# Five tweets for fundraisers on 15 August 2017 - Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/08/15/five-tweets-fundraisers-15-august-2017/ - Published: 2017-08-15T09:40:28+01:00 - Author: Howard Lake **Here is another in our occasional round-up of tweets of interest to fundraisers. We’ve searched and selected some views, ideas, opportunities, challenges, humour and sometimes simply peculiar stories.**   ## 1. When is voluntary involuntary? For a voluntary levy, there’s a surprisingly wide range of organisations trying to persuade (again!) all relevant charities to pay it. ## 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/) > Blog from [@hradojev](https://twitter.com/hradojev?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw): Is the > fundraising levy really 'voluntary' anymore? [https://t.co/nsxJVfqo0c](https://t.co/nsxJVfqo0c) > [pic.twitter.com/HiUeKaUx7w](https://t.co/HiUeKaUx7w) > — Fundraising Magazine (@CSFundraising) [August 2, 2017](https://twitter.com/CSFundraising/status/892655921129820161?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)   ## 2. Future philanthropy Tomorrow’s philanthropy explained in a slideshare within a tweet, rather than a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma, thanks to Professor Jen Shang. > Read impassioned Prof. Jen Shang's report on "Tomorrow's Philanthropy" from her > [#IFCAsia](https://twitter.com/hashtag/IFCAsia?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) keynote > here: [https://t.co/lKcTt6cuET](https://t.co/lKcTt6cuET) > — The Resource Alliance (@TheResAlliance) [July 27, 2017](https://twitter.com/TheResAlliance/status/890576608947564544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)   ## 3. Round as a pound There are now more new one pound coins in circulation than old round pounds. But there’s still time to encourage supporters to donate the older ones before the deadline of 15 October. And ask them to look out for the [Edinburgh and Cardiff city £1 coins](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/rarest-1-pound-coin-worth-new-12-sided-worth-50-treasury-royal-mint-exchange-legal-tender-a7592651.html): they are the rarest version of the round pound and could be worth from £25 to £50, according to Change Checker. > Thank you for returning over 900million round pounds! Spend, bank or donate your > round £1s before 15th Oct. [#QuidsIn](https://twitter.com/hashtag/QuidsIn?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > [pic.twitter.com/kQPsIxXu5y](https://t.co/kQPsIxXu5y) > — The Royal Mint (@RoyalMintUK) [August 5, 2017](https://twitter.com/RoyalMintUK/status/893743406957993984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)   ## 4. Rubber necking at rubber ducks https://twitter.com/Complex/status/893193004235636736   ## 5. A new hope – for copywriting These are the words you are looking for. > My colleague [@ejsnoek](https://twitter.com/ejsnoek?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) just > asked for this to send to a client so I thought I'd tweet it again – FR copy by > Princess Leia: [pic.twitter.com/6Zmmcr5iX1](https://t.co/6Zmmcr5iX1) > — Adrian Salmon (@adriansalmon) [August 9, 2017](https://twitter.com/adriansalmon/status/895284784355782661?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)   _Main image: [blue bird](https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47dd-bf7e-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99) from the New York Public Library_ * **[Cure Leukaemia appeals for old pound coins throughout Blood Cancer Awareness Month](https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/09/20/cure-leukaemia-appeals-old-pound-coins-throughout-blood-cancer-awareness-month/)**( 20 September 2017) * **[Five tweets for fundraisers on 14 March 2018](https://fundraising.co.uk/2018/03/14/five-tweets-fundraisers-14-march-2018/)**( 14 March 2018) * **[68% will buy a poppy in run up to Remembrance Sunday, CAF research shows](https://fundraising.co.uk/2018/11/07/68-buy-poppy-run-up-remembrance-sunday-caf-research-shows/)**( 7 November 2018) ![Loading](https://fundraising.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/page-views-count/ajax-loader- 2x.gif)