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KAMASI WASHINGTON

An update for Bristol International Jazz & Blues Festival Needs You

May 21 2019

WE JUST FOUND OUT WE HAVE TWO TICKETS TO KAMASI WASHINGTON PLAYING THIS THURSDAY AT O2 ACADEMY BRISTOL. IF YOU'RE INTERESTED PLEASE GO ON OUR CROWDFUNDING PAGE TO PURCHASE THEM BOTH FOR £50.

FUNDSURFER.COM/BRISTOLJAZZANDBLUES

THANK YOU!

An update for Bristol International Jazz & Blues Festival Needs You

May 21 2019

Dear Patrons of the Bristol Jazz and Blues Festival,

Thank you for all your support so far helping back the festival, we will be sending out rewards over the next couple of months to those who requested them and to those that just donated, we are extremely grateful for your undivided support. It's great to know how many of you love the festival as much as we do and that you also want to see it continue for the years to come. So far we've raised over £5000 but still have a long way to go.

Just to let you know along with our crowdfunding campaign, we're also carrying out other means of fundraising as well as putting together some fundraising concerts over the summer so keep watching this space. We're also looking for corporate sponsorship should you know any companies who might be interested and if you're part of a band, a music company or a venue in Bristol do get in touch, there's hundreds of ways you can help support us and they don't have to be financial.

Please remember to share this campaign to your friends through social media and email. You can also tag us under the hashtag #savebristoljazzfest in any online posts and email us at info@bristoljazzandbluesfest.com with any suggestions or leads.

Crowdfunding link to Share:

fundsurfer.com/bristoljazzandblues

Thank you once again and with your support we should be able to stay on the Bristol Cultural Calendar.

Kind Regards,

The Bristol Jazz and Blues Festival Team

Bristol Homeless Action Week final update

An update for Bristol Homeless Action Week

May 20 2019

Hi all

Just a quick final update to say so many thanks for pledging to the campaign. Although we didn't get to our initial target the amount we raised meant that we could make the week a fantastic success. It has proved to be a real template for an even more successful event next year.

So many thanks again - your contributions were really appreciated!

I will be in touch shortly regarding the rewards

All the very best

Ken and the organising team

Beira Crisis Latest Update

An update for Beira Cyclone Crisis and Sustainability Campaign

May 1 2019

Thanks for your support, sadly we have bad news in terms of the situation on the ground being worsened after another Cyclone hit, just weeks after the first. We are thinking of those hit by Cyclone Kenneth and the Bristol Link with Beira team are working closely with people on the ground to support the rebuilding of the City.

Could you please share the crowdfunding project with your network via social media and email, every share helps to spread the word and we need urgent support.

On Sunday a spokesman for UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said he was appealing for "additional resources" from the international community "to fund the response in the immediate, medium and long term".

You can share this info -

Beira Cyclone Crisis and Sustainability Campaign

https://www.fundsurfer.com/cyclone

Beira, Mozambique was directly hit by Cyclone Idai causing 90% destruction to the city. Our appeal is to help rebuild the city sustainably and directly

The death toll from Cyclone Kenneth in cyclone-hit northern Mozambique has risen to 38, officials say, as aid workers struggle to reach the worst-affected areas. Cyclone Kenneth struck the southern African nation last week with winds of 220km/h (140mph), flattening villages and damaging thousands more homes. The storm lost strength, but torrential rain and high winds were still battering the area on Monday. As a result, flights have been grounded - hindering the aid effort. It is predicted the weather system will dump twice as much rainfall as Cyclone Idai when it struck last month, leaving more than 900 dead across Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe. The flood risk was compounded by Kenneth hitting at the end of the rainy season when river levels were already high, the UN's Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs (Ocha) noted. Already, Pemba, the regional capital of Cabo Delgado state, has experienced more than 2m (6.5ft) of rain and flooding.

What's the latest?

According to Mozambique's National Institute of Disaster Management (INGC), 38 people have been killed by Cyclone Kenneth, while another 35,000 homes have been destroyed or damaged. The privately-owned O Pais website reported five people died after part of a rubbish dump collapsed onto homes in Pemba on Sunday evening. It is unclear if these deaths are recorded in the government total. Ocha says humanitarian needs "have sky-rocketed, and the humanitarian response will need to rapidly scale-up". Some 200,000 are in danger in Pemba alone, Ocha warned. Spokesman Saviano Abreu added that the situation in the northern towns of Macomia and Quissanga was critical, while there were also worries for the cut-off island of Ibo. But attempts to reach those areas had not been entirely successful. "We managed to send one flight with World Food Programme (WFP) supplies of rice and biscuits, and some non-food items," Mr Abreu told news agency AFP. "But unfortunately the weather conditions are changing too fast and threatening the operation. It's raining again and the second flight couldn't go."

