# Five fundraising tweets for 24 May 2016

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/05/24/five-fundraising-tips-16-may-2016/
- Published: 2016-05-24T09:38:44+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Here are five tweets that we’ve selected to cover fundraising opportunities, achievements,
statistics and the occasional oddity.**

## 1. Charity promoting charity

Charities might compete against each other for public attention and support, but
the savvy ones also know when to collaborate or share the work of other organisations.

MSF UK has tweeted about Save the Children UK’s latest striking video, because it’s
the right thing to do, and it helps share the reality of the kind of work that MSF
itself undertakes.

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> A powerful follow up vdeo from [@savechildrenuk](https://twitter.com/savechildrenuk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw).
> No child should experience this kind of trauma. [https://t.co/crg1eHrwvM](https://t.co/crg1eHrwvM)
> — MSF UK (@MSF_uk) [May 10, 2016](https://twitter.com/MSF_uk/status/729986000206888960?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

 

## 2. Visualising numbers

Infographics are popular methods of displaying lots of numbers and data. They are
useful for charities because they can both display the need, as a fundraising campaign
gets underway, and the impact, following the success of that campaign.

> Your support helped us raise £65,418! Just look at what that can help us achieve
> as a charity: [#ThankYou](https://twitter.com/hashtag/ThankYou?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> [pic.twitter.com/sKXxa1KR5D](https://t.co/sKXxa1KR5D)
> — ProjectScotland (@ProjectScotland) [May 14, 2016](https://twitter.com/ProjectScotland/status/731441962918785024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

 

## 3. Fundraising on top of the world

This mountaineer is raising the roof (of the world) about the Evening Standard’s
Dispossessed Fund.

> News: Everest mountaineer supports newspaper's dispossessed fund [https://t.co/oUexIkULFn](https://t.co/oUexIkULFn)/
> via [@guardian](https://twitter.com/guardian?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [#press](https://twitter.com/hashtag/press?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> — media.info UK print (@minfoUKprint) [May 16, 2016](https://twitter.com/minfoUKprint/status/732199228773138432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

 

## 4. Not safe for work?

Be careful out there. These public naming opportunities are rather risky.

> Name a beaver for charity [https://t.co/IqxtHqIVc6](https://t.co/IqxtHqIVc6)
> Erm,
> nah, got nuffing
> — John Thompson, aka Johnny Five (@JTCHANGINGBIZ) [May 18, 2016](https://twitter.com/JTCHANGINGBIZ/status/732841278916943872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

## 5. Tax-effective giving around the world

CAF looks at how other countries offer tax incentives to try to promote charitable
giving.

> What tax incentives do other countries offer on donations? Read our new report
> [https://t.co/sye8N8k2sT](https://t.co/sye8N8k2sT) [pic.twitter.com/tcMJbeld4c](https://t.co/tcMJbeld4c)
> — Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) (@Caf) [May 22, 2016](https://twitter.com/Caf/status/734399425586429952?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

 

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