Comic Relief

This summer, we’re working with Comic Relief to donate over £2.5m to help children and families access nutritious food by providing over 1 million meals during the school holidays. Throughout July, we’re rallying our customers to get involved too. Until 23 July, we will donate 25p to Comic Relief for every purchase of selected fruit and veg, and until 30 July, our supplier Mars Food will donate £100k to Comic Relief from the proceeds of all Dolmio product sales in Sainsbury’s.   We are also funding organisations such as Feeding Britain, The Bread and Butter Thing, and The London Community Foundation, which will provide healthy meals and free enriching activities for children over the summer break. #ComicRelief #donations #sainsburys

We are over the moon to have been shortlisted for three Third Sector Awards this year, alongside some amazing organisations! We've been shortlisted for: • Large Charity of the Year • Breakthrough of the Year • Charity Chief Executive #ThirdSectorAwards 🥳

We are proud and excited to have been shortlisted for three Charity Times Awards this year, alongside an impressive line up of other organisations! We're in the running for: • Charity of the Year • Charity Leader of the Year • Best Social Media Presence #CharityTimesAwards 🎉

We've popped together a handy explainer on what our Across Borders cohort do, and have achieved 👇 #RefugeeWeek

This week we were joined by Dylan Holloway, Michael Gunning and Sarah Baptiste for our Pride Panel at the Comic Relief offices. 🙌 All three panellists shared amazing stories and insight, and opened up the floor to a positive and engaged Q A session. Dylan, also known as Dylan And The Moon is an award-winning singer-songwriter who advocates for the importance of living life authentically. Drawing from his personal experience as a transgender man, Dylan illuminates the profound impact that embracing your true self can have. Michael is an international swimmer who represented Team GB and Team Jamaica - setting national records for both! He was awarded Sportsman of the Year in 2018 for Jamaica, is an inclusivity champion for LGBTQ rights and works to support children in the UK who haven't yet learnt to swim. Sarah has been working with the House of Rainbow since 2020, supporting them to reach a local, national and international community - to help people reconcile their faith and sexuality. Sarah has struggled with her own journey of reconciling her sexuality with her faith, but has found strength through her love of poetry, and her work supporting others with a similar lived experience. Listening and learning from a diverse panel who were able to share perspectives from multiple walks of life is important to Comic Relief - putting intersectionality at the core of this allows us to build a culture of belonging. Comic Relief is proud to continue learning and celebrating Pride, and foster an inclusive workplace for our LGBTQ employees. A huge thank you to our RISE Network for organising this event!

Want to know a little more about our #BuildTheChange partnership with the the LEGO Group? Check this out!

Today is International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia, Biphobia & Intersexphobia. Heard, a brilliant organisation that Comic Relief helps to fund has shared some great examples of authentic representation of LGBTQI folk in film, TV, games and news. More authentic representation improves public attitudes and acceptance. Check it out 👇

This #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek we're joining the campaign to promote Movement for Mental Health. Together with eight Sport for Change organisations, Comic Relief has created the Ahead of the Game UK Toolkit. These resources are designed to support organisations to build more intentional mental health support into their sports programmes. The full Ahead of the Game UK Toolkit and Report will be launched at our event 'Ahead of the Game: Tips and Tools for the Intentional Use of Sport to Aid Positive Mental Health'. Register now to join us on 8th July in Birmingham: https://bit.ly/3UDrrRE

Together with the LEGO Group, we're using the Power of Play To Help Save The Day. We're asking kids to use their imagination to help solve issues facing our planet - think drought, food waste and sustainability. Submit your child's ideas for the chance to win a Build The Change kit and £2,000 for their school to build an eco-friendly initiative. To download our activity sheets, read the full terms and conditions, and get creative, visit: www.comicrelief/LEGO . . . . . . LEGO, the LEGO logo, the Minifigure, and the Brick and Knob configuration are trademarks and copyrights of the LEGO Group. ©2024 The LEGO Group. All rights reserved

The Nosey Awards are our way of saying thank you to the amazing fundraisers that support Red Nose Day! The nominations are in and we can now reveal... 🏆 The winners of The Noseys 2024 are...