Recent updates

Vouchers - Important

Oct 4 2016

Dear Supporters,

We are moving forward !

After another follow up with the landlord we have mapped our action plan and builders will start their work on the safety part of the building next week.

For this reason I feel it's the right time to send the Vouchers you all have been waiting for. I will be sending them on next Monday, so PLEASE keep your eyes on your spam box (from info@youandmeow.co.uk, I would recommend to add this address to your email book, because if your Voucher lands in spam, some of the emails are deleted just after few days, depending on your email settings). Not taking care of this now may cause some problems along the way which I believe are not necessary. Please bare in mind that all of our Vouchers will be valid for 6 months starting from our Official Opening Date (which will be announced end of October/beginning of November) so please make sure you receive yours. I pay attention to this as I still have not received the details from some of you even after my 4 attempts, so those Vouchers will be kept on hold.

Again, if you have not received any of my ''Perk Instructions'' emails from which I need your details please contact me at info@youandmeow.co.uk as this is the last/best time to follow up on that.

Thank you very much for your understanding.

Ewa

Rewards

An update for Beyond the Stage Photography Exhibition

Oct 3 2016

Hi all

Just a quick update for veryone who requested a reward. If you haven't received an email about this already you will do very shortly. Thank you for your patience :-)

Ken

LAUNCH DATE FOR THE IMPERIAL PLAN NOW SET!

An update for The Imperial Plan by The Fable

Oct 3 2016

Hi Backers,

Well I am delighted to announce that earlier today I uploaded the entire album of The Imperial Plan to the online distributor (Tunecore) and set the launch date:

November 11th, 2016 - Armistice Day!

The album cover design is down to the last few edits, so the physical CD will be produced over the next couple of weeks in plenty of time to go on sale alongside the digital release.

It is my intent to forward copies of the CD to all of you as soon as they are ready, which should be well before November 11th. If your pledge included other rewards such as the WW1 magazine or one of the books written by Richard Van Emden about WW1 they will be forwarded along with your CD. As an added bonus, all books have been personally signed by the author.

Thanks again for all of your support. I do hope you will enjoy it and will consider it worthy enough to tell others about it.

Best regards,

Mike

Moldova-themed supper club on 20th October!

An update for Help us fund and launch 91 Ways International pop up Peace Cafes!

Oct 3 2016

----Menu release!----

Announcing our delicious menu for our Moldova-themed supper club on 20th October!

Expect scrummy pastries, stuffed vine leaves and fresh flavours, interwoven with Cezara's stories and memories.

Book here.

Emergency Collection Update.

An update for Calais Refugee Solidarity Bristol

Oct 3 2016

As well as the van-load that left this week, we now have another 3 wonderful drivers volunteering to fill their vans with aid and drive it over to Calais for us in the next 2 weeks. We need your help to fill them! Please drop off any donations ASAP and please share this with people outside this group.

10000 people will soon be displaced yet again and we need to do what we can minimise that trauma if at all possible.

https://www.fundsurfer.com/project/calais-refugee-support-group-bristol

Get ready for a Sunday suprise!

An update for Victoria Klewin & The TrueTones debut album

Oct 1 2016

Hi everyone,

Hope you're having a great weekend so far and the months have been kind to you all. It feels to me like the summer lasted about 5 minutes! I'm delighted to say that I'm about to make it all better by telling you that TOMORROW I will be making the FULL ALBUM available to YOU exclusively!! This will be the digital tracks for streaming and/or download. Hard copies will follow as soon as they are manufactured. I can't wait for you to hear it!

We have already had some wonderful responses from various radio and press and are expecting more in the coming months by way of reviews, interviews and more airplay. BBC Radio Scotland have been showing the album a lot of love and a few magazines have asked for features. My big goal however is BBC Radio 2 or 6 music...some play from them would be ideal...and then there's Jools Holland, but that's a tough nut to crack. It's really vital that we try to maximise promotion/publicity for the album and create a buzz around the project to make sure it gets heard by the right people. So...once you've all had a listen to the album you so generously helped to create, please use Twitter, Facebook, Instagram or whatever other medium you like to tell us (and everyone else!) what you think. If you're partial to a hashtag please use #vktt #victoriaklewin #dancemetoheaven. If social media isn't your thing, please do get in touch by email or a message on here. Your feedback is really important to us as this album is as much yours as it is ours!

