The Learning Collaborative's Launch Campaign

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The Learning Collaborative's Launch Campaign

Project 2015-03-20 01:38:54 +1300

----Woohooo! Thank you everyone! We've just hit our $10,000 mark today, and our campaign has officially met its target thanks to your support! A massive thank you to each and every one of our supporters, we would be nothing without you all - it's been heartwarming to have your backing, support and generosity throughout this campaign, and we look forward to carrying on this journey with each and every single one of you :)

***** Introducing our stretch goal of $11,000! With such overwhelming support, we thought we'd introduce our stretch goal of $1,000 more for the potential to open our group sessions to the general public too! This extra $1,000 would allow us to purchase the administration software needed to reach much larger numbers, and while we've always hoped to do this in the long term, we might just be able to bring it even sooner with your support! *****

The Learning Collaborative (TLC) is a youth-led, non-profit initiative with the vision of putting every student in full control of their own educational success, no matter their circumstance. We’re a bunch of young, passionate New Zealanders with an enthusiasm for learning, and we are really keen on using our skills to give all young kiwis a shot at an incredible education.

 

To do this, we aim to:

  • Combine the best of tutoring and mentoring to deliver academic coaching -  going beyond the content-driven nature of traditional tutoring to develop holistic learners;

  • Recruit coaches who are relatable, enthusiastic role-models, who have recently been there themselves and are eager to help students become self-driven learners;

  • Design truly tailored services which can address the needs of each student by investing in long-term coach-student relationships.

 

 

 

As part of a 6 week pilot phase, we've partnered with 3 schools - Howick College, Massey High School and Southern Cross Campus. Through this pilot phase, we have been able to design our services in partnership with the schools and students, ensuring its effectiveness in the real world. We have had overwhelmingly positive feedback so far, with more demand than we can currently handle!

 

With our pilot phase now coming to an end, we now feel ready to take our organisation to the next level and reach more students through coaching. To do so, we need your help to get there. We are aiming to raise $10,000 as a bare minimum for covering our start-up and operational costs, and ensure that our service is affordable to students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds.

 

To give some perspective, this $10,000 will help us deliver 100 terms of academic coaching in our first year. We don't receive any of the money we raise if we don't reach $10,000, so we really need your support to get us over the line!

 

Are you willing to chip in? Whether it’s contributing yourself or spreading the word to your friends and networks, every contribution you make will go towards enriching the educational journeys of young people across New Zealand!


So join us, and help make a difference in young New Zealanders’ lives today - it would mean the world to our team, our students, and our schools to have you on board. :)

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Updates 4

Crowdfunding Update 4 - Final Stretch

04/04/2015 at 9:53 PM

There's just two days to go and all we can say is thank you!

We're feeling a bit ambitious for these last two days, and thought with our final update to share our $11,000 stretch target which would help us even more by funding event management software to run our coaching.

Off course we've got to reach the $10,000 mark first to guarantee the campaign's success, but we're hoping that for one final time, with your help, we can reach even this ambitious goal!

It's the final chance in the campaign so we'd love to have your help spreading the word about our stretch goal. 

Finally, enjoy our fourth and last video update - it's been a wonderful journey and we're glad you've been with us - we hope you'll enjoy the final two days with us too!

Crowdfunding Update 3 - We're so close + Introducing our Stretch Goal!

03/04/2015 at 1:42 PM

Wow, it's been an incredible week and a half so far! In that time, we've been featured in The North Shore Times, got to present our project at a TEDx Launch event and have raised almost $9,500 of our $10,000 target!

To highlight your generosity, we've put together a video of some of the pledgers and why they chose to back us, as well as thank-yous to our latest donors (this isn't up-to-date anymore though!).

Finally though, because of this awesome support, we thought we'd introduce our stretch goal of $1,000 which would allow us to purchase the administration software needed to reach much larger numbers, and while we've always hoped to do this in the long term, we might just be able to get it even sooner with your support!

So once again, thank you all for your tremendous generosity, just three more days to go!

Crowdfunding Update 2 - We're Halfway there!

30/03/2015 at 9:36 PM

We've reached halfway through our two week campaign and we've also just reached our halfway milestone of $5,000 too!

So thank you all so much for your support so far, it's been absolutely incredible!

Here's to another week of full momentum, which we can only do with your help! So please, if you share our passion for improving equitable education, help us by encouraging your friends, family and colleagues to contribute too - it would mean the world to us!

Together, we'll be able to reach the $10,000 mark to ensure we can help more young students fulfill their potential :)

Crowdfunding Update 1

25/03/2015 at 11:03 PM

A quick update on our Crowdfunding campaign - Dan tells us about his beard and we thank all you awesome people who have already pledged - let's keep it up 

P.S. If you support our campaign and what we're doing, we'd really appreciate your support in spreading the word about our campaign - we need your help to get to $10,000!

    Pledgers 127

    Mikki Djurich
    06/04/2015 at 8:43pm
    Hai Sue Kang
    06/04/2015 at 5:08pm

    "What an amazing initiative! Thank you for showing that young people can indeed help shape other young New Zealanders' future :)"

    Vinod
    06/04/2015 at 2:34pm

    "Good luck!"

