Recent updates

The latest news from our projects

  • Over 1000 backers!

    An update for Help Refugees - #holidaysforgood - shelter campaign

    May 6 2016

    INCREDIBLE: We have just passed the 1000 backers mark. I wanted to send a quick update and thank you for your response and participation in this campaign.

    We are still hopeful of reaching our £50,000 target with 18 days left to donate.

    Please tell as many people as you can and share this campaign on social media, let's keep this momentum going!

    £50,000 will help 345 people, can we do it?

     

     

  • NEW UPDATES

    An update for Bristol's First Cat Cafe

    May 3 2016

    Dear Supporters

    It has been 6 weeks since our crowdfunding campaign has been funded! I apologise I have been silent recently. Now I will be much more active and keep you posted on the developments of You&Meow. But I needed to be fully focused on legal aspects of the cafe after our campaign closed. SO! Now I am back and I would like to update you all on the major things happening recently.

    1. Premises - As many of you may remember I found potential premises during our crowdfunding campaign, but the offer didn’t go through as landlord hasn’t been interested in renting it for a long term. I am currently looking for new premises. And here I would like to kindly ask all of you for your kind patience with our Opening Date. My dream is to open as soon as possible (this summer) and I believe many of you can’t wait either. But for this type of business where animals and food are involved together premises is much complex and little bit more difficult to find. I met with Holly Hedge Animal Sanctuary last Thursday, the shelter where our cats will be coming from, and they also stated the importance of premises. I take it very personally and with much respect to make sure the business is safe for everyone - our cats and customers.

    2. Online store - I am working on launching an online store where we will start selling cat inspired merchandising. I will be doing some testing with the products next following days, but soon our online store should be up and running. I will keep you posted :)

    3. Recruitment - By the end of May I will release a form where you can submit your details if you are interested in our job opportunities.

    Thank you so much again for your wonderful support and patience. And again, if you have any further questions, feel free to contact me via email on youandmeowcafe@gmail.com

    Ewa

  • "Breathe. Nothing is under control."

    An update for Support our debut feature film -- 7x7!

    May 2 2016

    Hello everyone,

    THERE IS SO MUCH TO DO!! But, hey, you know what? WE'RE DOING IT! We're shifting up into a higher gear and loving every minute of it. We'd be lying if we said it doesn't feel out of control and overwhelming sometimes, but we have such an incredible team and so much support -- from all of YOU, for starters! -- that we are handling it all with passion and grace.

    This week we will be hiring the rest of our department heads and heading up to San Francisco to secure our shooting permits and do a preliminary tech scout of our shooting locations up there. We have decided to start principal photography in the foggy city and then finish up the shoot in Los Angeles. 

    Over the weekend I had the pleasure of spending some digital facetime with two of our LEAD ACTORS! We confirmed our three principals last week and it was so much fun to get to know them and speak to them about the script. I saw these characters who Katherine and I have lived with for 2 years on the page come to life in physical form. WOW! Our lawyers are doing their thing today and tomorrow, and we can't wait to make the announcement once the contracts are signed, sealed and delivered.

    As generous contributors to our campaign, you will be the FIRST to hear the news! 

    Do you want to continue supporting us? Do you know 4 people who you could reach out to personally to ask for a contribution on our behalf? If you have friends and family who like movies, have them try this one on for size: "Do you want the most exclusive movie ticket of the century?? $25 will make you among the first to see 7x7 when it comes out!!"

    I mean, really. Who could pass that up??

    Thank you again for your continued support! Stay tuned this week for more exciting updates!

    Your micro-budget pioneers,

    Liam, Katherine and Lindsay

  • 5-weeks from "ACTION!"

    An update for Support our debut feature film -- 7x7!

    Apr 28 2016

    Hello everyone,

    We are 5 weeks away from calling "ACTION!" and rolling camera. Can you believe it?? There's still so much to do, but everything is starting to fall into place.

    Our main focus has been the casting puzzle, and I'm excited to share that we have confirmed our first talent! She will be playing Marcy, one of the two female leads. We're close to confirming our other two leads as well, so we'll be announcing the whole package officially when they've all signed the dotted line.

    We're doing a lot of hiring in other departments as well -- director of photography, line producer, first assistant director, unit production manager. The team is growing, and the requisites for us are passion, experience and GOOD VIBES! This is going to be a fun and exciting shoot, but a challenging 18 days as well. We need to create a family who will all have each other's backs, keep complaining to a minimum and never forget to have fun along the way.

    I finished the first draft of my shot lists yesterday. This is, essentially, the movie on paper. A description in technical camera terms of the scenes that have been playing in my head for two years. It fills two small legal pads. I'm looking forward to sitting down with my cinematographer to collaborate further with him, and I'm going to find a storyboard artist to work with to turn the descriptions into pictures, which will support us a lot on set. You can get a sneak peek of Scenes 1, 84 and 85 in the picture below... :)

    Thank you again for your contributions! We're almost at 50 backers already. Next stop: 100! Please continue to spread the word to anyone else who might contribute. 

