# 9 Christmas fundraising ideas on Twitter - Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/12/11/9-christmas-fundraising-ideas-twitter/ - Published: 2016-12-11T10:54:17+00:00 - Author: Howard Lake **It’s beginning to feel a lot like… a major fundraising opportunity. ** Here is an assortment of Christmas [fundraising ideas and opportunities for your to emulate in 2017](https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/02/06/effective-fundraising-ideas-for-charities-in-2017/). ## 1. Whizzmas > Help Whizz-Kidz make Christmas bright and merry! Put a decoration on the Whizzmas > Tree! [https://t.co/ceNBMEJyVC](https://t.co/ceNBMEJyVC) [pic.twitter.com/4HbS1chc0V](https://t.co/4HbS1chc0V) > > ## Advertisement > > — Whizz Kidz (@WhizzKidz) [November 17, 2016](https://twitter.com/WhizzKidz/status/799238485714595840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) ## 2. Last posting date If you want your fundraising appeals and last minute reminders to arrive in time, know your posting dates for Christmas! > Recommended last posting date for 1st Class and Royal Mail Signed For® Wednesday > 21 December [#Royalmail](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Royalmail?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > [pic.twitter.com/lVb4nsJ6rd](https://t.co/lVb4nsJ6rd) > — Royal Mail News (@royalmailnews) [November 21, 2016](https://twitter.com/royalmailnews/status/800685204331368448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)   ## 3. Christmas lights > Make a donation to support our vital work and you can push the button to light > up [@Cirque](https://twitter.com/Cirque?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)'s amazing Christmas > tree at St Pancras Station! [pic.twitter.com/VMgosgc60u](https://t.co/VMgosgc60u) > — Oxfam (@oxfamgb) [November 22, 2016](https://twitter.com/oxfamgb/status/801014247832559616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) ## 4. Christmas single > Single for [@mssocietyscot](https://twitter.com/mssocietyscot?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > could be [#ChristmasNumber1](https://twitter.com/hashtag/ChristmasNumber1?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > [https://t.co/gDi2xphqeJ](https://t.co/gDi2xphqeJ) [pic.twitter.com/rZOdcBwRCL](https://t.co/rZOdcBwRCL) > — Third Force News (@ThirdForceNews) [November 22, 2016](https://twitter.com/ThirdForceNews/status/801042068080619520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) ## 5. Buy the book > Have you ordered yet? The PERFECT Christmas present, the [#CookForSyria](https://twitter.com/hashtag/CookForSyria?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > Cook Book – in aid all of [#Syria](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Syria?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)' > s children [https://t.co/w8BbqURafW](https://t.co/w8BbqURafW) [pic.twitter.com/kChGWaCL9N](https://t.co/kChGWaCL9N) > — NEXTGen London (@NextGenLondon) [November 22, 2016](https://twitter.com/NextGenLondon/status/801123215942750208?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) ## 6. £1 per tweet British Gas has partnered with Shelter to offer a £1 donation for each use of the hashtag #tweetforshelter up to a maximum donation of £25,000. > Help raise £25k for [@Shelter](https://twitter.com/Shelter?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > this Christmas. [#TweetForShelter](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TweetForShelter?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)& > we’ll donate £1 per #. Tag a friend to pass it on. [https://t.co/QlDkAW75U5](https://t.co/QlDkAW75U5) > [pic.twitter.com/SOZDePLt6M](https://t.co/SOZDePLt6M) > — British Gas (@BritishGas) [November 28, 2016](https://twitter.com/BritishGas/status/803146427866066948?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)   ## 7. Advent calendar Want repeat visits to your site during December? Create an advent calendar with new appealing content every day for 24 days. Or see if you can get included on someone else’s advent calendar. The Guardian Voluntary Sector Network is featuring a different charity each day, and is sharing them via Twitter: _[Tweet at https://twitter.com/GdnVoluntary/status/804243098196905984 is no longer available]._ Read Madeleine Sugden’s [compendium of charities’ digital advent calendars](https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/12/01/charities-digital-advent-calendars-2016/) for 2016.   ## 8. Demonstrate your track record If you’re the BBC then you have plenty of content to share in the run-up to Christmas. Fortunately the BBC’s Twitter Advent Calendar has included the BBC Radio 4 Christmas Appeal for St Martin’s-in-the-Fields. > Day 4. [#R4XmasAppeal](https://twitter.com/hashtag/R4XmasAppeal?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > with [@smitf_london](https://twitter.com/smitf_london?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) launches > today. [#AdventCalendar](https://twitter.com/hashtag/AdventCalendar?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > [#BBCChristmasPast](https://twitter.com/hashtag/BBCChristmasPast?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > [https://t.co/kdf6dq5FHH](https://t.co/kdf6dq5FHH) [pic.twitter.com/JdWFt2uPRd](https://t.co/JdWFt2uPRd) > — BBC (@AboutTheBBC) [December 4, 2016](https://twitter.com/AboutTheBBC/status/805328637750874112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)   ## 9. How much is that snowman in the window? > Don't let DeFrosty melt! [#Keepdefrostyalive](https://twitter.com/hashtag/Keepdefrostyalive?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > and help [@SupportEvelina](https://twitter.com/SupportEvelina?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > [pic.twitter.com/bWdVEWNLzI](https://t.co/bWdVEWNLzI) > — Evelina London (@EvelinaLondon) [December 7, 2016](https://twitter.com/EvelinaLondon/status/806540703199268864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) BBD Perfect Storm is running a Twitter campaign combined with a shop window display in London to benefit Evelina London Children’s Hospital. For every tweet with the [#KeepDeFrostyAlive](https://www.keepdefrostyalive.com) hashtag, the company donates 10 minutes of freezer power to keep DeFrosty the snowman ‘alive’ and they donate 10p to the charity. DeFrosty is on display in Old Street courtesy of Derwent London, and you can view him (or her) via a YouTube livestream. [Video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zezYK7NoFqY no longer available].     * **[Five tweets for fundraisers for 14 January 2017](https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/01/14/five-tweets-for-fundraisers-for-16-january-2017/)**( 14 January 2017) * **[Five tweets for fundraisers for 28 February 2017](https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/02/28/five-tweets-for-fundraisers-february-2017/)**( 28 February 2017) * **[#PiDay – a chance to ask for £3.14](https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/03/14/piday-chance-to-ask-for-3-point-14-pounds/)**( 14 March 2017)