Almost a year on from the first Twestival (or Harvest Twestival) co-founded by  Diffusion’s very own Tom Malcolm the team headed down to the cavernous Vinopolis in Borough Market for London Twestival Local and were pleased to discover that the event had lost none of its magic and was one of the best Twestival events yet!

Aside from the copious amounts of free booze generously provided by Magners and Barefoot Wine, what was fantastic about last night was fact that this event had been organised in a way that London Twestival Local did not lose any of the event’s original spark which has made it such a worldwide phenomenon.

As a venue, Vinopoplis worked perfectly with many different areas encouraging everyone to move around so that you could really talk and meet all of the faces you already knew along with a few you didn’t.  Huge credit has to go to the organisers for securing both Newton Faulkner and The Hours who continued the great tradition of providing great live entertainment at the event making the ticket price more than worth its value.

All this while generating a huge amount of money for a good cause.  While the final figures are still to be released – there’s no doubt that the level of money and awareness raised will provide a significant benefit to NSPCC Childline who last night’s twestivities were in aid of.

It’s a wonder that in just a year the simple concept of a London Twestival cooked up by  @benrmatthews, @timhoang and @tommalcolm in a pub after a football match they’d organised over Twitter has been transformed into a worldwide phenoneman by the hard work and inspiration of @Amanda Rose and the thousands of volunteers worldwide raising thousands of pounds for good causes.

Twestival continues to be a success thanks to the hard work of volunteers and the generosity of sponsors (this time Tamar, Sonos and Data Snatchers)  but more importantly it strikes a chord with so many people as it provides everyone with an unprecedented way of meeting new friends they speak with day in day out online while also raising funds for a good cause.

We just wish we didn’t all have such sore heads the morning after…