The Independence Collective

By The Independence Collective

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NZ $14,025 pledged


117 people pledged


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This campaign was successful and closed on 19/09/2018 at 9:00 PM.

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The Independence Collective

Project 2018-07-26 11:52:34 +1200

George Duncan and Neville Pug discussing the brewing process.

From small seeds extraordinary things can grow, from the desire to try something new, to a desire to become financially independent. From home brewing to contract brewing!

We are The Independence Collective!

The Independence Collective are a group of individuals with an intellectual disability seeking to gain financial independence by coming together as a collective under the entrepreneurial spirit.

Struggling to find employment opportunities in todays competitive job market we have taken it upon ourselves to create our own opportunities. The first of these opportunities is the launch of our own beer label under the brand The Independence Collective. Our first brew will be "Neville" a craft Pale Ale brewed in partnership with Duncan's Brewing here on the Kapiti Coast.

This is only the beginning, the beginning for both us and for those who will join the collective as we grow. We have many more ideas for creating further business and employment opportunities. We would love to have your support for our PledgeMe Campaign.

By supporting our project through PledgeMe you will not only become part of this incredible new initiative, you will also be supporting us to gain our financial independence.

Please support us on our journey.

We have recieved overwhelming support from a number of individuals and groups to get us this far. We now need your support to make our dream of financial independence a reality.

You can get behind our campaign by grabbing one of the amazing rewards on offer and by sharing our pledge with everyone you know.

Thank you so much for your support.

Janie, Nathan, Neville and Cameron

(Check us out on Facebook)

 

 

How Will Your Money Be Used?

It will help in the development and brew of our first batch of 'Neville' Pale Ale.

Enable us to secure a small office space to run our collective from.

Allow us to purchase a coolstore to keep Neville cool and fresh so when he arrives on your doorstep he is at his best.

Some office furniture and other items essential in the day to day running of our business.

 

 

 

 

Check out some of the positive press we have recieved so far:

The Dominion Post and Stuff

The New Zealand Herald

Comments

Updates 5

Bottling Day for Neville

26/10/2018 at 3:21 PM

Last week was yet another milestone in our journey toward financial independence. We all met at Duncans for the long awaited bottling of our Neville Pale Ale. Check out the photo's below.

Now the brew is bottled we can begin delivering the rewards to you.

A big thank you to all those who have already provided delivery adresses and t-shirt sizes for their rewards. There are still a few of you that have not, so f we could get these by Sunday evening at the latest we should be able to start delivering rewards as early as next week. 

Thank you all again for the support and encouragement we have recieved to date.

Janie, Neville, Cameron and Nathan.

Tasting The Final Brew

14/10/2018 at 9:32 PM

Tasting the final brew at Duncan's Brewery

We had a busy time last week organising the final touches to the labels. As you can see we had a tasting at the brewery. Feedback to date is that it is a great tasting beer.

The brew is now finished and ready to be bottled. This will happen over the next couple of days. Once this is done we can begin delivering the rewards. For those of you that are awaiting rewards can you please e-mail us through a delivery address. For those of you who have a t-shirt as part of that reward could you include a size preference. Our e-mail is [email protected]. Once we have your details we will let you know when to expect delivery.

Thank you again for all the support we have recieved to date. It has been an amazing journey so far, and as Cameron keeps saying...'this is only the beginning.'

Janie, Nathan, Cameron and Neville

The Independence Collective.

Our Dream Becomes A Reality

30/09/2018 at 12:42 PM

Friday was an exciting day for our collective. It was the day our dream turned into a reality. We spent the morning with George Duncan at the brewery learning all about the brewing process and getting that first batch under way so we can fulfil your rewards and start selling our beer. A big thank you to George for taking the time to explain things to us as we worked and for allowing us the opportunity to get our hands dirty and participate in the process. It was an awesome day!

 

The beer is now well on its way and should be available within the next three weeks. We are still hard at work in the background finalising label designs, t-shirt designs and getting the rewards ready to deliver to you all. Thank you for all the support we have received so far. We will update you again soon.

 

Janie, Nathan, Cameron and Neville,

 

The Independence Collective

A heart felt thank you to you all

20/09/2018 at 9:58 PM

Thank you all so much for your support. We have reached our goal and are now hard at work to get all the rewards out to you. We will keep you posted every step of the way with news and updates as we progress.

