Get in the `funny frame’ for charity

Specsavers Stirling is selling `funny frames’in aid of Comic Relief.

It’s the third time Specsavers has backed the charity bid and in that time the opticians chain has netted £848,000 for good causes.

This year the company has pledged to raise £250,000 through the sale of the Comic Relief frames which cost just £2, with 100 per cent of the proceeds going to the charity. They will be available to buy in stores and, for the first time, the Comic Relief website.

Susanne Akil, store director of Specsavers Stirling, said:`Our glasses this year are fantastic and we hope everyone gets into the fundraising spirit by picking up a pair in store and help us smash our £1 million fundraising mark. We are really proud to support Comic Relief and all the good causes they fund.’

Catherine Cottrell, fundraising and partnerships executive director at Comic Relief, added:“`We’re so pleased Specsavers is continuing to support us for the third year. It’s great to see people having fun wearing their Comic Relief specs to help us raise much needed funds on Red Nose Day and we’re thrilled to now be offering these on our online shop too.’

Frames are available in your local Specsavers store in Stirling now ahead of Red Nose Day on Friday 15 March. Customers who would like to recycle the glasses after Red Nose Day will be able to return them to their local store and they will be sent onto a specialist recycling company. For more information visit www.specsavers.co. uk or www.comicrelief.com