Just some of the Red Nose Day events taking place today...
Staff of Nottingham City Council in Loxley House, Station Street, are taking part in an event called Hats for Hilarity. They can wear a silly hat to work and will donate £1 each to Red Nose Day.
Staff at Barker and Stonehouse furniture store, on the Giltbrook Retail Park, are completing an eight-hour in-store "spinathon" on exercise bikes for Red Nose Day, with ten staff hoping to raise £1,000 for the national campaign.
More 200 employees from E.on, at Phoenix Park, will field donation calls during Comic Relief's live BBC broadcast. The volunteers will man 70 phone lines and take part in fundraising activity throughout the evening.
Sainsbury's, at Castle Marina, will host a day of fundraising events, from a customer donut-eating competition to an Elvis impersonator and a cake stall and tombola to help raise money.
Amber Sound radio presenter Steve Curly will be waxed live on air with four male market traders.
Amber Valley Borough Council is offering car boot stalls in the indoor market for £10 today and tomorrow and. All rental income will be donated to Comic Relief.
Eight-year-old Ed Parry has organised a football tournament at the Power League football centre in Thane Road, Lenton, to celebrate Red Nose Day and is well on his way to raising close to £500. Eight football teams will come together tomorrow to battle it out for the honour of the Comic Relief 2013 title. Ed has been raising money for Comic and Sport Relief since he was three and last year undertook a series of sponsored one-mile runs and raised more £250.
Pictures of many of these events will be included in tomorrow's Post.