In the coming weeks and months you can expect more exclusive behind-the-scenes photos and footage, an announcement of the date for the private launch event in Bristol (to which you are all invited!) and your hard copies and other rewards in the post (unless you're coming to the launch event, in which case they will be wrapped up for you in nice shiny paper by our little elves, i.e: me!). We will be using the launch event to also shoot footage for the next video/single release. We've chosen to release 'Home Alone' as the next single as it's been one of the strongest tracks on the album in terms of media response. No-one else knows that yet though, so shhhhh! ;)

Soooooooo much to do still so I better love you and leave you for now, but here are a few shots from the photoshoot we did for the album cover. Hope you like them. Check your inboxes tomorrow to hear the finished product!! Woooo, here we go!

THANK YOU!!!!

Victoria xxx

SXSW Apprentice

An update for The South by Southwest Apprentice

Sep 29 2016

Thank you to everyone who has given so generously over the last week - we are short of our target but the total so far means that we will be able to offer an Apprentice 5 months of mentoring and a trip to SXSW, which is a truly extraordinary opportunity. We are very grateful to you all.

There is still time to pledge so please do continue to talk about the initiative and encourage your contacts to support it.

Very many thanks from us all at Bristol Media.

Semana 1 Campaña El Gran Salto

An update for El Gran Salto (The Jump)

Sep 27 2016

Hola!

Hace una semana que lanzamos la campaña para El Gran Salto. Nuevamente quiero agradecerte tu gran aportación. En verdad ha sido invaluable para arrancar y motivar a más gente a que participe en este proyecto.

Hemos visto mucho interés en apoyar a que la película sea una realidad. Pero también nos hemos dado cuenta de que poca gente conoce en realidad cómo funciona una campaña de Crowdfunding. Quizá esa sea una de las razones por las que no se han animado a hacer una aportación.

En esta segunda semana trataremos de explicar en que consiste el proceso de aportar a una campaña como esta y porqué es una opción cada vez más utilizada para sacar adelante proyectos como el nuestro. Así cómo cuales son los beneficios para todos al contribuir.

¿Tienes alguna sugerencia de cómo podríamos mejorar la campaña? ¿Conoces a alguien que creas pueda también ser parte de ella?

¡Gracias nuevamente! Tus aportaciones y comentarios nos acercan cada vez más a la meta.

Excelente semana.

Jorge Porras,

Director

The first 24 hours

An update for Eco boat-glamping aboard historic sailing boat in Bristol Harbour

Sep 24 2016

Thank you to the 5 eager beavers who have backed the project in the first 24 hours of the soft-launch! It's great to see that not all of them are friends in my immediate network but some complete strangers too! This crowd-funding is incredibly exciting. Each of the 5 notification emails that have buzzed-up on my phone in the last 24 hours has sent a rush of excitement through me, most times resuting in me doing a little dance. Just knowing that people are excited enough by my vision to pledge some of their hard-earned money is bolstering.

We will be hitting the publicity trail hard on Monday morning when FundSurfer will be sending out their newsletter. Being a Bristol-based platform this project has earned a special place in their heart.

Cheers, enjoy your weekend

UPDATES - Facebook LIVE, Saturday 7PM

An update for Bristol's First Cat Cafe

Sep 23 2016

Dear Supporters,

It has been a while!

Many of you have been asking me about cafe and if we are moving forward. I thought would be good to inform you all about current progress and to make some solid updates. So please join me tomorrow at 7PM on Facebook LIVE when I will be sharing the most recent updates with you all.

It is also a great opportunity for you to ask me any question you may have, plus there will be a surprise gift :)

Looking forward to seeing you tomorrow.

Best wishes

Ewa