John Thompson
@jtchangingbiz.bsky.social
Fundraising consultant - created #FirstFiver and now #Pets4Pets Ex-Reuters, MS&L PR and Help the Aged/Age UK. Done stuff for BHF, British Red Cross, Costa Coffee, CRUK, Global Radio, MAG, Mind, Samaritans, TRG, Welcome Break, Whitbread, Whizz-Kidz, etc.
I think the cash value of expired gift cards should be donated by providers to charities, by default.
Charities already benefit from funds retrieved from dormant bank accounts, so why not put the cash value of expired gift cards in the pot?
#Christmas #Fundraising
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Charities already benefit from funds retrieved from dormant bank accounts, so why not put the cash value of expired gift cards in the pot?
#Christmas #Fundraising
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#giftcardaidfund | John Thompson
From dormant bank accounts to expired gift cards - an opportunity to significantly boost charitable donations
Whilst gift cards may be a good choice of present during festive seasons and for birthda...
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November 27, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I think the cash value of expired gift cards should be donated by providers to charities, by default.
Charities already benefit from funds retrieved from dormant bank accounts, so why not put the cash value of expired gift cards in the pot?
#Christmas #Fundraising
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Charities already benefit from funds retrieved from dormant bank accounts, so why not put the cash value of expired gift cards in the pot?
#Christmas #Fundraising
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November 23, 2025 at 7:49 PM
November 22, 2025 at 6:38 PM
War Horses for Causes: the twenty four First World War cavalry horses that raised the equivalent of c£16m
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#LestWeForget
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#LestWeForget
War Horses for Causes: the twenty four First World War cavalry horses that raised the equivalent of c£16m
Fundraising news, ideas and inspiration for professional charity fundraisers by professional charity fundraisers and non-profits.
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November 11, 2025 at 11:10 AM
War Horses for Causes: the twenty four First World War cavalry horses that raised the equivalent of c£16m
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#LestWeForget
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#LestWeForget
Mrs Potts, my adorable basset hound, will be 15 on Monday, 3rd November.
She will decide over the weekend which two charities she'll be donating £15 each to, in line with her #Pets4Pets campaign.
#PetGiving #BirthdayGiving
She will decide over the weekend which two charities she'll be donating £15 each to, in line with her #Pets4Pets campaign.
#PetGiving #BirthdayGiving
October 31, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Mrs Potts, my adorable basset hound, will be 15 on Monday, 3rd November.
She will decide over the weekend which two charities she'll be donating £15 each to, in line with her #Pets4Pets campaign.
#PetGiving #BirthdayGiving
She will decide over the weekend which two charities she'll be donating £15 each to, in line with her #Pets4Pets campaign.
#PetGiving #BirthdayGiving
Mrs Potts is already preparing for Halloween, and will be dressing as The Hound of the Bassetvilles.
She is also looking forward to her 15th birthday in November, and thinking about which charities to donate her age in monetary terms to.
She's such a good little pumpkin.
#Pets4Pets
#Fundraising
She is also looking forward to her 15th birthday in November, and thinking about which charities to donate her age in monetary terms to.
She's such a good little pumpkin.
#Pets4Pets
#Fundraising
October 15, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Mrs Potts is already preparing for Halloween, and will be dressing as The Hound of the Bassetvilles.
She is also looking forward to her 15th birthday in November, and thinking about which charities to donate her age in monetary terms to.
She's such a good little pumpkin.
#Pets4Pets
#Fundraising
She is also looking forward to her 15th birthday in November, and thinking about which charities to donate her age in monetary terms to.
She's such a good little pumpkin.
#Pets4Pets
#Fundraising
Hundreds of basset hounds are expected to invade Wells-next-the-Sea beach this month as part of an annual festival for the breed.
Potts will be going and telling her chums all about #Pets4Pets - donate your hound's age in pounds on its birthday.
#Fundraising
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Potts will be going and telling her chums all about #Pets4Pets - donate your hound's age in pounds on its birthday.
