Recent updates

The latest news from our projects

  • Poetic Insight on Fire!

    An update for Empower Youth Voices

    Apr 26 2017

    Last night's Poetic Insight was fire!  

    If you couldn't be there, you missed out on a brilliant night of poetry and spoken word.  

    We welcomed young people performing their poetry for the first time ever, which I always love, because that is exactly what Young People Insight is all about.  We also welcomed back some regulars and returning poets, creating a great variety of performances.  

    Events like Poetic Insight make me truly proud to be a young person and blessed to be surrounded by such a high level of talent.  If talents like this were being championed more and promoted in the media, the dialogue on young people would be very different.  It's time for wider society to wake up and realise that art brings people together and makes a difference.

    Look out for more photos from the night on the Young People Insight Facebook page, and video footage from the night on our YouTube channel.

     

  • Two Weeks Gone, Three to go!!

    An update for Prevent Drug and Alcohol Use in 5 Schools Through Performing Arts Workshops

    Apr 26 2017

    Hi all!

    So we are two weeks into our crowdfunding today and we've raised £1,020! We are super pleased, and are gearing ourselves up for the final three weeks of the campaign. Thank you for all your help, please continue to share about our project so we can reach more people and achieve our target of £1,500. 

    We're really keen to be able to deliver these workshops and provide fun, creative and comprehensive education around drugs and alcohol use for the furture of our young people. We have been communicating with more schools in Ealing following their return from the Easter break and they are excited about the project too!

    Our crowdfunding has been featured in an article by Inventshift, who are a social enterprise service marketplace for the events business. Also The Tooting Daily Prss wrote a piece about our crowdfunding in association with Business Launchpad. We're really pleased that the crowdfunding is reaching a wider audience so others can see what our project is about. Tomorrow night we are going to be LIVE crowdfunding!! Scary but exciting! This is going to take place at the Business Launchpad Awards at the RBS building. We expect the Awards will be a lively and busy affair, and will update you following the event to let you know how we got on!

    Thanks again, 

    Helena & Daniel

     

     

  • Looking Forward to Poetic Insight

    An update for Empower Youth Voices

    Apr 25 2017

    As you might remember, today is the day of this April's Poetic Insight!  

    We're looking forward to another night of poetry and spoken word delivered by some very special young talent.  As is no set theme this month, we have no idea what topics we're going to hear about or what some young people are going to share, which makes it all the more exciting.

    If you happen to be free tonight and are able to make it down to Croydon, we'd love for you to come down and enjoy some poetry with us.  The event will be taking place at Project B from 7-9pm with performances starting at about 7.15pm, and the address is 1 Bell Hill, Croydon, CR0 1FB.

    Enjoy the rest of your day and we hope to see some of you later :)

  • You've Gotten Us Over 30%

    An update for Empower Youth Voices

    Apr 24 2017

    Hello everyone,

    I want to start off by saying a big thank you for helping us get over 30%!  This could not have happened without your amazing generosity over the weekend; you really are the best.

    I'm also happy to announce that our campaign has been featured on the Iventshift website.  It's a really quick read, so why not take some time to look at it now: http://bit.ly/2q7nkNQ

    And if you're free tomorrow, our next poetry night will be taking place and we'd love to have you there.  Some amazing young talent will be showcasing some inspiring poetry, which is always a lot of fun.  I can also thank you in person, which I would love to have the opportunity to do.

    In the mean time, enjoy the rest of your day and please share our campaign if you haven't already.  Just one share could make all the difference.

     

  • We did it! - Week one target met!

    An update for 23 Free Birthday Cakes for 23 Orphaned Children

    Apr 23 2017

    We're so happy! We hit our 30% target for week one! Thank you so much for your support we couldn't have done it without you. 

    We also have some exciting news! Our March cake went out to a very happy Chucks at the orphange in Nigeria. He asked for a spiderman cake and we gave him a spiderman cake! He seems really pleased :) 

    We've also been busy in the Good Cake Day kitchen. We were at spitalfieds on Monday 17 April, where we met some of you lovely people. We've also had a few cake orders, which has been great for business. 

