# A happy charity Pancake Day

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/03/01/happy-charity-pancake-day/
- Published: 2017-03-01T12:14:39+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Shrove Tuesday, or Pancake Day, or Mardi Gras, sees about 52 million eggs consumed
in the UK, more than double the average daily amount. How do UK charities make the
most of this popular day? [Zurich for Charities](https://twitter.com/i/moments/836519561335820288)
found out and shared them in a Twitter moment.**

Fundraising, campaigning, public information, and a bit of fun – charities marked
the day in many different ways. Why not add details of what your charity did? Use
the comments below.

[Twitter moments](https://about.twitter.com/moments) are a useful and easy way of
curating or gathering and sharing a range of Twitter content to produce a single
story or report.

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 [Charities celebrating #pancakeday](https://twitter.com/i/moments/836519561335820288?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

_[The above image is no longer available following Twitter’s removal of its ‘Moments’
functionality]._ 

 * **Since Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent follows Shrove Tuesday, here 
   are [10 self-denial fundraising campaigns](https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/02/24/10-self-denial-fundraising-campaigns-2/)
   from 2016.**

 
_Main image: Wales Air Ambulance logo in flour on Pancake Day, from [Wales Air Ambulance](https://twitter.com/air_ambulance).(
Upscaled with Canva AI by Howard Lake, February 2026)_