Recent updates

The latest news from our projects

  • 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

  • We've passed £1,000

    An update for The South by Southwest Apprentice

    Sep 19 2016

    Wow! We had the most amazing Friday afternoon and the contributions continued to pour in over the weekend too.  We have now raised £1,235.00 towards the costs of our young person receiving mentorship for 5 months, plus a trip to SXSW in Austin. 

    Thank you so much everyone!

  • SXSW Apprentice - thank you

    An update for The South by Southwest Apprentice

    Sep 16 2016

    Thanks so much to everyone who has supported our SXSW Apprentice Campaign so far.  We have reached over £600.

    Here's a link to a piece on Bristol 24/7 which you might like to see.http://www.bristol247.com/channel/news-comment/daily/society/donations-needed-to-pay-for-media-bursary

    Please keep sharing and pledging!

     

     

  • We made it!!!

    An update for Somewhere out there

    Sep 4 2016

    Our fundraising target has been met and we're on the last day today. Thank you so much again! We will be in touch with the rewards and also Rachel will be posting up on a blog https://swotblogblog.wordpress.com/
    Thanks again, best wishes to all!. The SWOT team...

  • Sikh remembrance garden Project Bristol

    An update for Sikh Garden of Remembrance

    Sep 1 2016

    Hi folks,

    We put the image of the basic to scale plan of area drawn up. It's approved by the community waiting for the council to approved the design.
    Thanks

    Regards
    Dilawer