My world: Comic Relief brings back fond memories...

I can remember being a kid and spending Comic Relief with my grandparents, watching the celebs get covered in slime or doing a dance-off.

It was brilliant, it was something to look forward to.

But these days it seems to be nothing new.

It’s not that I don’t like it any more, it’s just a little bit like Christmas in that, for an adult, the novelty of it all wears off.

That’s a shame because the cause is fantastic, and I do like to donate where I can.

But all the commotion that surrounds it has lost its appeal.

I can remember being in primary school and me and my friends set up a murder mystery around the school grounds for Comic Relief.

People paid 50p to take part, and we had live actors and everything ‑ it was an amazing tour of blood, murder and clues.  

All of this and we didn’t have to wear our school jumper for the day ‑ could it be any better?

Of course it’s not aimed at me any more ‑ much like Christmas.

It is aimed at the younger generation and as long as it works them up into a frenzy then it is filling its brief pretty successfully.

And as long as the celebs and their crazy antics get people donating, then it’s job done.

I just wonder whether these events are getting a little diluted? Whether the message behind them is still as loud and as clear as it has always been?

Sport Relief, Children in Need, Comic Relief, the list goes on...

I just hope that people remember what the money is being raised for and much like Christmas, that the story behind the fun doesn’t get forgotten...