Specsavers Croydon chipped into the Comic Relief effort this year by selling a series of funny frames in-store.

It is the third Red Nose Day that Specsavers has supported the charity, with this year’s red glasses jester theme in keeping with the charity’s comic ethos.

Since 2015 Specsavers stores have been raising funds for Comic Relief, and this year stores exceeded the £1million fundraising mark.

The Comic Relief frames were sold at £2 each, with 100% of the proceeds going to the charity.

Store Director Bill Pennell said: "Our glasses this year were fantastic, and we are so grateful to everyone who popped in to see us over the past couple of weeks to pick up a jester-themed pair for themselves.

"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 are so pleased to have Specsavers continual support.

"It was great to see people having fun wearing their Comic Relief specs to help us raise much needed funds on Red Nose Day."

Overall, Red Nose Day raised £8m less this year than it did in 2017 and a 600,000 drop in viewing figures.