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Comic Relief 2013: How To Donate

Find out how to sponsor Miranda on her Mad March for Red Nose Day 2013 and donate to this year's appeal

Donate by SMS

锘1. You can donate to Comic Relief by texting the word 鈥HART鈥 to 70005. Your support will result in a 拢5 donation to Comic Relief for each text message that you send. Please note that in addition to the 拢5 donation, you will incur your standard network message charge (based on your service provider rates). Please note that you can only donate from a UK mobile and cannot use this service from a Channel Islands or Isle of Man mobile. If you donate using this service from a UK mobile abroad you may incur additional network charges.

2. The mobile network operators below have waived their charges in order to allow the full 拢5 cost of the reply message (described below) to go entirely to support Comic Relief.

  • 3
  • O2
  • Everything Everywhere
  • Orange
  • T-Mobile
  • Virgin
  • Vodafone

In addition, HMRC has confirmed that no VAT will be charged on these donations.

3. You can send a text message between 00:01 on 11th March 2013 and 23:59 on 31st March 2013.

4. Please ensure you spell the keyword 鈥HART鈥 carefully and send your text message to the correct short code 70005.

5. If your keyword and short code are valid, and your text message is received within the specified times and dates, you will be charged 拢5 via a reply message, with the exception of Vodafone customers who will be charged directly via their bill. It may take some time for you to receive a reply message. Please wait until you receive it. Any repeat texts will result in repeat donations. You can donate up to 6 times (拢30) in a 24 hour period (midnight to midnight), any messages sent within the 24 hour period that exceed the 拢30 limit will be charged at your standard network rate only and will not result in a further 拢5 donation.

6. If your keyword or short code are invalid, or your text message is received outside the specified times and dates, you may not receive a reply but may still be charged your standard network message charge. You will not be charged the 拢5 donation as you will not be donating to Comic Relief.

7. All supporters must obtain permission from the bill payer before sending a text message. If you are under 16 years old, you must have your parent or guardian's permission to send a text donation to us.

8. If you would like to contribute more cash to Comic Relief, you can donate online through the following website: . All donations to Comic Relief, including the donation from the 拢5 text are non-refundable.

9. Comic Relief, the 麻豆社, Harvest Media Group Limited and their sub-contractors, subsidiaries and/or agencies cannot accept any responsibility whatsoever for any technical failure or malfunction or any other problem with any telephone network or line, system, server, provider or otherwise which may result in any text being lost or not properly received.

10. The SMS service is provided by Velti DR Limited (鈥榁elti鈥). If you have any queries regarding the service, please contact Velti at the following e-mail address: veltimig-customercare@velti.com or write to Velti, The Tower Building, 7th Floor, 11 York Road, London, SE1 7NX or call on the following Helpline Number 0870 248 0277 (Monday to Friday 9:00 鈥 17:30). Calls cost up to 8p/min from most landlines (an additional connection fee may also apply). Calls from mobiles may cost considerably more.

11. Comic Relief is a registered charity number 326568 (England & Wales) and SC039730 (Scotland). To get involved with Comic Relief in different ways, go to .

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