BBC radio presenters push giant red nose 26km
BBCTwo BBC Hereford & Worcester radio presenters have started rolling a giant red nose across the two counties all in aid of Comic Relief.
Tammy Gooding and Elliott Webb began their challenge at Hereford Cathedral at 07:00 GMT and must reach Worcester city centre by 19:00 to successfully complete their task.
The 26km (16 miles) route includes eight stops, including local schools, West Midlands Safari Park and Worcestershire's highest point.
Speaking just 1km into the journey, Gooding said: "I really do think this is the hardest thing I've ever done. My shoulders are burning now!"
Webb added: "I've just been run over by a nose! Tammy's terrible at driving.
"We've got a long way to go and what's quite interesting is we have to keep explaining to people, as it's not the most normal thing."
Gooding and Webb's journey will see them visit the following locations:
- Hereford Cathedral, Hereford
- Queenswood Country Park, Leominster
- Ledbury Primary School, Ledbury
- Worcestershire Beacon, Malvern Hills
- Hanley Castle High School, Hanley
- Droitwich Lido Park, Droitwich
- West Midlands Safari Park, Bewdley
- Worcester city centre, Worcester
How does Comic Relief help?
In the past few years, Comic Relief has supported over 4.5 million people, including 500,000 people in the UK access food and essential goods.
That has included people in Herefordshire and Worcestershire - using projects like Foodcycle in Worcester.
Prior to her challenge, Gooding spoke to Teal Martin-Heaven, the regional manager for Foodcycle in the Midlands.
The charity takes surplus food that would otherwise be going to waste and use it to put on free community meals.
Martin-Heaven said: "We run it at 17:30, every Thursday at the The Tolly Hub, and we tend to see a lot of the same faces coming back.
"People make friends at this project and they've said it helps them pad out their budget for the week.
"The funding that we get from Comic Relief goes to the projects that need it most, and Worcester is one of those projects."
She said the funding helped with basic costs, like food subscriptions and reimbursing volunteers for their travel expenses.
"It just allows us to keep doing what we're doing, week in, week out," Martin-Heaven said.
Gooding also spoke with Jo Evans from Dingley's Promise in Worcester, which provides specialist enhanced provision for children under five with a range of special educational needs and disabilities.
"Every penny of that money is so important. It has given us a really unique opportunity," she said.
"The staff in our centres - we've got 12 Dingley's Promise centres, including this one in Worcester, and in those centres the staff work so, so incredibly hard to support children in a really unique way.
"It's tailored, it's individualised, and it makes sure they can unlock all the potential of each individual child."
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