    With love and gratitude,

    Liam, Katherine and Lindsay

  • #holidaysforgood - Help Refugees - Can we hit £50,000?

    An update for Help Refugees - #holidaysforgood - shelter campaign

    Apr 27 2016

    UPDATE: Can we hit £50,000? 

    Wow! Thank you so much for the donations that have been rolling in thick and fast. 

    Our original target was to raise over £25,000 and so create shelter for over 170 people. In less than two weeks we exceeded this initial goal and increased the target to £35,000 - enough to create 60 shelters and help 240 people. Now, only seven days later, we have met that target as well and have been completely blown away by the response to this campaign. 

    The question now is, can we hit £50,000 and help 345 people?

    There are 27 days left to go, please keep donating, sharing and pushing this campaign. 

  • My conversations with Help4Heroes

    An update for The Imperial Plan by The Fable

    Apr 23 2016

    Hi pledgers,

    I just wanted to update you on the project. There are still 18 days left. Pledges have stalled this week for some reason but I have put a lot of effort in today to try to kindle more interest.

    For a while now I have been planning to talk to Help4Heroes to ask for their help in promoting my finished album. In return I would give some of the profits to the charity. This week I decided to bring that discussion forward and have started to talk to them about it. It is my intent to donate at least 50% of any profits the album makes to relevant charities - especially if they help me to promote it.

    Perhaps by starting to promote it now they can help me find more backers, finish the project sooner and at the same time It will all get a little more publicity.

    In addition to Help4Heroes I have also been posting the links onto various Poppy Appeal Facebook pages and the main Royal British Legion page. If anyone can think of other ways I might be able to get the word out I would be grateful for your advice.

    You can email me at mike@bmin.co.uk.

    Thank you once again for your pledge. I really appreciate it and have been in the studio working on the rest of the tracks knowing that your money is going to help me cover the cost.

    All the best,

    Mike

  • Off to a great start!

    An update for Support our debut feature film -- 7x7!

    Apr 18 2016

    Hi everyone,

    After the first 10 days of our campaign we are almost 20% funded -- WOW!! We are blown away by the support so far and thank everyone for their generous contributions.

    We've made some exciting progress in pre-production since we launched: locking a few shooting locations, interviewing cinematographers, meeting with the DGA about having union crew work on the film, sending offers out to actors and much, much more.

    Also, we confirmed our first TALENT to play the role of Marcy! We can't say who she is just yet, but she is a talented young rising star who you will definitely recognize from the big screen. We're so excited to have her on board!

    THANK YOU again for your support. If you have contributed to our campaign, please help us spread the word! Can you think of any friends or family who might be interested in our project and consider donating? Please reach out to them!

    Onward and upward!

    With love and gratitude,

    Liam, Katherine and Lindsay

  • #holidaysforgood - Help Refugees - NEW TARGET £35,000!

    An update for Help Refugees - #holidaysforgood - shelter campaign

    Apr 17 2016

    UPDATE: NEW TARGET OF £35,000

    Thank you so much for making a huge difference to those living in Dunkirk. In less than two weeks we've hit our original target of £25,000. Together we've raised enough to fund shelters for over 170 people.

    But with thousands of women, children, and young and old men living in totally inadequate tents and shelters, we must keep going. We can help so many more people.

    So we now have a new target of £35,000. We have 37 days to go, so let's all keep pushing this campaign.

    Please keep spreading the word!

    fundsurfer.com/holidaysforgood

    Thanks again.

    Tom

  • #holidaysforgood - Help Refugees - shelter fundraising campaign - £20k raised!

    An update for Help Refugees - #holidaysforgood - shelter campaign

    Apr 15 2016

    Well that was fast!

    I promise not to keep bombarding you with these updates, but since my last update yesterday afternoon, (to let you know we'd reached the £10k milestone), we've now doubled that! Incredible.

    Overnight we've raised a further £10k and are now sitting on a total of over £21k!

    £21k is enough for 36 shelters for 150 people... Thank you all so much.

    Keep spreading the word!

    fundsurfer.com/holidaysforgood

    Thanks again, we really appreciate your support.

    Tom

  • #holidaysforgood - Help Refugees - shelter fundraising campaign - £10k raised!

    An update for Help Refugees - #holidaysforgood - shelter campaign

    Apr 14 2016

    Wohoo! We just sent out a big newsletter to the Sawday's community and my inbox is crashing... We've now gone through £10k and the donations are flying in fast!

    Thanks again to everyone who's donated so far, we feel so proud to have your support.

    Please keep telling everyone about the fundraising campaign and why it's important.

    You've all already made such a difference to those living in Dunkirk, if you can help us to spread the word, we can help achieve even more.

    fundsurfer.com/holidaysforgood

    Thanks again, we really appreciate your support.

    Tom