#Fundraising
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Festival of basset hounds to welcome hundreds of dogs to Norfolk beach
Hundreds of Basset Hounds are expected to invade Wells beach in Norfolk this month as part of an annual “festival” for the breed.
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August 14, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Hundreds of basset hounds are expected to invade Wells-next-the-Sea beach this month as part of an annual festival for the breed.
Potts will be going and telling her chums all about #Pets4Pets - donate your hound's age in pounds on its birthday.
#Fundraising
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Potts will be going and telling her chums all about #Pets4Pets - donate your hound's age in pounds on its birthday.
#Fundraising
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If you think the new banknotes should contain a reference to giving, fundraising, and charity, today is your last chance to let The Bank of England know.
Submit your ideas now.
#SpendMeSaveMeGiveMe
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Submit your ideas now.
#SpendMeSaveMeGiveMe
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Help us design our next series of banknotes
Share your views by nominating a theme before 31 July – it takes less than two minutes.
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July 31, 2025 at 11:59 AM
If you think the new banknotes should contain a reference to giving, fundraising, and charity, today is your last chance to let The Bank of England know.
Submit your ideas now.
#SpendMeSaveMeGiveMe
www.bankofengland.co.uk/banknotes/he...
Submit your ideas now.
#SpendMeSaveMeGiveMe
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Whatever the outcome of The Bank of England's consultation on the design of future banknotes, their release will provide a fantastic opportunity for a re-run of #FirstFiver that raised £12.5m - the campaign that keeps on giving.
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#SpendMeSaveMeGiveMe
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#SpendMeSaveMeGiveMe
July 9, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Whatever the outcome of The Bank of England's consultation on the design of future banknotes, their release will provide a fantastic opportunity for a re-run of #FirstFiver that raised £12.5m - the campaign that keeps on giving.
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#SpendMeSaveMeGiveMe
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#SpendMeSaveMeGiveMe
The Bank of England is inviting the public’s thoughts on the design of the next generation of banknotes.
Howard Lake and I have shared our thoughts on how charitable giving can be incorporated in the new designs.
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Howard Lake and I have shared our thoughts on how charitable giving can be incorporated in the new designs.
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Since money such as banknotes is at the heart of charitable giving, isn’t it about time that giving was depicted on a banknote?, asks Howard Lake | John Thompson
Since money such as banknotes is at the heart of charitable giving, isn’t it about time that giving was depicted on a banknote?, asks Howard Lake
"We now have an opportunity to make this happen...
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July 5, 2025 at 9:23 AM
The Bank of England is inviting the public’s thoughts on the design of the next generation of banknotes.
Howard Lake and I have shared our thoughts on how charitable giving can be incorporated in the new designs.
www.linkedin.com/posts/john-t...
Howard Lake and I have shared our thoughts on how charitable giving can be incorporated in the new designs.
www.linkedin.com/posts/john-t...
Flask Force
I formed a new community initiative this evening. Fed up with local coffee shops closing at 6pm, Flask Force encourges people to bring a flask of coffee or tea out with them, find a green space to sit in with friends, and chill.
T-shirts and badges available soon.
#FlaskForce
I formed a new community initiative this evening. Fed up with local coffee shops closing at 6pm, Flask Force encourges people to bring a flask of coffee or tea out with them, find a green space to sit in with friends, and chill.
T-shirts and badges available soon.
#FlaskForce
July 3, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Flask Force
I formed a new community initiative this evening. Fed up with local coffee shops closing at 6pm, Flask Force encourges people to bring a flask of coffee or tea out with them, find a green space to sit in with friends, and chill.
T-shirts and badges available soon.
#FlaskForce
I formed a new community initiative this evening. Fed up with local coffee shops closing at 6pm, Flask Force encourges people to bring a flask of coffee or tea out with them, find a green space to sit in with friends, and chill.
T-shirts and badges available soon.
#FlaskForce
Wanted: Yoga teacher
Location: Flexible
Hours: Flexible
People would bend over backwards for a job like this.
