Filming Discussions on Shotover

Filming Discussions on Shotover

We’ve decided that every quarter Stuart, William and Ross will sit down and film a conversation, an update as to the progress of the latest People’s Countryside trip. We want to be as open and transparent as possible to our audience, and what better way than to use...
Understanding Crowdfunding and our journey with it so far

Understanding Crowdfunding and our journey with it so far

Many businesses and projects are traditionally funded by grant schemes, sponsorship, donations or some kind of advertising. Crowdfunding has grown in popularity over the years, to the point where it is not unheard of, yet hasn’t taken off to the point of saturation....
Is asking for volunteers enough?

Is asking for volunteers enough?

We’ve spoken to various projects around the country as we start to plan our filming trips around the UK. One of the most common things we see is that projects, groups and societies are all desperate for volunteers, without much thought for anything else. Naturally,...
Where are we now? – Our next venue

Where are we now? – Our next venue

We had been planning the past several weeks for William to make a trip over to Guernsey by himself to photograph the state of nature and present some radio shows on Jubilee Hospital Radio about the nature on the island. Unfortunately we were unable to find relevant...
The Dynamics of Working Together

The Dynamics of Working Together

In the run up to launching our campaign to Guernsey, and now subsequently Oxfordshire, we have matured as a team and not only learnt a lot about crowdfunding, but also a lot about each other. The Guernsey campaign did not happen for a number of factors as detailed in...
No Kickstarter Take Off on August 9th

No Kickstarter Take Off on August 9th

We talked regularly about launching a kickstarter campaign to get William over to Guernsey for an exploratory trip in late September ready for a three man visit in 2018. In the end we didn’t press the launch button due to a number of factors. One –...