Wise Words Festival | 12 - 21st September 2014

A project in Canterbury, UK by Wise Words Festival
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Inspiring wonder and encouraging curiosity through thought provoking talks, music, performances, stories and poetry.
Backers: 60
Average Pledge Per Backer: £40

Funded: £2,415 of £1,500
Dates: Jul 11th -> Aug 10th (31 days)
Project By: Wise Words Festival
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August 10th - via: kickstarter.com
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August 10th - via: kickstarter.com
6 hours and £425 to go to reach our stretch goal! Can we do it?  Thank you so much to all of you who have made our campaign so successful and to all of you who have given twice to nudge us closer to our £2000 stretch goal!  We have been touched... (Read More)

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July 28th - via: kickstarter.com
Week Three brought an autumnal feel to our Kickstarter campaign today; temperatures fell, skies turned lead-grey and rain mizzeled the evening. But the first day of this week sees our fundraising continue to attract supporters; our thanks to Tom,... (Read More)

We've reached our goal: now help us reach for the stars!

July 25th - via: kickstarter.com
We're delighted to announce that, thanks to the generosity of our backers, yesterday we reached our Kickstarter goal! Our target of £1,500 will allow us to make our September festival really quite a special event.  NOW...  We may be a small... (Read More)

We've done it: all of us!

July 25th - via: kickstarter.com
Well, what an astonishing day it's been; we are absolutely DELIGHTED to have just this minute reached our target! Thanks to Zoe, whose pledge has taken us up to and beyond our target; fantastic! We're just going to take a moment to recover our breath... (Read More)

Getting closer: Week Two, Day Five

July 24th - via: kickstarter.com
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Hotting up! Week Two, Day Three

July 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
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Campaign Week Two: almost there!

July 20th - via: kickstarter.com
As the first day of Week Two of our campaign draws to a close, it's been a fantastic day which has taken us to within touching distance of our total!  Thanks to today's supporters, Vicki, Tatton and local theatre company Wide Eyed Theatre, we've... (Read More)

Drum-roll, please! Day Seven reaches a major milestone or two

July 20th - via: kickstarter.com
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July 20th - via: kickstarter.com
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First major milestone reached!

July 19th - via: kickstarter.com
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Nearly at a major milestone: campaign Day Six

July 19th - via: kickstarter.com
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A new milestone!

July 19th - via: kickstarter.com
As Day Six of our campaign dawns, exciting to see we've reached our next milestone of £900! Thanks to our latest supporter, Vicky, whose pledge takes us to less than £100 away from reaching four figures; we didn't think we'd be so close within the... (Read More)

Wise Words Kickstarter: Day Five

July 18th - via: kickstarter.com
We're reaching the end of Day Five of our Kickstarter project, and at the time of writing, we're just two pounds away from hitting £900 - an amazing milestone! We are incredibly grateful to everyone who has backed the campaign hitherto, and for all... (Read More)

3 days in and we are already half way there!!!

July 16th - via: kickstarter.com
We are delighted and very grateful for the incredibly generous support we have received during these first 3 days! Thank you so so much!  We now begin to hit the slightly harder period of the campaign - when the first rush is over and we need to... (Read More)

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