# Five tweets for fundraisers for 10 October 2017

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/10/10/five-tweets-for-fundraisers-for-10-october-2017/
- Published: 2017-10-10T10:03:53+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Our latest round-up of tweeted intelligence for fundraisers includes a two savvy
uses of data, a Twitter face-off by English cathedrals, the global spread of a simple
fundraising idea, and a condensation of what fundraising is all about.**
 

## 1. Find that Charity

Heard about a charity but not sure if it is based in England, Wales, Scotland or
Northern Ireland? Until now you would have to search three different search tools
on the different regulator’s websites. No longer. Enter [Find that Charity](https://find-that-charity.appspot.com/).
A single search covers all three registered charity databases.

> Really Useful Charity Number Reconciliation Service Thing, via the fab [@kanedr](https://twitter.com/kanedr?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw):
> [https://t.co/cazDmosVCX](https://t.co/cazDmosVCX) [#opendata](https://twitter.com/hashtag/opendata?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> [@360Giving](https://twitter.com/360Giving?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [#volsec](https://twitter.com/hashtag/volsec?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> 
> ## Advertisement
> 
> — Steven Flower (@stevieflow) [October 9, 2017](https://twitter.com/stevieflow/status/917474942681264129?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

It is the work of charity data and research specialist [David Kane](https://twitter.com/kanedr).

## 2. Co-op shares open data on its local grantmaking

On the subject of open data, the Co-op has started publishing data on the money 
it gives to local causes through its Local Community Fund. It hopes this will encourage
greater collaboration amongst grantmakers along the lines of [360Giving](https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/10/05/360giving-creates-free-funding-database-featuring-8-billion-grants/)‘
s initiative.

 https://twitter.com/moominlounge/status/917353200394620929

 

## 3. Battle of the cathedrals

Ever wondered which English cathedral would come out on top in a Twitter face-off?
No? Nor me.
But it happened on World Architecture Day, triggered by St Paul’s Cathedral,
and it is a delight to read the thread that developed.

> Today is [#WorldArchitectureDay](https://twitter.com/hashtag/WorldArchitectureDay?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw).
> 
> The Cathedrals of England have got this well covered![#DropsMic](https://twitter.com/hashtag/DropsMic?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> [pic.twitter.com/f1k18e0Ui2](https://t.co/f1k18e0Ui2)
> — St Paul's Cathedral (@StPaulsLondon) [October 2, 2017](https://twitter.com/StPaulsLondon/status/914859532639260672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

For some more creative social media partnerships and interactions between heritage
organisations, try [MuseumInstaTour](https://scottishheritagesocialmediagroup.wordpress.com/2017/09/28/museuminstatour/).
Social media staff at several museums meet up and then visit each other’s museums,
sharing their favourite finds (based on an agreed theme) on their own museum’s Instagram
account. The day-long trip derived from the [MuseumInstaSwap](https://creators.vice.com/en_uk/article/yp55qv/art-swap-what-happens-when-museums-trade-their-collections),
also the idea of Russell Dornan.

## 4. Austenner

You’ve probably received your new design £10 note and no doubt donated it to your
charity of choice. The #firsttenner campaign, based on [John Thompson’s #firstfiver campaign](https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/09/27/firstfiver-charities-responded-simple-fundraising-idea/)
last year, has seen some creative additional elements. 

Given the [appalling responses faced by Caroline Criado-Perez](https://www.newstatesman.com/media/2013/07/after-jane-austen-announcement-i-suffered-rape-threats-48-hours-im-still-confident-tro)
for proposing that a woman be featured on the new design, it is entirely appropriate
that many recipients of the new note donated them to charities dealing with violence
against women and girls.

> Got your [#firsttenner](https://twitter.com/hashtag/firsttenner?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> [#austenner](https://twitter.com/hashtag/austenner?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> yet? pls consider donating to your local refuge like [@CCriadoPerez](https://twitter.com/CCriadoPerez?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> in [#NYorks](https://twitter.com/hashtag/NYorks?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) 
> it's [@IDASfor100](https://twitter.com/IDASfor100?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/XQuTIrDT2E](https://t.co/XQuTIrDT2E)
> — CarmelOfford@idasfor100 (@CarmelOfford) [September 19, 2017](https://twitter.com/CarmelOfford/status/910261964538081280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

The #firsttenner idea has spread internationally too, to other countries that are
introducing new banknotes:

[[Tweet](https://twitter.com/GuideDogsSANT/status/910286597429460992) no longer 
available]

 

## 5. Simples

Simon Scriver has managed to encapsulate the essentials of fundraising.

> [#fundraising](https://twitter.com/hashtag/fundraising?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
> [pic.twitter.com/OWZvMK0Irm](https://t.co/OWZvMK0Irm)
> — Simon Scriver (@ToastFundraiser) [October 7, 2017](https://twitter.com/ToastFundraiser/status/916651786877972481?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)