# Charities that made us smile on April Fools’ Day 2017 - Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/04/01/charities-april-fools-day-2017/ - Published: 2017-04-01T14:33:02+01:00 - Author: Howard Lake **It’s 1st April so some UK charities are having a laugh on April Fools’ Day.** ## 1. Guide Mogs for the Blind Guide Dogs extends the brand with [Guide Mogs](http://www.guidedogs.org.uk/guide-mogs).   ## Advertisement ## 2. Quids in – or out Third Force News have devastating news about the new £1 coin. It won’t fit into many charities’ collecting tins… > EXCLUSIVE: New £1 coin wreaking havoc for charities[https://t.co/lB7Lshi37u](https://t.co/lB7Lshi37u) > [pic.twitter.com/Smyg9wB7r1](https://t.co/Smyg9wB7r1) > — Third Force News (@ThirdForceNews) [April 1, 2017](https://twitter.com/ThirdForceNews/status/848112717026267137?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)   ## 3. A colourful story If you have got the blues about April Fools’ Day then you might enjoy this prank. It was all the more convincing because [Cancer Research UK is the sponsor of the Boat Race](https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/01/22/boat-race-sponsors-donate-sponsorship-cancer-research-uk/), courtesy of a donated commercial sponsorship.  > BREAKING | The Boat Races crews set to row in purple and pink for [@CR_UK](https://twitter.com/CR_UK?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw). > Read more: [https://t.co/Rzouve85eD](https://t.co/Rzouve85eD) [#PullTogether](https://twitter.com/hashtag/PullTogether?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > [#TheBoatRaces](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheBoatRaces?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > [pic.twitter.com/ioR0B8AAGc](https://t.co/ioR0B8AAGc) > — The Boat Race (@theboatrace) [April 1, 2017](https://twitter.com/theboatrace/status/848090734372700160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > APRIL FOOL! Oxford and Cambridge will continue to row in dark blue and light blue > in The Cancer Research UK Boat Races. [#aprilfoolsday](https://twitter.com/hashtag/aprilfoolsday?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > [pic.twitter.com/6zexLnFZEX](https://t.co/6zexLnFZEX) > — The Boat Race (@theboatrace) [April 1, 2017](https://twitter.com/theboatrace/status/848128910390939648?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)   ## 4. Cool humour > BREAKING: Polar bear on a Scottish island, showing the real effects of climate > change [https://t.co/H7GrMd0uhv](https://t.co/H7GrMd0uhv) [#PolarBearSighting](https://twitter.com/hashtag/PolarBearSighting?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > [pic.twitter.com/l5FoIQOmTs](https://t.co/l5FoIQOmTs) > — WWF UK (@wwf_uk) [April 1, 2017](https://twitter.com/wwf_uk/status/848066166077763584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > Thanks to the [@Telegraph](https://twitter.com/Telegraph?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > for sharing this extraordinary breaking news! [https://t.co/bbmuAeae8C](https://t.co/bbmuAeae8C) > [#PolarBearSighting](https://twitter.com/hashtag/PolarBearSighting?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > [pic.twitter.com/ls3CBqwJ0b](https://t.co/ls3CBqwJ0b) > — WWF UK (@wwf_uk) [April 1, 2017](https://twitter.com/wwf_uk/status/848105183624220672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > Spot our [#AprilFool](https://twitter.com/hashtag/AprilFool?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)? > The [#PolarBearSighting](https://twitter.com/hashtag/PolarBearSighting?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > may not be real, but the threats to polar bears from climate change are. [https://t.co/RCMo0rHQMS](https://t.co/RCMo0rHQMS) > [pic.twitter.com/hBETLorbFY](https://t.co/hBETLorbFY) > — WWF UK (@wwf_uk) [April 1, 2017](https://twitter.com/wwf_uk/status/848156785986813953?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)   ## 5. Goosed by a duck The National Trust has just discovered a second Bronze Age figure next to the Uffington White Horse. It is a duck. [See it on Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/nationaltrust/videos/10155290615593586/). ## No laughing matter Sometimes some issues simply aren’t funny. So some charities use 1st April to make that point. > This isn’t an [#AprilFoolsDay](https://twitter.com/hashtag/AprilFoolsDay?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > joke: more than half a billion people STILL don’t have clean water. [https://t.co/e6iNfF47VC](https://t.co/e6iNfF47VC) > [#AprilFools](https://twitter.com/hashtag/AprilFools?