ParentPay and Comic Relief have joined forces once more, to make donating even easier for this year’s Red Nose Day appeal.
Don’t forget to sign up to fundraise on the Comic Relief website, where you’ll find everything you need to Do Something Funny for Money this Friday 15 March.
The money you raise on Red Nose Day will help to put food on plates and roofs over heads, keep little ones safe and protect families from conflict and climate change.
We’ve made donating and getting involved with Red Nose Day even easier this year. Use the Frequently Asked Questions section below to discover more!
There are multiple ways you can accept donations for Red Nose Day. The easiest is by card through our Donations Page.
You can also create your own payment item in ParentPay in order to collect donations. Please note that this will require you to settle funds with Comic Relief directly, using the information available on their website.
The simplest way to securely accept donations via ParentPay is by using our Donations Page. *Free of charge for all schools raising money for Red Nose Day, this Donations Page is unique to your school and accessible from any device or computer. So, all you need to do is get in touch to tell us you’re raising money for Red Nose Day and leave the rest to us.
Note: Applications for a FREE* Donations Page close 08/03/24 but there are other ways to collect donations if you are a ParentPay customer, please note that this will require you to settle funds with Comic Relief directly, using the information available on the Comic Relief website.
ParentPay do offer an alternative to Donations Pages which our support team can take you through if you contact them, however, our secure and easy-to-use Donations Pages are what we recommend for collecting donations.
Funds raised using the alternative way would be dealt with separately from funds raised via Donation Pages and will require you to settle funds with Comic Relief directly, using the information available on the Comic Relief website.
As your Donations Page is bespoke to your school it typically takes up to 5 working days to set up. We will let you know as soon as it is ready.
Note: Applications for a FREE* Donations Page close 08/03/24.
All Donations Pages for Red Nose Day will cease taking donations 05/04/24.
Any donations made through our Donations Page are settled directly to Red Nose Day. Say goodbye to counting cash and posting cheques!
Please note donations received using a payment item will be settled to your school bank account and you will need to transfer these donations to Comic Relief yourself, using the information available on their website.
Yes, parents can easily add Gift Aid for any Red Nose Day donations made through the ParentPay Donations Page. They simply need to tick the Gift Aid box at check-out.
Our reporting function means you can easily export details on donations, including the total amount from your ParentPay dashboard.
If you are not currently a ParentPay customer, your donation report will be available after your page has been closed down on 05/04/24.
ParentPay never makes a profit on any donations made to any of our charity partners. However, we must charge a very small amount to cover our costs – Comic Relief will receive 99.25% of your donations.
If you have any queries relating to your fundraising activities this Red Nose Day, please contact Comic Relief at fundraising@comicrelief.com.
If you are an existing ParentPay customer, you will have access to additional functionalities on your Donations Page.
| Features | ParentPay Customer* | Free Donations Page |
|---|---|---|
| Accept donations for ParentPay partner charity | ✓ | ✓ |
| Receive Gift Aid on donations | ✓ | ✓ |
| Choose which charity will receive donations | ✓ | X |
*Additional features and customisations are only available to ParentPay customers when a donations page is purchased.
Please note: 99.25% of the donations from Donations Pages goes to Comic Relief. ParentPay does not profit from donations made. For all other donation methods, the standard ParentPay Payment Service Fee applies.
Comic Relief is the operating name of Charity Projects, a registered charity in England and Wales (326568) and Scotland (SC039730), which is a company limited by guarantee registered in England and Wales (01806414). Registered address: 1st Floor, 89 Albert Embankment, London, SE1 7TP.