Location: Flexible
Hours: Flexible
People would bend over backwards for a job like this.
a man is doing yoga in a living room while a dog looks on .
ALT: a man is doing yoga in a living room while a dog looks on .
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June 28, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Wanted: Yoga teacher
Location: Flexible
Hours: Flexible
People would bend over backwards for a job like this.
Location: Flexible
Hours: Flexible
People would bend over backwards for a job like this.
It's getting warmer by the day. Soon we'll be sleeping under wet towels, gasping for a molecule of cool air from a cobweb covered fan bought at Currys in 1999, with one leg poking out from the sheets towards an open window, wide awake as we wonder when the dog will pass out from excessive panting.
June 18, 2025 at 10:36 PM
It's getting warmer by the day. Soon we'll be sleeping under wet towels, gasping for a molecule of cool air from a cobweb covered fan bought at Currys in 1999, with one leg poking out from the sheets towards an open window, wide awake as we wonder when the dog will pass out from excessive panting.
Louis wants me to play clasical music for him on Fridays, and buy him toys from Harrods once a month. Otherwise there will be consequences.
#NotMyCat
#NotMyCat
May 30, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Louis wants me to play clasical music for him on Fridays, and buy him toys from Harrods once a month. Otherwise there will be consequences.
#NotMyCat
#NotMyCat
May 17, 2025 at 10:26 PM
The UK's #Eurovision entry sounds exactly like Billy Joel's My Life one minute in
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Remember Monday – What The Hell Just Happened? | United Kingdom 🇬🇧 | Second Semi-Final | Eurovision
YouTube video by Eurovision Song Contest
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May 17, 2025 at 10:15 PM
The UK's #Eurovision entry sounds exactly like Billy Joel's My Life one minute in
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May 17, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Watching #Eurovision on catch-up, whilst voting is live. That espresso macchiato song will keep me awake all night
#Estonia
#Estonia
May 17, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Watching #Eurovision on catch-up, whilst voting is live. That espresso macchiato song will keep me awake all night
#Estonia
#Estonia
May 16, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Recalling the time I asked Hugh Grant for his autograph.
But it wasn't him.
But it wasn't him.
May 15, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Recalling the time I asked Hugh Grant for his autograph.
But it wasn't him.
But it wasn't him.
Could #Pets4Pets be the biggest fundraiser of 2025?
Latest Moonpig survey reveals UK pet parents spend £1.7 billion on their pets’ birthdays each year
Idea:
pet parents donate the monetary equivalent of their pet's age to a cause on their birthday
#Dogs #Cats
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Latest Moonpig survey reveals UK pet parents spend £1.7 billion on their pets’ birthdays each year
Idea:
pet parents donate the monetary equivalent of their pet's age to a cause on their birthday
#Dogs #Cats
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Gen Z and millennial pet parents are most likely to throw their pet a… | John Thompson
Could #Pets4Pets be the biggest fundraiser of 2025?
Latest Moonpig survey reveals UK pet parents spend £1.7 billion on their pets’ birthdays each year
This research demonstrates the huge fundraisin...
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May 15, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Could #Pets4Pets be the biggest fundraiser of 2025?
Latest Moonpig survey reveals UK pet parents spend £1.7 billion on their pets’ birthdays each year
Idea:
pet parents donate the monetary equivalent of their pet's age to a cause on their birthday
#Dogs #Cats
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Latest Moonpig survey reveals UK pet parents spend £1.7 billion on their pets’ birthdays each year
Idea:
pet parents donate the monetary equivalent of their pet's age to a cause on their birthday
#Dogs #Cats
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Namsan Park is wonderful a place in the center of Seoul
May 4, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Namsan Park is wonderful a place in the center of Seoul
Currently onboard a Thomas the Tank Engine-branded bus, bound for Tokyo.
This trip just gets better and better 😂
This trip just gets better and better 😂
April 20, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Currently onboard a Thomas the Tank Engine-branded bus, bound for Tokyo.
This trip just gets better and better 😂
This trip just gets better and better 😂
April 19, 2025 at 4:00 AM