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Comic Relief teams up with TikTok LIVE in first ever UK charity gifting campaign

Stuart Mitchell

Comic Relief and TikTok have teamed up for Red Nose Day, becoming the first charity to use LIVE gifts created specifically for a charitable cause. TikTok LIVE allows users to send and receive virtual gifts during a LIVE video as a fun way for the community to come together and interact in real-time. Now, for the first time ever, users will be able to send gifts specially created to raise awareness for the charitable cause, the first partnership of it’s kind. There will be three brand new limited edition Red…

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Comic Relief And Award-Winning Filmmaker Harry Hitchens Team Up To Release Male Suicide Awareness Film

Stuart Mitchell

Comic Relief and award-winning filmmaker and writer, Harry Hitchens, have teamed up to create a new short film to raise awareness of men’s mental health and male suicide – the single biggest killer of men under the age of 45 in the UK – which have been exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic, in the UK and across the world. Inspired by Comic Relief’s work to tackle mental health stigma and male suicide, Harry – a Royal Television Society and British Independent Film Award winner – has written and produced a…

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Comic Relief appoints digital expert Samir Patel as new CEO

Stuart Mitchell

Comic Relief has appointed digital expert Samir Patel to be its new CEO Samir has over 20 years of international digital, grassroot campaigns and communications experience and will join the charity from Blue State where he is the Head of Insights and Innovation and part of the senior management team leading Blue State in Europe. He has overseen major brand updates, helped charities innovate in fundraising, and has led digital initiatives to engage and mobilise communities for high profile global NGO’s, charities and commercial organisations including Oxfam, Google, Co-op, Amnesty…

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Comic Relief launches 100% plastic free red noses

Stuart Mitchell

Comic Relief launch their first ever 100% plastic-free, plant-based Red Nose which will launch early next year for Red Nose Day 2021.  The new Red Nose will be made from bagasse, a natural by-product of sugarcane, chosen for its widely celebrated sustainable qualities. The new Nose has taken over 18 months to develop, following extensive research and testing into suitable plastic-free alternative materials. In keeping with the environmentally friendly theme, the Noses will be available in 10 different characters representing the great outdoors for the public to collect, including a…

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Comic Relief delivers £3.4 million fund for BAME-led projects worst hit by Covid-19

Stuart Mitchell

Hundreds of small grass roots charitable projects across the UK are set to benefit from a new £3.4 million fund from Comic Relief, which aims to help vulnerable communities by supporting Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) projects struggling to continue their services because of the pandemic. Recent worrying reports have highlighted the disproportionate health impact of Covid-19 on Black and Asian people across the UK. Many small grassroots projects who work directly with these communities are also facing financial crisis and closure due to the pandemic, according to findings…

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