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Red Nose Day with a difference

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Funds from Comic Relief have gone to support some of the most vulnerable during the Covid-19 pandemic. In a year like no other, what are your school’s plans for Red Nose Day? Laura Wilson offers some flexible resources and suggestions for secondary schools


As we look ahead to this year’s Red Nose Day on Friday, March 19, it is extraordinary to cast our minds back to last March, when Sport Relief culminated in a fantastic night of television and we raised more than £40 million.

I was co-ordinating schools’ fundraising plans and the usual non-uniform days, bake sales and crazy sporting challenges continued as normal.

Just three days later, we were advised to work from home and avoid contact with others and stop non-essential travel. A week on, we entered the first nationwide lockdown. At the time, we never imagined that in 2021 we would still find ourselves in a world of social distancing, masks, remote communication and lockdowns.

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