Recent updates

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.

One Week In

An update for Empower Youth Voices

Apr 19 2017

Can you believe that we're already one week in to the campaign?  I know I can't, but there is still a lot of time to go and a lot more money to be raised.

Thank you to all of you for pledging and getting the total up to £288 so far - you know I really appreciate you right?

If I'm being honest with you, this journey has been so much harder than I ever imagined and convincing people to donate is incredibly difficult.  However, I'm going to keep pushing on and putting in the work, because empowering the voices of young people is worth it, which was displayed in yesterday's forum.  

One of our regular participants, Alana, did a great job in leading out for the first time and I could not be more proud.  This is what Young People Insight is all about and why I am determined to make it a success.  

We're Over 10%

An update for Empower Youth Voices

Apr 18 2017

Hello everyone,

Yesterday we reached and then exceeded 10% of our target!  

Of course, that never would have happened without you and your generous support, so thank you again.

If you're free today, try and come down to Project B (1 Bell Hill, Croydon, CR0 1FB) from 6.30-8.30pm when we'll be having our forum and we can thank you in person.  A big smile and hug will be waiting for you.

Enjoy the rest of your day and hope to see you later.

Support Upfest 2017

An update for Upfest 2016 - Europe's largest street art & graffiti festival

Apr 17 2017

Official Upfest 2017 T-shirt by festival artist duo PAHNL!

Pledge £25 today and get rewarded!

Keeping Our Campaign Alive on Day 5

An update for Empower Youth Voices

Apr 16 2017

We can't believe our campaign is already on to Day 5 - isn't it crazy how fast time flies?

It's almost time for our monthly forum too, when we'll be discussing Synthetic Beauty vs Natural Beauty.  If you're free on Tuesday from 6.30-8.30pm, you should come down to Project B in Croydon and join the conversation with us.  They always prove to be incredibly interesting and they will definitely challenege your mindset.

Last month we discussed Freedom of Speech and it definitely made me think differently.  You can catch up on some of the points raised on the Young People Insight blog.

In the meantime, why not share the campaign page and play your part in empowering more youth voices?

It's Day 3, Let's Talk About Poetry

An update for Empower Youth Voices

Apr 14 2017

It's day 3 of crowdfunding and now the total is up to £117!  

Thank you again to all of the wonderful people who have made a pledge, you're making a genuine difference in the lives of a number of young people.

One of the ways you're making a difference is by allowing us to continue to put on monthly poetry nights, which give young poets and spoken word artists the opportunity to showcase their talents while speaking their mind.  The nights are always a special experience, filled with inspiring poetry and amazing young talent.

Don't just take my word for it though.  Have a look at some of the best bits from our first poetry night of 2017.

On to Day 2

An update for Empower Youth Voices

Apr 13 2017

Hello there,

Day 1 of our crowdfunding campaign ended with £28 being pledged.  Thank you to our first backers, we couldn't do this without you.  

We're now on to Day 2 and we're excited to say that we've been mentioned in the Tooting Daily Prss!  It would be great if you could take a little time to read it and share if you like it.  Every little bit of support helps.

Enjoy the rest of your day and speak to you again soon.

Shaniqua

Half way there!

An update for St George's Bristol Crowdfund

Apr 13 2017

Just to say firstly an enormous Easter THANKS to all you.. our 271 crowdfund backers to date.. In just over four months since we launched we are about to reach the half way point of this, the final campaign to complete our Building a Sound Future capital appeal. That alone makes this one of the largest crowdfund campaigns in Bristol, and certainly the largest arts crowdfund appeal outside of London by a mile!

We set ourselves a target of reaching the halfway point by Easter, and we are so close..! With 100% matched funding and gift aid, we need to attract further donations totalling £1,200 to get us there. Anything you can do as our signed up supporters to encourage others to join will really help, so if you can share the campaign again for us over the Easter break, we would be so grateful.

We have some exciting project updates and visuals of the building works which are now underway to share with you all, which we will do in the week after the Easter break, when we hope to be over that all important half way point! Remember that this is the final campaign of our overall appeal, and we are determined to reach that final target. We have now raised over £6.1M for our project overall, and completing the crowdfund target of £200,000 will ensure we reach the final appeal target of £6.3M. 

Wishing you all the best for a Happy and relaxed Easter break, and please do keep sharing our campaign.. together we can crack the £100,000 total and bring new supporters in to join the campaign!

Thank you again for all your support.

Simon

Thanks for supporting Upfest

An update for Upfest 2016 - Europe's largest street art & graffiti festival

Apr 12 2017

Hey folks,

So it's been almost a year since you lovely people helped us reach our 2016 crowd funding target!

After the huge success of 2016 with over 35,000 visitors our costs to host 350+ artists for 2017 have grown further, so we're at it again and would love your support!

As always there are some great rewards for supporting the festival from sticker packs, festival prints to home or office murals...

Check out this years rewards HERE

BigUP for your support!

The Upfest Crew