# Red Nose Day 2013 total passes £100 million

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2013/09/11/red-nose-day-2013-total-passes-pound100-million/
- Published: 2013-09-11T10:04:17+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Red Nose Day 2013 has now raised £100,331,808. On the night of 15 March, the campaign
raised over £75 million. Since then, the total has risen even more, to cement the
record-breaking income achieved in the campaign’s 25th anniversary year.**

In addition to individuals’ donations, substantial sums raised include:

 * £2 million from proceeds from the official Red Nose Day single by One Direction
   and the band’s fundraising efforts.
 * £11.6 million from Sainsbury’s through the sale of merchandise and staff and 
   customer fundraising activities
 * £3.7 million from TK Maxx through the sale of Stella McCartney designed t-shirts
   and a range of Emma Bridgewater designed homeware, plus staff fundraising
 * £2 million from British Airways raised through on-board collections, staff fundraising
   and breaking a Guinness World Record for the highest concert in the world.
 * Over £2.3 million through BT’s two Red Nose Challenges, The BT Red Nose Challenge:
   Hell and High Water, and The BT Red Nose Challenge: Miranda’s Mad March.

Lenny Henry, Trustee of Comic Relief, said: “It’s undeniable that many people are
facing their own difficulties at the moment, making the generosity of the public
who fundraised and donated to get the total to over £100 million even more breath-
taking. Red Nose Day shows the compassion of the public and their commitment to 
helping poor and vulnerable people both here in the UK and across Africa.”

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> The money raised, in a recession, by the British Public for Red Nose Day 2013 
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>  — emma freud (@emmafreud) [September 10, 2013](https://twitter.com/emmafreud/statuses/377393414670909440)

_Photo: Gus Gregory_

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