In March 2020 Herring started streaming regularly on Twitch as the world went into lockdown. He produced weekly remote RHLSTPs and did a live feed of Stone Clearing most weekday mornings and played himself at Snooker (with 32 personas) in the evening. He also did occasional non-director's commentaries for films. Herring was formerly in a relationship with the actress Julia Sawalha, some years after joking on "Fist of Fun" that "My ideal woman has the head of Julia Sawalha and the body of Julia Sawalha." In April 2012, Herring married author and comedian Catie Wilkins. They had their first child, a daughter, in February 2015, followed by a son in October 2017. Herring has raised money for Scope since 2003, and ran the London Marathon in aid of the charity in 2004 as well as the Royal Parks Foundation Half Marathon in 2011, 2013 and 2014. In January 2011 he was nominated for a Just Giving Life Time Achievement Award for his extensive work in helping to raise money, awareness and support for Scope. In 2012 he was made a Patron of Scope. In 2010 he was made a patron of Humanists UK (formerly The British Humanist Association) and said