Recent updates

The latest news from our projects

  • Thank you, we've done it, the new Bristol Creatives website is now live

    An update for New Bristol Creatives Website

    Mar 23 2023

    Hello,

    Thanks to your support we are delighted to announce that the new much improved Bristol Creatives' website is now live.  

    You can see it in action here: https://bristolcreatives.co.uk/

    We'd also like to thank our website developers The Chemistry Set and Sharp Shooter Digital for all their hard work designing and building the new website and porting over all the user, member, subscriber and other content.  It was a mammoth task!

    We've been supporting visual and applied artists (painters, potters, photographers, performers, etc) and the infrastructure that supports and provides services for them since 2006.  Our fabulous new smartphone and tablet friendly website will enable us to continue doing so for the foreseeable future. Thanks again for your support, we really appreciate it.

    You can follow us on social media:

    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheBristolCreatives
    Twitter: https://twitter.com/bristolcreative

    And you can sign up for a our free monthly eBulletins, which are full of the latest news, opportunities, what's on and jobs here: https://bristolcreatives.co.uk/get-involved/ 

    Please share this great news with anyone you know who is involved or interested visual and applied arts in the city and encourage them to join here: https://bristolcreatives.co.uk/membership-levels/

    Thanks again

    Sally Reay
    Founder & Manager
    sally@bristolcreatives.co.uk

  • PRIZE WINNERS!

    An update for Wild Wild Web3

    Mar 9 2023

    Hello everyone!

    Big congrats to our three lucky prize winners this week who were automatically entered into a raffle as they donated so quickly! 

    Winnings: 

    -£2000 worth of video marketing 

    -2 Tickets to the official screening

    -Golf lessons for two 

    We're 12% of the way to our goal! That will help cover a load of costs for a big shoot we have planned, so thank you so much to everyone who has helped so far! Any sharing with colleagues, family and friends would be massively appreciated!

    Lucy & Cameron 

     

  • UPDATE - Wild Wild Web3

    An update for Wild Wild Web3

    Mar 2 2023

    Hi everyone!

    Thank you so much to everyone who has pledged so far! We're incredibly grateful for all the generous support! - As the end of our crowdfunding is approaching, we have decided to extend the period until the end of March so we can get as close to our goal as possible! 

    Do spread the word and check out our new trailer if you haven't seen it yet!

    Lots of love, 

    Lucy & Cameron

     

  • Turkey/Syria Earthquake Appeal

    An update for Fundraising for Mobile Water Units to Save Lives

    Feb 10 2023

    We have turned our general water appeal into one for Earthquake.

    World Governments and NGOs and local people have said there is a lack of fresh drinking water to keep people alive our solutions.

     Also we are committing part of our medical supply chains to this area too as well as Ukraine and Afghanistan.

    Please help us save lives again.

    This will continue our promise to support local organisations and local people on the ground whatever the crisis. 

     

    Thank you

    Presidium Team .

     

     

  • Thank you SO much!

    An update for Echo Vocal Ensemble Debut Album

    Feb 2 2023

    Dear all,

    We wanted to send a note to say that we reached our fundraising target of £4000 this week, thanks to your incredibly generous help. 

    We're really excited about recording our debut album this summer and your support is a huge step on the way to making that happen. You'll receive more news as it comes, including exclusive content and updates from the recording process, and we hope we can thank you in person at a concert later this year. If you want to get in touch directly, you can contact us on echovocalensemble@gmail.com. 

    With many thanks again for your generosity, and speak soon.

    All best wishes,

    Sarah (on behalf of Echo Vocal Ensemble)

     

  • Emergency Water Appeal

    An update for Funding Ukrainian Emergency Aid & Supplies

    Dec 2 2022

    We are currently trying to raise funds for emergency water units we now have access to. 

    2.2 Billion people need emergency water now! 1.1 Million people in Ukraine have no access to running clean water currently. 

    We want to provide life-saving mobile water treatment systems to areas in Ukraine that need emergency water now. Some of the hospitals we have been supplying aid too don't have clean water they need.  Please help us provide clean water. 

    You can donate here or go to our new dedicated page for water unit systems.

    https://www.fundsurfer.com/crowdfund/fundraising-for-mobile-water-units-to-save-lives

     

  • Over and out

    An update for Baba Ganoush Kitchen Needs Your Help!

    Oct 30 2022

    It's a very delayed update due to the time it is taking to recover from this ordeal but Shad has been home and back in the community since late August and overwhelmed with your love and support. 

    We thank you from the bottom of our hearts.

    Peace and love

  • Crowd funding rewards

    An update for UPFEST 2022

    Sep 9 2022

    Hi all,

    Where does the time go, we hope everyone enjoyed Upfest and has had a great summer.

