# Public urged to do five good things at Twixtmas

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2011/11/28/public-urged-do-five-good-things-twixtmas/
- Published: 2011-11-28T09:46:09+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**The Twixtmas campaign is once again urging the British public to make the most
of the period between Christmas and New Year and indulge in a mass ‘binge doing’
of charity and voluntary work.**

‘[Twixtmas](http://www.twixtmas.com)‘ consists of the period form 27 to 31 December
when many people are ‘time rich’ and off work. This year campaign organisers hope
to encourage 250,000 actions for charity by persuading just 0.1% of the population
to take part.

![Twixtmas logo](https://wfay6x.infiniteuploads.cloud/2011/11/twixtmas.gif)

The campaign website offers advice and inspiration to encourage everyone to make
the most of this under-used opportunity.

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The idea for Twixtmas was originally conceived by social enterprise the Flexible
Thinking Forum, as a simple way of creating social good by thinking differently 
about the period between the two public holidays of Christmas and New Year, and 
make use of untapped resource, energy, and opportunities.

Each of the five days has a particular focus:

• Day 1: spoil yourself and think more positively about yourself.
• Day 2: do something
for someone else, ideally a stranger – help a neighbour or good cause.• Day 3: help
a friend.• Day 4: do something for the planet.• Day 5: do something for your future.

Andy Green of the Flexible Thinking Forum said:

“Twixtmas is an ideal opportunity for charities and the voluntary sector to nudge
people into doing things. It overcomes for many people the excuse of a lack of time
and provides an ideal opportunity to do new initiatives or add a Twixtmas angle 
to on-going programmes.”

## More on Twixtmas

 * **[Twixtmas: the time for ‘binge doing charity’](https://fundraising.co.uk/2010/11/05/twixtmas-time-quotbinge-doing-charityquot/)(
   5 November 2010)**
 * **[‘Twixtmas’ offers five seasonal days for charity action](https://fundraising.co.uk/2009/12/22/039twixtmas039-offers-five-seasonal-days-charity-action/)(
   22 December 2009)**
 * **More [Twixtmas](https://fundraising.co.uk/tag/twixtmas/) news and ideas.**