Red Nose Day is happening this coming Friday.

For those who are complete unaware of the event, it is a huge charity event organised by Comic Relief and fronted by the BBC that uses comedy to raise money for worthy causes in Africa and the UK.

The concept was founded by writer and director Richard Curtis (famous for films like Four Weddings and a Funeral and Notting Hill as well as hugely successful TV series like Blackadder and The Vicar of Dibley) and has gone on to be one of the most successful charity events in the UK.

Anyway, the online presence for Red Nose Day has really come into itself this year - they have setup Twitter accounts, Bebo, Facebook and MySpace pages as well as Flickr and YouTube pools.

In an attempt to raise even more awareness for the event and to show your support, I have created three Red Nose avatars based on the three noses available to buy this year.

Feel free to use them as your own avatar around the internet. I’ve used it as my Twitter, Facebook and Flickr avatar as they are my most used websites but you can use them wherever you spend most your time.

The images are 32-bit transparent PNGs so should look good on any background.

Buy a Red Nose from their website or at participating Sainsburys or WH Smiths. It’s only £1 with 85p going straight to the charity.