Five tweets for fundraisers for 27 March 2017
Howard Lake | 27 March 2017 | News
Here are five more tweets to inform, inspire and entertain fundraisers.
1. True words spoken in jest
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The #Charity Overheads Myth ("every penny spent on frontline") brilliantly skewered by @comicrelief Ladybird book pic.twitter.com/wBMONttl7S
— Beth Breeze (@UKCPhilanthropy) March 7, 2017
The image is from The Ladybird Guide to the Do-Gooder, which is raising funds for Comic Relief.
2. Volunteers they are a-changin’
But do you know how? NCVO gives some tips, referencing new formats such as family volunteering (National Trust) and, of course, micro-volunteering.
How volunteer behaviour is changing – and how that might affect your charity, via @NickOckenden: https://t.co/vDBm2XArDn
— NCVO (@NCVO) March 23, 2017
3. It’s good to talk (and listen)
True fundraising. Two people, a good conversation, and an opportunity to ask and give.
The power of conversation. A very kind gentleman on my train home has just donated £800 to @TheBHF after we got talking about heart research
— Dan 💙 (@NorthEastDan) March 21, 2017
4. Animated magic
Here’s a clever use of the fact that you can always stop a GIF animation on Twitter simply by clicking on it. Kinky Boots have turned it into a game for Comic Relief.
🔴 Can you tap the GIF in time to give our Charlie a red nose for @comicrelief? 🔴 #RedNoseDay pic.twitter.com/QeP4UVTzgt
— Kinky Boots UK 👠 (@KinkyBootsUK) March 24, 2017
5. The value of an hour
The Disasters Emergency Committee made a telling link between the clocks going forward one hour in the UK at the weekend and the race against time to save people from starvation.
#Clocksgoforward tonight. For people facing starvation every hour counts. Don't delay, donate: https://t.co/ajddbyHdNr #FightingFamine pic.twitter.com/DnysxDHVil
— DEC (@decappeal) March 25, 2017
- Red Nose Day raises £73 million and Comic Relief announces 8th year of Community Cash fund (30 March 2017)
- Comic Relief to commission three scoping studies on new funding initiatives (26 May 2017)
- Comic Relief seeks evaluation of its Tech vs Abuse grants programme (30 May 2017)
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.