SW insurer to open the laughter lines for Red Nose Day

South West insurance firm Cornish Mutual has once again been selected to be the region’s call centre for Red Nose Day 2017. On Friday 24th March, Comic Relief will be taking over screens across the nation asking people to ‘make your laugh matter’.

The Cornish Mutual call centre at its Truro headquarters will represent the South West on the big night, providing a focal point for the region’s fundraising efforts as well as handling donation calls from across the country. More than 100 volunteers from the organisation and other local businesses will be manning the phone-lines, and putting the fun into fundraising by hosting a range of activities throughout the evening.

In 2015, the last Red Nose Day, BT handled more than 200,000 calls to the donation line during the live TV show alone, with nearly 150 call centres taking part across the UK.

Alan Goddard, managing director for Cornish Mutual, said: “We are very proud to be the South West call centre for Red Nose Day again after a hugely successful debut in 2015. Last time we raised more than £4,000 just from our own fundraising activities, before and during the evening, which was a great achievement. We are already planning a fun-filled schedule this year to try and beat that figure.

“We welcome other like-minded, local businesses and individuals to join us and help raise as much money as we can for this fantastic cause.”

Video (2:29) – Watch the Cornish Mutual call centre transform for Red Nose Day 2015: https://youtu.be/aIBFOKRlFSU

Red Nose Day comes along every two years and combines two very British things: having a laugh and helping others. Thanks to the generosity of the great British public, Comic Relief has raised over £1 billion which has gone towards changing the lives of people in the UK and across the world’s poorest communities.

For more information visit rednoseday.com