# Five tweets for fundraisers – 27 September 2021 - Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2021/09/28/five-tweets-for-fundraisers-27-september-2021/ - Published: 2021-09-28T11:55:06+01:00 - Author: Howard Lake **Here’s another selection from the wonderful fundraising tips, ideas and resources that get shared on Twitter daily.** ### **1. The cast of Jurassic Park as charity fundraisers** You might have spotted Matt Smith’s amusing series of Twitter threads that imagines TV and film characters as fundraisers. His latest creation looks at the cast of Jurassic Park. > The cast of Jurassic Park (1993) if they were charity fundraisers > A thread…🧵🦖 > 🦕💥 [pic.twitter.com/fzbR2k7ipR](https://t.co/fzbR2k7ipR) > > ## Advertisement > > — Matt Smith (@InnovationMatt) [September 23, 2021](https://twitter.com/InnovationMatt/status/1441066841309388800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) ### 2. Those who give… A useful reminder that we don’t need to convince everyone to give, just those who do give. > "Those who give, give. Those that don’t, don’t." > – Harold SumptionIn research,“ > most” people say they give to charity. Of course they will say that: It’s what's > makes them look good.But there is a vast swathe of people who don't give to charity. > Focus on those who do. > — CIOF Supporter Experience (@CIOFSupporterXP) [August 17, 2021](https://twitter.com/CIOFSupporterXP/status/1427658848765194242?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) ### 3. It takes a village Most small charities stay small. Sometimes one, through luck or in this case judgement, surges ahead. > This is a story for charity law textbooks – how a Cambridgeshire village trust > created in 1525 sold some fields to Peterhouse to build a technology park c.600 > years later and now has a fund of £18.5M to spend for the benefit of inhabitants > of the parish [https://t.co/cgF7dfVjrT](https://t.co/cgF7dfVjrT) > — Barbara Rich (@BarbaraRich_law) [August 14, 2021](https://twitter.com/BarbaraRich_law/status/1426493621105274883?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) ### 4. Funding for funding applications? Charities spend many hours applying for corporate partnerships. Yet it’s usually a winner-take-all result. John Thompson sagely asks if it could be different, with companies offering not insubstantial prizes to those that make the final shortlist. > Dear [@Morrisons](https://twitter.com/Morrisons?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw), > Thousands > of fundraiser hours are being spent by charities, demonstrating why they should > be your next partner. Will you at least guarantee runner-up prizes of £100k for > those that make the final five? Go on, start a trend. Thank you.[https://t.co/pATXsPvGro](https://t.co/pATXsPvGro) > — John Thompson, aka Johnny Five (@JTCHANGINGBIZ) [June 17, 2021](https://twitter.com/JTCHANGINGBIZ/status/1405397594906542080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) ### 5. Charity TV How do TV programmes portray charity volunteers? There’s a research paper on that. > Ever wonder how pop culture portrays day-to-day activities in nonprofits? I did! > So I gathered a team of binge-watching RAs and got to work with Marissa Evans > to interpret over 100 TV portrayals of volunteering.[https://t.co/hi5B1GuBea](https://t.co/hi5B1GuBea) > — Dr. Kimberly Wiley (@kwileyfl) [July 30, 2021](https://twitter.com/kwileyfl/status/1421149048967471105?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) * **[Bensons for Beds becomes Bensons for Heads in support of Mind](https://fundraising.co.uk/2021/10/08/bensons-for-beds-becomes-bensons-for-heads-in-support-of-mind/)**( 8 October 2021) * **[Five tweets for fundraisers for 19 July 2023](https://fundraising.co.uk/2023/07/19/five-tweets-for-fundraisers-for-19-july-2023/)**( 19 July 2023) * **[Community centres ‘for sale’ in mock adverts to show their true value](https://fundraising.co.uk/2025/10/20/community-centres-for-sale-in-mock-adverts/)**( 20 October 2025)