    Freya Xu
    06/04/2015 at 11:08am
    Anonymous pledger
    06/04/2015 at 11:08am

    "This is an amazing campaign! I wish you all success for all the hard work you put into it! Keep up the great work! :)"

    Anonymous pledger
    06/04/2015 at 10:47am
    Elspeth
    06/04/2015 at 10:20am

    "Great to talk to you all about the initiative - good luck all!"

    Dhanya Herath
    06/04/2015 at 9:01am

    "This is such a good idea! I'm so glad you reached your goal :)) Sorry this isn't much but I hope you reach your (next) goal as well!"

    Anna Kerr
    06/04/2015 at 8:46am

    "Love this!"

    Anonymous pledger
    06/04/2015 at 8:35am
    Hazell
    06/04/2015 at 4:27am
    Hazell
    06/04/2015 at 4:22am
    Gerald
    05/04/2015 at 3:21pm
    Shaun Singh
    05/04/2015 at 12:56pm
    Anonymous pledger
    05/04/2015 at 12:14pm

    "Let's get behind an amazing venture led by a dedicated team!"

    Shamubeel Eaqub
    05/04/2015 at 6:34am
    Mildred Wong
    04/04/2015 at 11:42pm
    Cherry Li
    04/04/2015 at 11:32pm
    Cameron Toogood
    04/04/2015 at 1:52pm
    Tom Boyens
    04/04/2015 at 1:50pm

    "Good luck with the last little bit! :)"

    Kirdan
    04/04/2015 at 8:31am
    Andrew Patterson
    03/04/2015 at 7:09pm

    "Well done guys. Awesome project which I'm very happy to support..."

    Chloe
    03/04/2015 at 2:53pm

    "Go team! You're an inspiration to all :) x"

    Nathaniel Tennant
    03/04/2015 at 1:43pm

    "Go hard guys and great work"

    Anonymous pledger
    03/04/2015 at 12:48pm
    Hayley Yu
    03/04/2015 at 12:17pm

    "Love what you're doing guys! x"

    Hayley Yu
    03/04/2015 at 12:12pm

    "Awesome work Jade and team! You guys are amazing xx"

    Scott Gilmour
    03/04/2015 at 8:53am
    Jamie
    02/04/2015 at 10:34pm
    Shruthi Vijayakumar
    02/04/2015 at 11:39am

    "Go team!!"

    The Learning Collaborative's Launch Campaign

    Project 2015-03-20 01:38:54 +1300

    ----Woohooo! Thank you everyone! We've just hit our $10,000 mark today, and our campaign has officially met its target thanks to your support! A massive thank you to each and every one of our supporters, we would be nothing without you all - it's been heartwarming to have your backing, support and generosity throughout this campaign, and we look forward to carrying on this journey with each and every single one of you :)

    ***** Introducing our stretch goal of $11,000! With such overwhelming support, we thought we'd introduce our stretch goal of $1,000 more for the potential to open our group sessions to the general public too! This extra $1,000 would allow us to purchase the administration software needed to reach much larger numbers, and while we've always hoped to do this in the long term, we might just be able to bring it even sooner with your support! *****

    The Learning Collaborative (TLC) is a youth-led, non-profit initiative with the vision of putting every student in full control of their own educational success, no matter their circumstance. We’re a bunch of young, passionate New Zealanders with an enthusiasm for learning, and we are really keen on using our skills to give all young kiwis a shot at an incredible education.

     

    To do this, we aim to:

    • Combine the best of tutoring and mentoring to deliver academic coaching -  going beyond the content-driven nature of traditional tutoring to develop holistic learners;

    • Recruit coaches who are relatable, enthusiastic role-models, who have recently been there themselves and are eager to help students become self-driven learners;

    • Design truly tailored services which can address the needs of each student by investing in long-term coach-student relationships.

     

     

     

    As part of a 6 week pilot phase, we've partnered with 3 schools - Howick College, Massey High School and Southern Cross Campus. Through this pilot phase, we have been able to design our services in partnership with the schools and students, ensuring its effectiveness in the real world. We have had overwhelmingly positive feedback so far, with more demand than we can currently handle!

     

    With our pilot phase now coming to an end, we now feel ready to take our organisation to the next level and reach more students through coaching. To do so, we need your help to get there. We are aiming to raise $10,000 as a bare minimum for covering our start-up and operational costs, and ensure that our service is affordable to students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds.

     

    To give some perspective, this $10,000 will help us deliver 100 terms of academic coaching in our first year. We don't receive any of the money we raise if we don't reach $10,000, so we really need your support to get us over the line!

     

    Are you willing to chip in? Whether it’s contributing yourself or spreading the word to your friends and networks, every contribution you make will go towards enriching the educational journeys of young people across New Zealand!


    So join us, and help make a difference in young New Zealanders’ lives today - it would mean the world to our team, our students, and our schools to have you on board. :)

    Comments

    Crowdfunding Update 4 - Final Stretch

    04/04/2015 at 9:53 PM

    There's just two days to go and all we can say is thank you!