Bristol Homeless Action Week crowdfunding update

An update for Bristol Homeless Action Week

Apr 29 2019

Hi

We thought we'd give you a quick update re progress on the Bristol Homeless Action week crowdfunding.

We are now 2 weeks away from the opening and preparations are going well although there is still much to do!

Whilst the crowdfunding contributions have been steady ad we are still aiming to raise as much as possible, we have taken the decision to change the status of the campaign from 'all or nothing' to 'take what you raise' as we want to make sure that we use the contributions we have so far received are used in the best way possible.

If you have any questions about this please don't hesitate to get in touch.

And many many thanks again for your pledge - it really is appreciated and it really will help to make the event a great success

Ken

Thank you for funding our project

An update for Save Weston A&E

Apr 15 2019

I am writing to say a big thank you to everyone who donated money to our fundsurfer to help us produce leaflets and run a march and rally in Weston on 11th May.

We set ourselves an ambitious £1000 target - we didn't reach it, but we have still raised £370 which along with donations we have received from our street collections will help us massively.

The fight goes on - please come and see us in the Italian Gardens in Weston super from 12 till 2 pm on 11th May.

Please make sure you respond to the Healthy Weston Consultation and encourage your friends and family to do so.

A big thanks from all of us.

With online and offline donations we have reached over £10000!!

Changes to BRR Advice Service

An update for Bristol Refugee Rights Advice Service

Mar 29 2019

Thanks to your support the advice service at BRR will not be closing but it will be changing to run on a smaller budget. In April the days and ways of working for the Advice team will be changing. The rationale and principles of the changes include:

Protection needs: sharing information about asylum processes, preparing people for what may happen next, advice which empowers people to navigate the asylum system.

Early Action methods: assess current asylum situation and advice needs as early as possible, and take action to meet these/ ensure they are met.

Safety and preventing destitution.

What we'll do: needs assessments, relevant casework, 4 - 5 assessments per week by appointment and follow up appointments for further, all advice and casework for asylum support money and housing, National Referral Mechanism referrals, complex referrals which require case work, Exceptional Case Funding applications, Social Service Community Care Assessment referrals and a bit more . .

The Friday morning drop in at Malcolm X Community Centre will change. The new Friday service will offer information sessions on topics such as Your Rights and the Law, Racism and speaking out, Employability & careers, Drug and alcohol - County Lines, at St Paul's Learning Centre.

Thank you for supporting us through these developments!

Thank you for all the Support.

An update for Beira Cyclone Crisis and Sustainability Campaign

Mar 28 2019

We have been working hard with our local partners on the ground in Beira, ADEL all week.

We have committed this morning to an initial strategy of helping supply resources through our appeal to Public Health and Education. Including water purification kits and materials to rebuild our parter schools.

All our money well go directly to Beira through our partner ADEL and through pre approved joint budgets. We also got confirmation that ADEL have got a partnership with an International Agency to help with short term food and water relief which wasn't getting to them. We are also helping to make sure that relief resources get to the communities we work with.

Please keep supporting our campaign so we can keep supporting the communities in Beira. We are

You have helped us raise £6000 in 5 Days!! Thank you!!

An update for Beira Cyclone Crisis and Sustainability Campaign

Mar 24 2019

We have been in contact with the Mayor of Beira, Daviz Simango throughout the last few days he is working hard on the ground in Beira and feedback to us on the situation. Also we have been in contact with the lead of our parter organisation in Beira, ADEL and we are finding out the needs of the areas .

With both of them as well as with people across both cities we are working on a strategy to help the city directly with money we raise. Also we will be visiting Beira to access the damage and work with key stakeholders to work on a long term plan for the city.

However we need to keep raising money to support the long term development of the city of Beira. Please help in any way you can, especially keep sharing our link and news. We will make further updates as news comes in.

Also we promise to send impact reports on our projects to donors so you can know where the money is being spend.

Thank you once again.

Link to share:

https://www.fundsurfer.com/cyclone

Beira, Mozambique was directly hit by Cyclone Idai caused 90% destruction to the city. The appeal is to help rebuild the city sustainably and directly.