Early doors in my time at Comic Relief I made a trip to Uganda to see the work of Action on Disability. The status of disabled people in the country was parlous. Over time the project worked with other disability groups in country and finally succeeded in enshrining the rights...

Sport Relief was set up in 2002 to use the power and passion of sport to do good. It was founded on the premise that sportsmen and women have the power to drive awareness and engagement; and that the convening power of sport itself offered a genuine opportunity to drive...

The idea for Sport Relief took shape 10 years ago. Its older sibling Red Nose Day was turning over nicely, raising millions of pounds every two years to help tackle extreme poverty and social injustice. Comic Relief in the UK was looking around for a second event to fill the...