Super fun to hang out with Lottie, Elise, Jacquie - some of Bristol’s coolest creative economy chicks @bristol_beacon today at the Creative Economy Summit. Also great to meet Peter Bazalgette and listen to West of England Mayor Helen Godwin talk Bristol Creative Industries. Thanks to @uwebristol and Lynn Barlow for a great event and the opportunity! 👏
Whew! What an #Anthropyuk! An amazing few days @edenprojectcornwall meeting and listening to some inspiring people whose aim is to collaborate to #BuildABetterBritain. Brilliant to spend some quality time with this gang! #unitedforgood #inspiringgreatness
Choosing the winner of the @RocketDuck start up competition tonight at the @realideasorganisation immersive dome. Tough one - but big congratulations to Tinkemon! Hope they all continue their journey- so many interesting ideas. Nice one Emily and @digitalplymouth ! Great co judges. Thanks to @zoereesoliver for brilliant coaching as ever!
And so to PurposeFest. A BCorp infused thought explosion. We had one speaker beam live in from flight cancelled Dubai, a band to play in speakers and great learnings from people who just… think! Great to spend time with Richard Roberts/enrich and The Bristol Charity charity. Watch this space #brizzle!
Holy Moly - that's what I call all boats rising! Falmouth Maritime Museum for the South West Creative Investment Summit - with a wall walking grande finale. Met some superb pitches and creative businesses. Thank you @creativeukcornwall . An inspiring day! ⛵ ⛵ ⛵
Taking a moment to celebrate the brilliant women I have the privilege to work with at Crowdfunder - Happy International Women's Day. 💜
These women show up every single day to help people, projects, and places raise more, more easily. They are united for good, delighting our project owners, and quietly (and not so quietly) changing things for the better.
A huge shout out to:
Clare Tyler — the person who keeps us honest, compliant, and thinking clearly under pressure.
Lottie Smith — stepping into people leadership with total confidence and expertise.
Sindy Davis — an absolute cornerstone of what we do.
Chloe Jones — sharp, collaborative, and brilliant to work with.
Alex Watts — making our customers happy with total skill and dedication.
Maria Sharman — always working hard behind the scenes
Rachel Dunford — the engine behind so much of our content and campaigns.
Zoe Rees-Oliver — championing our community of fundraisers every day.
Eve Gregg — bringing creativity and commitment in equal measure.
Rebecca Lisica — landing in New York and hitting the ground running to take Crowdfunder into a whole new market. Watch this space. 🇺🇸
Melinda Livsey - our gal in LA, helping projects raise smarter. Go USA!
Katie Wallace - a powerhouse in the inbox, the one to watch on our support videos
Christine McCormick - our multi-award winning product expert
Annabel Thornton - datasmart - and even smarter when doing a 'Claudia'...
Lucy Lomas - our paid marketing queen who's helped us smash it this year
Emily Williams - confidently making sure our projects owners achieve the justice
Anna Jones - cool and calm under pressure, nothing ruffles Ms Jones.
Lucy Dearne - if you need it done, talk to Lucy.
Lili Small - small in name, but big in the finance team. Lili makes sure it's paid.
Camilla Watkiss - reaching the projects owners, others cannot reach, Camilla is our Green Queen.
Danielle Platt - our Queen of Code, the full stack.
Jasmine Snow - our purpose led partner loving Miss Connect-tion
Deborah Edwards -our financial cheerleader
Xian Clarke - Crowdfunder's brilliant new recruit, everyone wants a Xian on their team.
Here's to the women who help make ideas happen 💜 🦸♀️ 💪
There are some moments when it’s good to take a breath. After an amazing year, during which there have been some undeniably tough moments for the team, where we all had to dig deep and find our ‘grit’, my excellent Head of Customer Experience Alex and I visited a local ⭐️ beautiful ⭐️ reservoir and took a breath during our lunch hour. It was a peaceful and beautiful walk. A reminder that taking a break and getting into nature is always a good idea. Massive thanks to Alex and the team for helping projects raise more this year 👏⭐️👏
It was all about helping creative businesses raise the money needed to to make their idea happen @wakethetiger in #bristol thanks to @wearecreativeuk and @suzywest . Brilliant to meet the projects that are taking part in our Cornwall Pilot and to connect with some fab folks from Brizzle. 🤩
🎄 Christmas came early at Crowdfunder Towers - amazing event @anran_in_devon where we celebrated our 🌟 amazing team's achievements 🌟 and the fact that we've just raised a record breaking £41million this year for charities, social enterprises, businesses and individuals across the UK 🔥 Massive thanks to @rachelellend & @alexandragarbett for beautiful festive decor and food - and the @crowdfunderuk gang for a brilliant event featuring Traitors, D&D, wild swimming and an unfeasibly large amount of broccoli. The local food banks will be happy! 🥦
