Today is 4th May, or May the Fourth, otherwise known as #StarWarsDay. The joke is a little old, but here are some fresh takes from charities today on making the most of this date on social media.

1. RNLI

https://twitter.com/RNLI/status/727747103850631168

2. WaterAid UK

https://twitter.com/WaterAidUK/status/727796771854819328

3. The Running Charity

https://twitter.com/Running_Charity/status/727788685731729408

4. SolarAid

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUpfmXkppXo

 

5. Rainbow House

https://twitter.com/Irvine_Herald/status/727772289366896640

6. Keech Hospice Care

https://twitter.com/KeechHospice/status/727769935800340481

7. Star Wars: Force for Change

https://twitter.com/Maurizio_Gioli/status/727800018644643840

8. Julia’s House

https://twitter.com/ManorCourtChard/status/724878215005741056

9. Macmillan Cancer Support

https://twitter.com/MacCentralSouth/status/727790574183534592

10. Dogs Trust

https://twitter.com/madlinsudn/status/727813555605606401

11. Phoenix Dance Theatre

Sort of got a bit excited and made a Phoenix-style #StarWars opening crawl! #MayThe4thBeWithYou https://t.co/X72zBBn846 @davidburgessmc

— PhoenixDanceTheatre (@PhoenixLeeds) May 4, 2016

[Video from http://play.starwars.com/html5/starwars_crawlcreator no longer available].

12. The Children’s Society

https://twitter.com/childrensociety/status/727813532071297024

13. Terrence Higgins Trust

https://twitter.com/THTorguk/status/727813376034869248

14. RNIB

https://twitter.com/RNIBRadio/status/727812589720317955

15. Age UK

https://twitter.com/AgeUKGateshead/status/727803492581150720

16. YHA

https://twitter.com/yhafundraising/status/727799327247220736

17. Anthony Nolan

https://twitter.com/AnthonyNolan/status/727784049415229440

18. Gurkha Welfare Trust

https://twitter.com/gwtorg/status/727785352765816832

More #MayThe4thBeWithYou fundraising

[Tweet at https://twitter.com/FutureCop999/status/727751199110369280 no longer available].

 
And don’t forget David Burgess at The Management Centre teased out 10 lessons for fundraisers from Star Wars in a guest blog post here.

 

More Star Wars fundraising

• Star Wars Landspeeder to be auction on eBay for Children in Need (15 November 2019)
• Unicef prize draw offers a role in Star Wars Episode VII (2 June 2014)
• Star Wars fans raise £250,000 for children’s charities re-enacting their favourite scenes (12 April 2018)