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > [pic.twitter.com/cJlurZ73ZL](https://t.co/cJlurZ73ZL) > — WaterAid UK 💦 (@WaterAidUK) [April 1, 2017](https://twitter.com/WaterAidUK/status/848108937098518529?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > When [#AprilFools](https://twitter.com/hashtag/AprilFools?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > is the last thing on your mind, [#TalkToUs](https://twitter.com/hashtag/TalkToUs?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > for free, any time day or night, on 📱 116 123 or 📧 **@********ns.org [pic.twitter.com/xRY3yiLE6X](https://t.co/xRY3yiLE6X) > — Samaritans (@samaritans) [April 1, 2017](https://twitter.com/samaritans/status/848075459703128064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > [#aprilfoolsday](https://twitter.com/hashtag/aprilfoolsday?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw): > is it an [#aprilfool](https://twitter.com/hashtag/aprilfool?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > that women [#entrepreneurs](https://twitter.com/hashtag/entrepreneurs?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > struggle to secure funding for their [#startups](https://twitter.com/hashtag/startups?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > but do better in [#crowdfunding](https://twitter.com/hashtag/crowdfunding?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)? > — Jes Bailey (@crowdfund360) [April 1, 2017](https://twitter.com/crowdfund360/status/848145924618502144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)   ## More April Fools’ Day charity pranks Here’s a collection: * [Five charity April Fools Day jokes in 2016](https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/04/01/5-great-charity-april-fools-2016/) * [Charities raise a smile on April Fools Day 2015](https://fundraising.co.uk/2015/04/01/charities-raise-a-smile-with-april-fools-day-jokes/) * [April Fool turns into £20k opportunity for charity to benefit from strip poker event](https://fundraising.co.uk/2006/08/13/charity-benefit-strip-poker/) * **Did we miss any other charity April Fools’ Day jokes? Share them in the comments below.** ## Comments ### By: HowardLake - Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/04/01/charities-april-fools-day-2017/#comment-2934 - Published: 2017-04-01T16:48:00+01:00 Not quite an April Fools’ joke from Animals Asia, but it still raises a smile: [https://twitter.com/AnimalsAsia/status/848052063640604672](https://twitter.com/AnimalsAsia/status/848052063640604672) ### By: HowardLake - Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/04/01/charities-april-fools-day-2017/#comment-2935 - Published: 2017-04-01T22:44:00+01:00 From the USA, here is Kars-for-Kids April Fools 2017\. There are a genuine nonprofit that accepts donated used cars which it sells to raise funds for children’s charities. It has raised over $100m since 1995\. It’s April Fools’ joke relies on people taking its name literally. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vK0VjOATLHg](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vK0VjOATLHg) ### By: HowardLake - Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/04/01/charities-april-fools-day-2017/#comment-2936 - Published: 2017-04-03T14:41:00+01:00 CoppaFeel! suggested they were creating a branded showerhead to remind women to check their breasts when in the shower. [https://twitter.com/CoppaFeelPeople/status/848082837945417730](https://twitter.com/CoppaFeelPeople/status/848082837945417730) It isn’t, but it does have stickers for showers with that message: [https://twitter.com/CoppaFeelPeople/status/848256250081095680](https://twitter.com/CoppaFeelPeople/status/848256250081095680) ### By: HowardLake - Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/04/01/charities-april-fools-day-2017/#comment-2937 - Published: 2017-04-03T14:43:00+01:00 Cats Protection announced their Find a Human service, to enable cats in their care to choose their human: [https://twitter.com/CatsProtection/status/848097621407178752](https://twitter.com/CatsProtection/status/848097621407178752)“ Potential adopters are placed in the cat pens, with cats from the centre choosing their perfect match by indicating which human they’d like to go home with.” [http://www.cats.org.uk/news/cats-protection-launches-find-a-human](http://www.cats.org.uk/news/cats-protection-launches-find-a-human)