Comic Relief's Red Nose Day

Since 2005, TK Maxx, Homesense and all our customers have raised over £33.5 million for Comic Relief. Your donations will help to change the lives of children and young people in the UK and around the world.


Shop the Red Nose Day range and help Comic Relief put food on plates, roofs over heads, keep little ones safe and support families affected by conflict and climate change.

Who does the money help?

In the UK and around the world, there are Comic Relief-funded projects helping children and young people. The Rainbow Child and Family Centre works with parents and children in one of the most disadvantaged areas of Northern Ireland, connecting families to community support, enhancing children’s development, and improving parents’ ability to successfully raise their children.

  • "The facilities here are absolutely amazing. The place is run for the kids, it’s just helps them connect with one another, and gets them ready for socialising with other kids, just getting them out and about for some fresh air. It’s amazing.”

    Laura Ansell, mum of two-year-old Layla, who has been supported by the project

  • “We’re working hard to break the cycle of disadvantage by helping parents to be the best parents they can possibly be and give their children the best start in life. We want each child and parent to have positive, happy memories of childhood so they’re more resilient as they grow up and face life’s challenges.”

    Jacki Connolly, Manager at The Rainbow Child and Family Centre

Meet the characters

For almost 50 years, Academy Award®-winning studio Aardman has entertained and charmed the world, creating much-loved characters and bringing unforgettable stories to life.

  • Wallace

  • Gromit

  • Feathers

  • Shaun the Sheep

  • Morph

  • Molly

Curious about the cotton used to make our Red Nose Day range?

All of the cotton in our Red Nose Day T-shirts, sweatshirts, pouches, totes and aprons is Fairtrade-certified, traded, audited and sourced from Fairtrade producers. Visit www.info.fairtrade.net for more info.

The Ugandan cotton is grown using only rain water and is sourced from the Rwenzori Farmers Marketing Co-operative Society.

The co-operative is made up of over 500 farmers in Western Uganda who have been supported by TK Maxx since 2012 to grow top quality cotton, raise their incomes and send their children to school. It was certified to trade as Fairtrade in 2014, and remains the only Fairtrade cotton producer in East Africa. The cotton was first used for the Red Nose Day T-shirts in the 2015 campaign.

We’re delighted to continue to use the cotton for our T-shirts in the 2024 campaign, and what's more, since 2022 the co-operative has been awarded a grant by Comic Relief to support the Rwenzori Sustainable Trade Centre.


Red Nose Day is an initiative of Comic Relief, operating name of Charity Projects, registered charity in England & Wales (326568) and Scotland (SC039730). © Aardman/Wallace & Gromit Ltd/© Netflix