    We still have a handful of rewards left to be collected so if you're one of them please come by the gallery or get in touch by emailing Emma@upfest.co.uk. Any rewards not collected by Christmas will be given to Santa.

    Thanks once again for your support,

     

    The Upfest Crew

  • Online Teachers Raise £40,000 to Develop Learning Platform Co-op

    An update for MyCoolClass Learning Platform Owned by Teachers, Not Venture Capital. Help us Grow!

    Aug 9 2022

    MyCoolClass, a new learning platform cooperative, has raised £40,000 through community shares to develop their own platform and provide fair work for online educators

    LONDON – August 9th, 2022 – MyCoolClass, a new learning platform cooperative, has raised £40,000 through community shares to develop their own platform and provide fair work for online educators.

    MyCoolClass helps teachers with fair payment for their teaching and tutoring services and gives members a stake and say in the workplace. MyCoolClass is dedicated to bringing equity to online teachers around the world who are tired of being exploited by big tech.

    “The education sector has been defined by rampant profiteering in which both teachers and students are getting ripped off", says John Hayes, the creator of MyCoolClass. “We are building an alternative to the venture capital-owned giants that have been dominating the online learning sector by giving teachers skin in game through community ownership. Teachers want something better and that’s MyCoolClass. ”

    MyCoolClass features unique courses in a variety of languages, subjects, and skills. The co-op attracts high-quality teachers and eager learners globally who prefer working in an ethical and democratic environment. The platform is currently available in 14 languages and offers classes in over 20 languages.

    To effectively market and expand services to more teachers, MyCoolClass is undertaking a community shares issue. The cooperative needs to raise capital to grow the business and challenge industry giants. Community shares is a common fundraising practice in the UK among cooperative societies.

    MyCoolClass has an objective of raising a maximum target of £500,000, with a minimum share subscription per person of £100. Interest of 5 percent will be paid annually after year one. The withdrawal of capital is targeted after three years, and UK investors may seek up to 50% tax relief on their investments. Investors can also vote in elections and run for board of directors. The community shares offer is being hosted on Fundsurfer and closes October 15th.

    Community shares is a user-friendly name for withdrawable, non-transferable share capital: a form of equity uniquely available to cooperative and community benefit societies. Since 2012, over £155m has been raised by over 104,203 people in community shares across the UK.

    For more information about MyCoolClass and community shares, please visit: 
    https://www.fundsurfer.com/community-share/mycoolclass-learning-platform-owned-by-teachers-not-venture-capital-help-us-grow

    Contact: John Hayes – Creator/Director
    Email: jhayes@mycoolclass.com
    Website: https://mycoolclass.com
    Facebook: https://facebook.com/mycoolclass
    Community Shares Offer: https://www.fundsurfer.com/community-share/mycoolclass-learning-platform-owned-by-teachers-not-venture-capital-help-us-grow

  • Urgent Appeal - Nearly A year

    An update for Supporting Afghan families in need

    Aug 9 2022

    Emergency Case
    We have a pregnant Afghan woman, an at risk journalist, in Pakistan that is 8.5 months pregnant and without a visa, and therefore can only avail of a few hospital services in Pakistan. She is suffering bleeding during pregnancy and needs to see an OBGY and deliver her child.

    We need your help urgently to provide desperate Afghans who have nowhere else to turn with:

    • Basic Medicine & Nutritional Supplements
    • Hospital and Maternity Visits
    • Food Packages for Families

    It’s been almost one year since Afghanistan fell to the Taliban. The situation of ordinary Afghan people has only gotten worse. The latest reports from Human Rights Watch describe 90% of the country in a chronic state of food insecurity leading to starvation and malnutrition. Children will be affected by this throughout their later lives. 

    With the shortage of access to medical supplies and treatment people across the country are unable to acquire even basic pain relievers or vitamin supplements. Pregnant women don’t have maternity support. Thousands of people from lawyers, journalists, civil society and former Afghan National Security Defence Forces (ANDSF) are hiding from the Taliban. These people can scarcely leave their homes and have no means to work, slowly withering waiting for the hope of receiving asylum.

    Presidium Network and our partners have provided food and medical supplies to tens of thousands of Afghan families since the collapse of the former Government. In a single home up to 14 people may be living, and in desperation many families have sent their children out to work, or beg in the streets.

    We have full-supply chains for medicines and foods, as well as the logistics to deliver food parcels across the entire country. We are able to provide a more diverse range of food-stuffs and sanitary products than most organisations including: rice, flour, sugar, sunflower oil, a variety of vegetables, powdered milk, soap, shampoo and toothpaste.

    PLEASE DONATE NOW TO HELP THOUSANDS OF VULNERABLE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN FORGOTTEN AND IGNORED BY THE WORLD.