add up to hundreds! :)

Britannia
On the evening of 13 March, Britannia Building Society's Leek head office is providing telephone support for Red Nose Day '09 - a team of more than 100 Britannia employees - from across the Britannia Group - have volunteered to give up their Friday night to answer the phones when members of the public call the Red Nose Day telephone number to make a donation. We are excited to be supporting Red Nose Day in this way !!

Howie and the band
Red Nose day... Howie is fund raising for red nose day.. look out for him around staffordshire.. with his guitar.. and all funds raised will go to the red nose day... should be good.contact 01782 279015email enquiries@howiemusic.co.ukif you want him at your show to raise funds.CheersHOWIE