Enjoy our Festive Fundraising Tunes of the Day
Melanie May | 9 December 2020 | News
Following the positive feedback we received for our Fundraising Tune of the Day series in the Spring, we’ve begun a series for Advent, featuring a different festive tune each day.
Fundraising Tune of the Day was a series of piano performances that UK Fundraising’s Howard Lake started sharing at the end of March this year, as the first nationwide lockdown began in response to the COVID19 pandemic.
Howard was finding that he was playing the piano (which is about five feet away from his UK Fundraising desk) more than usual, and decided to share some recordings with other fundraisers, in the hope that music might help other fundraisers through the difficult times of working from home and away from colleagues.
Each tune was followed by a short, related fundraising tip. So the videos combined entertainment with some education.
Very quickly other fundraisers with musical talents joined in to contribute their own tune of their day with their own fundraising tip.
Advent 2020
As the second English lockdown continued into early December Howard decided to produce a Christmas-themed series of tunes of the day. Again, other fundraisers kindly volunteered their performances of Christmas carols or other Christmas-themed tunes.
Since music can help with mental health challenges, here are the latest Festive Fundraising Tunes of the Day, for your enjoyment.
The performances are shared on almost all our social channels, so do subscribe to our YouTube channel to get an update for each new piece.
1. The Coventry Carol
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2. Oh Come oh Come Emmanuel
3. Oh Christmas Tree
4. Stay
5. The Christ Child’s Lullaby
6. Narnia theme (finale)
7. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
8. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Created by the fabulous Furloughed Fundraisers Chat group on Facebook, and used with permission.
Since the group’s first support session earlier this year was led by co-founder Louise Bingham who shared her Makaton skills, it seemed “only fitting that we send you our best wishes in this way”.
Thank you to FFC member Rachel Samuel at Make Some Noise Productions for volunteering to create this video for the group.
9. God Rest You Merry Gentlemen
It’s time for some Dickensian fundraising tips, although the carol is about three hundred years older than those times.
As you can see, the series is open to anyone to contribute a Christmas-related performance to. It could be instrumental, vocal, perhaps spoken word, or maybe even a different format. Do contact Howard Lake if you’d like to contribute a performance. A related fundraising tip is welcome but not essential.
Fundraising Tune of the Day is an ongoing project so will return after December. It keeps us happy and we hope it helps bring you happiness or calm.
Festive Fundraising Jukebox
If you want more musical fundraisers and some fundraising and giving, then do explore fundraising consultant Richard Sved’s Festive Fundraising Jukebox.
His initiative has returned this year to raise funds for two charities, Youth Talk and Alcohol Change.
If you have a carol or festive tune that you’d like him to perform, Richard will deliver, in return for a donation. He is ably assisted by his brass band mates Jenny, Peter and David, and guest musicians Eason, Charlie and UK Fundraising’s Howard Lake.
Here's Angels from the Realm of Glory:
Donate:https://t.co/SSdWrorwGo#FestiveFundraisingJukebox pic.twitter.com/KIW7zvX72z
— Richard Sved (@richardsved) December 1, 2020
Now playing on the #FestiveFundraisingJukebox it's Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, with guest trumpeter @DavidBurgessFR
To donate: https://t.co/SSdWrorwGo pic.twitter.com/Pqmli9Eikf— Richard Sved (@richardsved) December 3, 2020
About Melanie May
Melanie May is a journalist and copywriter specialising in writing both for and about the charity and marketing services sectors since 2001. She can be reached via thepurplepim.com.