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Five fundraising tweets for 26 May 2016
Howard Lake | 26 May 2016 | News
Another collection of recent tweets about fundraising and charitable giving, from practical ideas and campaigns, to opportunities, and the occasional quirky development.
1. Billionaire’s mansion goes to the dogs
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https://twitter.com/fido4e/status/734864273722200064
2. An Italian capital appeal on an historic scale
Rome seeks charitable donors to save its historic sites https://t.co/r6diarbkcs pic.twitter.com/i9xsBjchqJ
— The Times and The Sunday Times (@thetimes) May 24, 2016
3. Multi-channel in one graphic
Are you using multiple channels to promote an event or fundraising campaign? How do you let people know? A single image with your channel IDs all together is one succinct way.
Ydych chi'n dilyn?#Urdd2016 pic.twitter.com/TB71yIBvLp
— S4C 🏴 (@S4C) May 23, 2016
4. £7m raised by Give As You Live
Congratulations to online shopping platform Give As You Live which has now generated over £7m for charities.
We've now raised over 7 MILLION! Join @giveasyoulive today and help us raise even more: https://t.co/wcrmd92fli pic.twitter.com/CsrTpufVDk
— Give as you Live 💙❤️💚 (@giveasyoulive) May 15, 2016
5. Christmas is coming
The evenings are still drawing out, but it’s already time to plan your Christmas fundraising activities, which includes choosing designs for charity Christmas cards.
What will you create? Get your entries in!https://t.co/1ygjY3vuSM
— BBC Children in Need (@BBCCiN) May 15, 2016
- Want more fundraising news and resources? Follow us at @howardlake and @ukfundraising.
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- The 2016 MP Christmas card round-up (20 December 2016)
- Making a Difference Cards adds video and audio messages for Christmas (20 November 2019)
About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.