Five tweets for fundraisers for 22 September 2016
Howard Lake | 22 September 2016 | Blogs
Here are five selected tweets for fundraisers. Ideas, opportunities, humour or simply useful.
1. Really?
John Thompson, or Johnny Five as he is now known for his #fivergiver viral campaign, spotted an ironic clash of burger brands in one partnership. Bravery, or triumphalism?
McDonald's to give away Wimpy Kid series. I had to read that twice https://t.co/CJf5TO0Pso
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— John Thompson, aka Johnny Five (@JTCHANGINGBIZ) September 15, 2016
2. Wrong kind of takeaway
Thefts from charities or charitable initiatives sadly come in all forms.
One of our charity vans has sadly gone missing. Please DM if you've seen it (RX14 ATF), it does a very important job pic.twitter.com/zF3cF0hsJh
— Pret (@Pret) September 15, 2016
3. Regulatory update
The Fundraising Regulator has published its business plan this week, and is updating fundraisers around the UK.
Miss our #FundraisingRegulator consultation event? Get an update & view presentations here https://t.co/bAXMTshbPX pic.twitter.com/pfTtuoK8Sq
— NICVA (@NICVA) September 13, 2016
4. Spot the charity
An game initiative from the Directory of Social Change from earlier this year that shows just how essential charities are to our way of live.
There are tens of thousands of charities at work in the pic below. We challenge you to play: https://t.co/pIg07yLSFV pic.twitter.com/PDVmvwkr2x
— DSC (@DSC_Charity) September 17, 2016
5. Families that give together…
NfpSynergy remind us of the importance of families to charities – and not just wealthy philanthropic families with their own charitable trust of course.
#Families are an influential supporter group that most #charities aren't targeting – https://t.co/Bm0SjG9HE4 pic.twitter.com/C6Y3Apuuve
— nfpResearch (@nfp_Research) September 19, 2016
About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.