    We're feeling a bit ambitious for these last two days, and thought with our final update to share our $11,000 stretch target which would help us even more by funding event management software to run our coaching.

    Off course we've got to reach the $10,000 mark first to guarantee the campaign's success, but we're hoping that for one final time, with your help, we can reach even this ambitious goal!

    It's the final chance in the campaign so we'd love to have your help spreading the word about our stretch goal. 

    Finally, enjoy our fourth and last video update - it's been a wonderful journey and we're glad you've been with us - we hope you'll enjoy the final two days with us too!

    Crowdfunding Update 3 - We're so close + Introducing our Stretch Goal!

    03/04/2015 at 1:42 PM

    Wow, it's been an incredible week and a half so far! In that time, we've been featured in The North Shore Times, got to present our project at a TEDx Launch event and have raised almost $9,500 of our $10,000 target!

    To highlight your generosity, we've put together a video of some of the pledgers and why they chose to back us, as well as thank-yous to our latest donors (this isn't up-to-date anymore though!).

    Finally though, because of this awesome support, we thought we'd introduce our stretch goal of $1,000 which would allow us to purchase the administration software needed to reach much larger numbers, and while we've always hoped to do this in the long term, we might just be able to get it even sooner with your support!

    So once again, thank you all for your tremendous generosity, just three more days to go!

    Crowdfunding Update 2 - We're Halfway there!

    30/03/2015 at 9:36 PM

    We've reached halfway through our two week campaign and we've also just reached our halfway milestone of $5,000 too!

    So thank you all so much for your support so far, it's been absolutely incredible!

    Here's to another week of full momentum, which we can only do with your help! So please, if you share our passion for improving equitable education, help us by encouraging your friends, family and colleagues to contribute too - it would mean the world to us!

    Together, we'll be able to reach the $10,000 mark to ensure we can help more young students fulfill their potential :)

    Crowdfunding Update 1

    25/03/2015 at 11:03 PM

    A quick update on our Crowdfunding campaign - Dan tells us about his beard and we thank all you awesome people who have already pledged - let's keep it up 

    P.S. If you support our campaign and what we're doing, we'd really appreciate your support in spreading the word about our campaign - we need your help to get to $10,000!

      Mikki Djurich
      06/04/2015 at 8:43pm
      Hai Sue Kang
      06/04/2015 at 5:08pm

      "What an amazing initiative! Thank you for showing that young people can indeed help shape other young New Zealanders' future :)"

      Vinod
      06/04/2015 at 2:34pm

      "Good luck!"

      Freya Xu
      06/04/2015 at 11:08am
      Anonymous pledger
      06/04/2015 at 11:08am

      "This is an amazing campaign! I wish you all success for all the hard work you put into it! Keep up the great work! :)"

      Anonymous pledger
      06/04/2015 at 10:47am
      Elspeth
      06/04/2015 at 10:20am

      "Great to talk to you all about the initiative - good luck all!"

      Dhanya Herath
      06/04/2015 at 9:01am

      "This is such a good idea! I'm so glad you reached your goal :)) Sorry this isn't much but I hope you reach your (next) goal as well!"

      Anna Kerr
      06/04/2015 at 8:46am

      "Love this!"

      Anonymous pledger
      06/04/2015 at 8:35am
      Hazell
      06/04/2015 at 4:27am
      Hazell
      06/04/2015 at 4:22am
      Gerald
      05/04/2015 at 3:21pm
      Shaun Singh
      05/04/2015 at 12:56pm
      Anonymous pledger
      05/04/2015 at 12:14pm

      "Let's get behind an amazing venture led by a dedicated team!"

      Shamubeel Eaqub
      05/04/2015 at 6:34am
      Mildred Wong
      04/04/2015 at 11:42pm
      Cherry Li
      04/04/2015 at 11:32pm
      Cameron Toogood
      04/04/2015 at 1:52pm
      Tom Boyens
      04/04/2015 at 1:50pm

      "Good luck with the last little bit! :)"

      Kirdan
      04/04/2015 at 8:31am
      Andrew Patterson
      03/04/2015 at 7:09pm

      "Well done guys. Awesome project which I'm very happy to support..."

      Chloe
      03/04/2015 at 2:53pm

      "Go team! You're an inspiration to all :) x"

      Nathaniel Tennant
      03/04/2015 at 1:43pm

      "Go hard guys and great work"

      Anonymous pledger
      03/04/2015 at 12:48pm
      Hayley Yu
      03/04/2015 at 12:17pm

      "Love what you're doing guys! x"

      Hayley Yu
      03/04/2015 at 12:12pm

      "Awesome work Jade and team! You guys are amazing xx"

      Scott Gilmour
      03/04/2015 at 8:53am
      Jamie
      02/04/2015 at 10:34pm
      Shruthi Vijayakumar
      02/04/2015 at 11:39am

      "Go team!!"

      This campaign was successful and got its funding on 06/04/2015 at 10:00 PM.