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  • Rewards Update from Upfest

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

    Jul 2 2016

    Hi All,

    Most of you will have received your Upfest fundsurfer rewards already, if you have then you can ignor the rest of this message. Thanks again for supporting the festival and we hope to see you there in three weeks! 23rd - 25th of July. The festival map can now be found online here, or pop by the gallery for a printed copy.

    If you ordered one of the festival t-shirts they have just arrived at the Upfest Gallery, once again if you're able to collect it saves us a few quid all of which goes towards the festival, if you're from out of town then by all means send us your address and we'll  post it out (please email artists@upfest.co.uk with your address details).

    1. Upfest Smile - Available for collection at the festival! :-)
    2. Upfest Sticker Pack - (Available Now for collection from the Upfest Gallery or email your address for posting).
    3. Upfest Sketch Book - (Available Now for collection from the Upfest Gallery or email your address for posting).
    4. Upfest Brochure - (Aiming to have available from 11th of July)
    5. Upfest T-shirt - (Available Now for collection from the Upfest Gallery or email your address for posting).
    6. Upfest Oscar - (Available Now for collection from the Upfest Gallery or email your address for posting).
    7. Bristol by Oli-T - (Available Now for collection from the Upfest Gallery or email your address for posting).
    8. Mon Couer by Guy Denning - (Available Now for collection from the Upfest Gallery or email your address for posting).
    9. Gemma Compton festival Print - (Available Now for collection from the Upfest Gallery or email your address for posting).
    10. Up in a cloud of smoke by Louis Masai - (Available Now for collection from the Upfest Gallery or email your address for posting).
    11. Mr Graff by Cheo (Available Now for collection from the Upfest Gallery or email your address for posting).

    Thanks once again for your support, be sure to check out the sales areas at Upfest 2016 where you'll find even more great artwork to pretty UP your walls.

    The Upfest Crew

     

     

     

     

     

  • 10 days 6 hours and 55 minutes

    An update for Bearpit Social - The Next Phase

    Jul 1 2016

    6 years ago today I graduated with my degree in Art Direction. 

    The day I graduated I realised that as much as I loved the world of communication and design, there had to be more to life than coming up with creative concepts to sell cars, phones and clothes.

    I've always wondered what the world would look like if community groups, charities and not for profit organisations had the budgets big brands had to get out their message, promote their causes and solve the problems the world faces.

    Bearpit Social was a way for us to experiment with this. What if we could serve good coffee and food made with love not only driven by profit margins to drive social change? What if you could create a space where people felt safe in a 'no-go zone'?  Where all walks of life could cross each other's path and engage in conversation? What if ideas would come to life over coffee with strangers?

    Essentially, that's what we are about. We love what we do. We feel like we've come a long way, but the road ahead is still pretty steep and this time we are asking for your help.

     

    Please help us spread the word, make a pledge, help us to keep fighting to make the Bearpit social, more welcoming, more safe.

     

  • 10 days 6 hours and 55 minutes

    An update for Bearpit Social - The Next Phase

    Jul 1 2016

    6 years ago today I graduated with my degree in Art Direction. 

    The day I graduated I realised that as much as I loved the world of communication and design, there had to be more to life than coming up with creative concepts to sell cars, phones and clothes.

    I've always wondered what the world would look like if community groups, charities and not for profit organisations had the budgets big brands had to get out their message, promote their causes and solve the problems the world faces.

    Bearpit Social was a way for us to experiment with this. What if we could serve good coffee and food made with love not only driven by profit margins to drive social change? What if you could create a space where people felt safe in a 'no-go zone'?  Where all walks of life could cross each other's path and engage in conversation? What if ideas would come to life over coffee with strangers?

    Essentially, that's what we are about. We love what we do. We feel like we've come a long way, but the road ahead is still pretty steep and this time we are asking for your help.

     

    Please help us spread the word, make a pledge, help us to keep fighting to make the Bearpit social, more welcoming, more safe.

