# Five tweets for fundraisers for 14 January 2017 - Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/01/14/five-tweets-for-fundraisers-for-16-january-2017/ - Published: 2017-01-14T17:15:57+00:00 - Author: Howard Lake **Here is our latest occasional selection of tweets for fundraisers. Expect ideas, examples, successes, oddities and the odd element of humour.** ## 1. £50,000 for retweets Lord Ashcroft, KCMG PC, former Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party and “author, international businessman and philanthropist” as his Twitter bio describes him, is offering to donate £50,000 to the UK Sepsis Trust for retweets. For him, this cause is personal. > I nearly died from septic shock. For each retweet upto 50000 in the next month > I will donate £1 to the UK SepsisTrust [pic.twitter.com/cxtK5C6mmH](https://t.co/cxtK5C6mmH) > > ## Advertisement > > [⌊Posthub advert. You create the campaign. We'll handle the postal journey. Get started at post-hub.co.uk.⌉](https://fundraising.co.uk/ads/posthub-20261007-300x250/) > — Lord Ashcroft (@LordAshcroft) [January 13, 2017](https://twitter.com/LordAshcroft/status/819861367784087552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) _[Tweet at twitter.com/shirley\_newman/status/820265465570349056 is no longer available]._ ## 2. Snow business like… fundraising There’s been some snow in January in southern England, it seems. Since it has dominated news coverage, some charities have used the opportunity well. > This is a fantastic example of a charity explaining its work in just one photo. > It really makes you think! Well done [@crisis_uk](https://twitter.com/crisis_uk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > [pic.twitter.com/MJSyWM1CfQ](https://t.co/MJSyWM1CfQ) > — IFCo (@Group_IFCo) [January 13, 2017](https://twitter.com/Group_IFCo/status/819860544001863680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) Remember [#firstfiver](https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/09/27/firstfiver-charities-responded-simple-fundraising-idea/), John Thompson’s multi-million pound successful idea to invite the UK public to donate their first new polymer five pound note to their favourite charity? He’s using the snow theme too: > Get a warm glow by donating a [#FrostFiver](https://twitter.com/hashtag/FrostFiver?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > [#UKsnow](https://twitter.com/hashtag/UKsnow?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/OyIsqHkb1g](https://t.co/OyIsqHkb1g) > — John Thompson, aka Johnny Five (@JTCHANGINGBIZ) [January 12, 2017](https://twitter.com/JTCHANGINGBIZ/status/819645875597230080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) ## ⏎ 3. NFPtweetup at Twitter The next event in this excellent series for fundraisers, campaigners and charity staff with an interest in all things digital, is back in London on 24 January. It’s free to attend, but you’ve got to beat the rush to register. Booking is from Monday 16 January. This event is hosted, appropriately, by Twitter at their London office. > Some Friday joy! Next [#NFPtweetup](https://twitter.com/hashtag/NFPtweetup?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > is on 24 January. Tickets available from Monday. > And big thanks to [@Twitter](https://twitter.com/twitter?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > for hosting 🎉🎉🎉[#SaveTheDate](https://twitter.com/hashtag/SaveTheDate?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > — NFPtweetup (@NFPtweetup) [January 13, 2017](https://twitter.com/NFPtweetup/status/819897716226609152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) ## 4. Twitter is for the birds Fundraiser Simon Scriver lobs a sceptical suggestion on just how useful Twitter is as a fundraising tool. Light the blue touchpaper…   > How to raise money with Twitter: Take one of your supporters out for coffee and > quickly look at your Twitter while they're in the bathroom. > — Simon Scriver (@ToastFundraiser) [January 12, 2017](https://twitter.com/ToastFundraiser/status/819524538585219072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) ## 5. Sweet taste of fundraising Cancer Research UK is proceeding in its take-over of each month of the year for another self-denial fundraising campaign. Completed Dryathlon in January? Here’s Sugar Free February. > Could you break up with sugar for a month? Sign up to Sugar Free February right > now: [https://t.co/A5x2UmGrbK](https://t.co/A5x2UmGrbK) [pic.twitter.com/xKnpUjeUe7](https://t.co/xKnpUjeUe7) > — Cancer Research UK (@CR_UK) [January 13, 2017](https://twitter.com/CR_UK/status/819950335255052292?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) ## ⏎  More tweets for fundraisers **[Five tweets for fundraisers on 8 December 2022](https://fundraising.co.uk/2022/12/08/five-tweets-for-fundraisers-for-8-december-2022/)( 8 December 2022)** **[Five tweets for fundraisers on 20 May 2021](https://fundraising.co.uk/2021/05/20/five-tweets-for-fundraisers-on-20-may-2021/)( 20 May 2021)** **[Five tweets about fundraising history](https://fundraising.co.uk/2019/03/13/five-tweets-about-fundraising-history/)( 13 March 2019) ** * **[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) * **[Official sources state… this is quite funny](https://fundraising.co.uk/2020/11/17/official-sources-state-this-is-quite-funny/)**( 17 November 2020)