# Charity April Fools’ Day jokes 2020 - Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2020/04/01/charity-april-fools-day-jokes-2020/ - Published: 2020-04-01T10:50:15+01:00 - Author: Howard Lake **It’s the cruellest of Aprils for many years, but charities are still keeping our spirits up with April Fools’ Day jokes.**     ## 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/)           ## 1. Dinosaur Park       Oxford’s Magdalen College is using the lockdown to create its dinosaur park. Model dinosaurs, of course.       > A silver lining of the lockdown is that one of Magdalen's most ambitious plans > of recent years has finally been realised: the College dinosaur park. This 3 metre > tall triceratops is the first of five giant models planned for College. Keep posted. > Fl-rroarr-eat Magdalen-arrggh!!! [pic.twitter.com/Cm85YjAbgS](https://t.co/Cm85YjAbgS) > — Magdalen College (@magdalenoxford) [April 1, 2020](https://twitter.com/magdalenoxford/status/1245269042455367680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)               ## 2. National Trust squirrels away a treat       Those red squirrels need all the help they can get, it seems.       > This winter, rangers on Brownsea Island discovered that forgetful red squirrels > had misplaced their nuts. > Watch our video to find out how squirrel-sized sign posts can lead them back to > their food. [pic.twitter.com/WwwojVtjNt](https://t.co/WwwojVtjNt) > — National Trust (@nationaltrust) [April 1, 2020](https://twitter.com/nationaltrust/status/1245244579915403264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)               ## 3. Animal magic       ZSL London Zoo staff must really love 1st April…       https://twitter.com/_David_Lacey/status/1245252513282097152       It looks like other zoos are on the receiving end of this jollity on this day too:       https://twitter.com/IanMullen3/status/1245250218393776128               ## 4. CRM-VR from Beacon       Today is the perfect day for charity CRM specialists Beacon to introduce their unbelievably powerful new tool.       https://twitter.com/beacon_crm/status/1245246250091532289               ## 5. A greener Google       This one fooled quite a few people. A [very plausible news release](https://agreenergoogle.com/) appears to show Google and Alphabet deciding to stop “funding climate denial”.       The CEO Sundar Pichai seems to say: “We will stop our funding of organisations that deny or work to block action on climate change, effective immediately”.       There is a pledge and even an apology for its actions in the past.       You’ve guessed it. It is activism on April Fool’s Day. It is a parody site set up by Extinction Rebellion to call on Google to do much more in terms of tackling climate crisis.       > Want to fight climate change from home? Join us [@ScientistsX](https://twitter.com/ScientistsX?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > [@ExtinctionR](https://twitter.com/ExtinctionR?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > in a digital > action on April 1st. Go to [https://t.co/RRPVrxdIwB](https://t.co/RRPVrxdIwB) > and input your email to get full information Raised fist[#AprilFools](https://twitter.com/hashtag/AprilFools?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > [#AprilFoolsDay](https://twitter.com/hashtag/AprilFoolsDay?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > [#GreenerGoogle](https://twitter.com/hashtag/GreenerGoogle?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > [#ExtinctionRebellion](https://twitter.com/hashtag/ExtinctionRebellion?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > [#XR](https://twitter.com/hashtag/XR?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [#DigitalAction](https://twitter.com/hashtag/DigitalAction?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > — Extinction Rebellion Hackney 🚲🐝🌱 (@XRHackney) [April 1, 2020](https://twitter.com/XRHackney/status/1245281915265077248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)               ## 6. Not April Fools       The first day of April can be a tricky time to announce an event or a new product.       > This is no April Fool – it's really [#CharityHour](https://twitter.com/hashtag/CharityHour?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > tonight 8-9pm! We'll be chatting virtual fundraising/cashless society thanks [@GetCollecTin](https://twitter.com/GetCollecTin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) > for theme suggestion – all welcome 🙂 > — #CharityHour (@CharityHourUK) [April 1, 2020](https://twitter.com/CharityHourUK/status/1245244567772958728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)               ## 7. Past charity April Fools’ Day jokes       * [**Charities that mades us smile on April Fools’ Day 2017**](https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/04/01/charities-april-fools-day-2017/)**( 1 April 2017)** * **[5 great charity April Fools 2016](https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/04/01/5-great-charity-april-fools-2016/)( 1 April 2016)** * **[Charities raise a smile on April Fools’ Day jokes](https://fundraising.co.uk/2015/04/01/charities-raise-a-smile-with-april-fools-day-jokes/)( 1 April 2015)**               ## 8. Watch charity April Fools’ Day 2017                     ![Loading](https://fundraising.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/page-views-count/ajax-loader- 2x.gif)