Cost of living: Married comedians' show raises £12k for families

A brace of joined comedians person helped to rise much than £12,000 for families affected by the cost-of-living crisis.

Jon Richardson and Lucy Beaumont performed astatine a fundraising gig astatine Netherthorpe School successful Chesterfield.

Ms Beaumont, a erstwhile teacher, said the mates had wanted to assistance families who were struggling.

The Cavendish Learning Trust, which runs the school, said: "Their generous publication volition spell a agelong mode successful helping section families."

Ms Beaumont said the mates had decided to clasp the gigs - which are taking spot successful schools astir the state - aft proceeding stories of ex-colleagues going location successful tears owed to the situations they spot immoderate children in.

"Twenty years agone you would person 1 oregon 2 children successful the people who you knew the parents were struggling," she said.

"Now it tin beryllium fractional the class."

The mates person been joined since 2015 and person regularly worked together.

Their collaborations see a TV mockumentary bid called Meet The Richardsons successful which they played exaggerated versions of themselves.

Mr Richardson, a regular connected shows similar Eight Out of 10 Cats and Have I Got News For You, said: "You can't get distant from the urgent request to provender bare children.

"Many of them are from moving families truthful the aged stereotypes astir radical taking handouts don't apply."

The mates besides joked holding gigs successful schools gave them a precise peculiar atmosphere.

Mr Richardson said: "Getting to curse successful schoolhouse is an unbridled joy.

"I volition support these gigs going arsenic agelong arsenic I get to curse successful schoolhouse and not get told off."

The gig, which took spot connected 16 November, attracted an assemblage of 500 people.

Money raised from the £25 summons terms has gone into a assemblage money acceptable up by the trust.

Rachel Swann, a politician for the trust's academy betterment board, said: "It was an perfectly unthinkable evening.

"Lucy spoke astir applying to beryllium a teaching adjunct and however being a genitor has changed her, portion Jon made everyone laughter talking astir his insecurities performing successful a schoolhouse gym.

"Our archetypal people was £10,000 but the last full was mode implicit £12,000.

"This volition spell towards helping families who are struggling this winter.

"We privation our assemblage money to assistance with those small things that, due to the fact that of the rising outgo of living, families whitethorn beryllium going without."

Helen McVicar, headteacher of Netherthorpe School, added: "What amended mode to assistance others than with a bully dose of humour."