Thousands Supporting Remembrance Day Online (And How To Donate)
With the rise of Twitter and the social dominance of Facebook, people are going beyond just buying a poppy, and embracing ways to support Remembrance Day online as well.
There's a few ways to get involved:
Donate online:
The British Legion's website accepts single donations or direct debits.
By Text:
Text Poppy to 70090 to make a £5 donation to the Royal British Legion. At least £4 of that goes to them.
Text Poppy to 85552 to get a poppy wallpaper sent to your phone. Cost: £1.50.
Twibbons:
Add a poppy to the lower corner of your Facebook or Twitter profile picture, like so:
Unlike previous charity Twibbon campaigns, this one has missed a trick by not asking people to donate money to the British Legion first. Daft but rectifiable.
An alternative is the RBL's official poppy twibbon.
Buy the charity single:
Thom Yorke, Mark Ronson, Brian Ferry, tennis player Andy Murray, actor David Tennant and Prime Minister David Cameron (among several others) have teamed up for a bizarre single to mark November 11th's Remembrance Day.
Rather than any music or vocals, the track, entitled '2 Minute Silence', simply features two minutes of no sound whatsoever. No, seriously. The famous folks mentioned above star in a video in which they stand staring at the camera in silence (a snippet of which is shown below).
The song is available to buy now; and the hope is to raise lots of money for the Royal British Legion.
All proceeds will ultimately benefit British military veterans. "Rather than record a song, we felt the UK public would recognize the poignancy of silence and its clear association with remembrance," said Chris Simpkins, the Director General of the Royal British League.
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