Update from Comic Relief on online income

Howard Lake | 9 April 2001 | News

Comic Relief says that £375,000 was donated online on Red Nose Day

Comic Relief has announced that it received £375,000 in online donations on Red Nose Day. This is slightly higher than the original figure of £330,000.

Press officer Naomi Proudlove told Professional Fundraising magazine that the online income had already passed the £400,000 mark and donations were still coming in.

Over £13.5 million was raised on the night, an increase on the £11 million raised in 1997. Comic Relief expected the 1999 total to surpass the £27 million raised in 1997.

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Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale. He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.