Five tweets about fundraising history

Fundraising has a long history. Channels might have changed, understanding of what motivates giving might have grown, but we can still learn from past examples. And Twitter is full of these lessons and examples from the past. Here are five tweets about fundraising in the past. 1. WWF's early fundraising ideas A biography of naturalist Peter Scott includes some fascinating background to the fundraising tactics used in the early days of the WWF.    https://twitter.com/gethynwilliams/status/1103203414778040320     2. Really old school fundraising Mark Phillips blogs about how fundraising was taught in one school in 1350: https://twitter.com/Markyphillips/status/1100735732140986368   3. Right royal fundraising The fundraising school resulted in David Burgess sharing details how emergency appeals were launched in the 1600s. He highlighted an example of a 'brief', a document of 1666 from the Essex Record Office's archive which was a fundraising appeal on behalf of the citizens of Weymouth in Dorset who had suffered a major fire. These briefs were copies of royal letters patent, which called for the gathering of contributions from ‘all well-disposed persons’. These would then employ collectors to travel around the country seeking donations.    https://twitter.com/davidburgessfr/status/1100886907419086848   4. Victorian collecting dogs Years ahead of the contactless giving dogs of Blue Cross, here are the collecting dogs of Victorian times.   https://twitter.com/fuyerescaper/status/1093913989673873409 It's worth reading the whole thread, but here's the final instalment: https://twitter.com/fuyerescaper/status/1093915867610529792   5. Know what happened If you're still unconvinced about the value (and enjoyment) of looking backwards to look forwards, here's Lisa Sargent's advice: https://twitter.com/lisasargent2/status/1105426192608493569    

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