Emsworth Business Association have been granted permission by Comic Relief to temporarily recognise Emsworth as the UK's First Ever Red Nose Town.
The bi-annual festival raises millions of pounds for many different charities and all it took was a phone call and an e-mail from Wemsfest Artistic Director Mark Ringwood to obtain permission.
He says "A year ago we looked at the calendar and saw that there was very little happening in Emsworth during March and thought there was no harm in making a pitch to take on the title as it would bring some life and colour to the community as well as hopefully raise money for good causes. We're working with comedians Joe Wells, and Jeff Lane, who programme comedy for Wemsfest, and we intend to have a 3 day festival of comedy from 13-15 March.
The Crown Hotel have already been extremely supportive in giving us free performance space and we hope to add at least 2 more venues. We'd like to add a week-long series of workshops in schools and retirement homes but that will depend on a sponsor coming forward. It's going to be fantastic kudos for the town."