    We've been nominated for two business awards  - "Online presence Award" and "Commitment to the community" - by the Business Launch Pad. The ceremony will be held at the RBS building on Thursday 27 April and you're all invited (tickets are free and can be gotten at http://bit.ly/2oA0e1Y). We'd love to see you. 

    We're excited about this coming week and hope you'll join us in spreading the word about our campaign. 

    Until next week, have a good cake day!

    xoxo

  • Happy Sunday!

    An update for Empower Youth Voices

    Apr 23 2017

    Happy Sunday everyone!  I hope you're enjoying your weekend.  

    I want to say a big thank you to everyone who has donated over the past few days and pushed our total up to nearly 30% - your generosity and support had me overwhelmed with emotion.

    As you might remember, our forum for April took place on Tuesday when we discussed Synthetic Beauty vs Natural Beauty.  If you want to have a little catch up on what we discussed, have a read of our latest blog post: http://bit.ly/syntheticvsnaturalbeauty

    Happy reading.

  • We're Over 20%

    An update for Empower Youth Voices

    Apr 21 2017

    I'm excited to say that we're now over 20%, so we're moving in the right direction, which is up.

    With this general election being called, it's imperative for young people to feel that their voices are empowered so that they will go out and vote.  They can make all the difference in swinging the election.

    So if you haven't shared our campaign yet, please take the time to do it now.  Maybe you'll send an email, make a post on Twitter or write a message on WhatsApp.  Whatever you do, keep on sharing so that we can empower a greater number of young voices.

  • On Day 8, Our Total is £438

    An update for Empower Youth Voices

    Apr 20 2017

    So now we're out of the first week and on to Day 8, with our total currently standing at £438.  

    Your support and generosity continues to mean so much to me, and I've genuinely been moved by your pledges.

    To celebrate all of you and the money raised so far, here's some more of the best bits from our first poetry night in 2017, when the theme was Celebration and Moving Forward.

    I hope you enjoy it.

  • ONE WEEK GONE...

    An update for Prevent Drug and Alcohol Use in 5 Schools Through Performing Arts Workshops

    Apr 20 2017

    Hi all, just a little update and a big THANK YOU! We have just completed our first week of crowdfunding yesterday!! Thanks to your amazing (and overwhelming!) support we have raised an impressive £870!! This is actually 58% of our final target amount of £1500, so we are super chuffed!!

    You've all been fantastic supporters, please continue to tell your networks amount the crowdfunding project; we really want to be able to provide this education for the furture of our young people. We have been in talks with Acton High School and they are excited about receiving a FREE workshop! 

    Next week we will be doing a LIVE crowdfunding event at the Business Launchpad Awards, exciting stuff! Will update about this event and on how we are getting on as the time goes!

    Thanks again, 

    Helena & Daniel

     

     

  • Upfest 2017 accommodation prize draw!

    An update for Upfest 2017 - Street Art & Graffiti Festival

    Apr 20 2017

    STOP PRESS - Prize draw for accommodation at Upfest 2017!

     

    NOTICE TO ALL PLEDGERS (existing and new)....

    Not only are you generously supporting Europe's largest Street Art & Graffiti festival where there are some amazing rewards to be had...

    We've now got an extra WOW bonus for you!

    Anyone pledging £10 or more to our fundsurfer campaign will be added into a draw to WIN....

    Courtesy of our official festival hotel partner 'Mercure Hotels'

    Two nights accommodation (Saturday 29th & Sunday 30th of July, Room for 2)  at the Grand hotel for the festival weekend!

    Mercure Grand Hotel, having recently undertaken a £4million renovation of this historic building, artwork at the hotel was provided by Upfest artists to give a unique blend of street art style against the hotels stunning Victorian features.

    Mercure Grand Hotel

    Check out this review of renovations at the Grand by travel blogger Heather Cowper HERE

    Thanks again for supporting, please share the campaign with your friends so we can hit our £20,000 target.