     

  • Hooray - we've hit 5K! A heartfelt thank you...

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

    Jul 1 2016

    HOORAY - our crowdfunding campaign has hit the 5K mark! Thank you SO much for all your support in reaching this milestone. We are now officially a quarter of the way to achieving our 20K target - please continue to share our campaign so that we can bring our wonderful pop up Peace Cafes to the whole of the city.

    Looking for exciting new ways to support us? With our mouth - watering supper club events, fundraising has never tasted so good! Book your place at our exclusive 'Flavours of Burma' Supper Club on the 12th of July through our crowdfunding page. You can find out more about the event on our website and Facebook page.

    We look forward to seeing you there. In the meantime, have a great weekend!  

    - The 91 Ways Team  

     

     

                          

                   

     

     

     

     

     

     

  • Stop press! Festival tickets up for grabs

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

    Jun 29 2016

    We have a pair of weekend tickets to WOMAD Festival for just £299! (29th July - August 1st)

    Support 91 Ways AND save over £50 in one fell swoop by purchasing your tickets to the iconic world music festival through us. But be quick, we only have one pair of tickets to give away!
    Be the one! Grab them now at: www.fundsurfer.com/91ways

  • The half way line

    An update for Bearpit Social - The Next Phase

    Jun 26 2016

    15 days to reach £13,000!

    Hi everyone,

    The events of the last few days have affected us all one way or the other so we'd thought everyone needed a break. But the pressure is still on to meet our target. Thank you for those who have pledged and shared but we need your help further now. Being a small team our reach isn't as wide as we'd like!

    Please help us by sharing the link to the crowdfunding page, telling people about what we do and what we are trying to achieve in the space. 

    Fingers crossed and here's to hoping,

    You've all been wonderful

    Miriam

     

     

     

     

  • Video update!

    An update for Victoria Klewin & The TrueTones debut album

    Jun 22 2016

    So video editing is not really my strong suit, but here it is! Here's a video update on the album with some clips of us working (and messing about!) in the studio...

    It is hosted on youtube but is unlisted so only those with the link can see it. The link is only being shared with you, our backers!

    I hope you all enjoy it and I will be in touch again soon with more news about the next single release and other stuff.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YexZiDYDyk&feature=youtu.be

    THANK YOU!! <3

    V x

  • Nanaye's Cappuccino and coffee shop just launched a fundraising drive

    An update for Nanaye’s Hot Cappuccino & Coffee

    Jun 22 2016

    I will make sure you have a time of your life in Uganda. Many interesting places to visit and wildlife to see.

    C'mon,we are waiting for you.

    Best.

  • The first milestone!

    An update for Bearpit Social - The Next Phase

    Jun 20 2016

    Hi everyone!

    Thank you so much to those who have pledged and double pledged already! We've passed our first £1,000 milestone!

    We wanted you to know how overwhelmed we aready are. 

    We've talked about crowdfunding from the very start but it was always something we didn't feel confident in pursuing. We just thought that if no one knew who we were, or what we were about or what our products tasted like how would they know if they wanted to support us?!

    3 years in and we thank the lucky stars for giving us some of the best customers a business could ask for.

    3 years in and we've put out our hand asking for help, and you've answered, so thank you.

    This is an extremely nerve-wrecking experience but we hope that with your help we are going to smash that target and we promise you we will come out of this better and stronger than ever. 

     

    Lots of love!

    Miriam & team

  • Update!

    An update for The 150th Anniversary of Swindon's traditional Children's Fete

    Jun 17 2016

    Hi everyone,

    We have some great news to share... We've now managed to raise enough money through sponsorship to cover the hire of the Helter Skelter!

    So all we are raising for now is the cost of the Steam-powered Carousel (£2,900 for the day).

    If you want to have a go on this wonderful ride at this year's event, please donate and we will reward you with tickets on the day.

    The more you donate the more tickets you will be rewarded for your donation!

    So much thanks to everyone who has donated so far!