The first bit of news is the beer itself. We spoke with George at Duncan's today and he will begin the brewing process next week. We are so excited to be part of this process and will keep you updated with photo's and comments as we go. The brew process takes around two and a half to three weeks so as soon as those bottles roll off the line we will get them to you.

We are already working on the other rewards so will time everything to be sent out once that beer is bottled and ready to go.

Thank you all once again for your amazing support and encouragement. It has been an incredible journey so far and we could not have done it without you.

Take care, we will update you again soon.

Janie, Neville, Nathan and Cameron

The Independence Collective

Campaign Update

30/08/2018 at 4:55 PM

To all our followers and supporters. We would like to thank you all for the amazing response we have received for our project to date. We have been given the opportunity by PledgeMe to lower our target amount and extend our deadline. We have therefore taken the time to rethink our goals and get back to basics. The most important thing for us is to begin brewing beer. We have had an offer by a national liquor retailer but need beer to sell them. The new target of $14000 reflects our new goal. 2000 litres of beer brewed, bottled and ready for sale. Please get behind our project and help us reach this new goal.  

 

The new end date for the campaign is now the 16th of September. Check out the site, grab a reward or two and help us get that first brew on the shelves for sale.

 

Thank you.

 

Janie, Nathan, Cameron and Neville

 

The Independence Collective

    Pledgers 117

    Stacey Dangen
    16/09/2018 at 7:13pm

    "Good luck! I look forward to seeing all your hard work pay off and look forward to tasting what looks to be a great beer!"

    Anonymous pledger
    16/09/2018 at 7:05pm

    "Good Luck Guys!!! Cant wait to taste your "Neville" this summer!!! :)"

    Anonymous pledger
    16/09/2018 at 7:04pm

    "Good wishes"

    Ryan Orr
    16/09/2018 at 7:04pm

    "Good on ya guys - we’ll done!"

    Debbie Martin
    14/09/2018 at 1:30pm

    "You guys are awesome"

    Alistar Wickens
    13/09/2018 at 9:50am
    Jordan Tutton
    13/09/2018 at 8:57am

    "Keep up the good work crew. Your doing well! "

    Rebecca Slight
    13/09/2018 at 8:55am
    Cathy
    12/09/2018 at 6:54pm
    Emma Kelly
    10/09/2018 at 5:47pm

    "Good Luck Guys !!"

    Rory
    09/09/2018 at 3:51pm
    Anonymous pledger
    08/09/2018 at 6:32am

    "Wishing you well in your venture and look forward to enjoying your beer! "

    Bronwyn Waterhouse
    04/09/2018 at 9:27pm

    "Good luck and looking forward to buying your beer."

    Louise Whitlow
    04/09/2018 at 9:48am

    "Best of luck guys! Rooting for you from Auckland."

    Val Grose
    03/09/2018 at 11:09pm

    "Great to see you teaming up to make the most of good opportunity good luck."

    Susan Harfitt
    03/09/2018 at 9:38pm
    Bel Hughes
    03/09/2018 at 7:20pm
    Janine Thomson
    31/08/2018 at 10:42am

    "Thank you for coming to talk to our Family Collective Group last Sunday. We wish you the best of luck in your new venture."

    Helen Sinclair
    30/08/2018 at 7:26pm

    "Best wishes for a successful campaign and look forward to sharing a beer in my new Tee Shirt. "

    Ian McMillan
    30/08/2018 at 5:35pm
    Sue McMillan
    29/08/2018 at 8:26pm

    "Looking forward to that beer!"

    Sophie Isobel
    29/08/2018 at 4:15pm

    "Good luck to The Independence Collective team!! "

    Duncan Emo
    29/08/2018 at 3:51pm

    "Great stuff guys-good luck!"

    Sylvia Cavanagh
    29/08/2018 at 12:19pm
    Karen Elliott
    29/08/2018 at 11:56am

    "Way to go. I wish yo all the luck"

    Tiffany Stratford
    28/08/2018 at 1:15pm
    Jonathan Waterworth
    27/08/2018 at 8:41pm

    "Way to go IC! Good luck with your first brew and mey there be many more of them."

    Fiona Jeffries
    24/08/2018 at 6:08pm

    "All the best for your new venture."

    Anna Guenther
    23/08/2018 at 5:52pm
    Chris Pollard
    22/08/2018 at 6:01pm

    "good luck hitting the target peeps!"

    The Independence Collective

    Project 2018-07-26 11:52:34 +1200

    George Duncan and Neville Pug discussing the brewing process.

    From small seeds extraordinary things can grow, from the desire to try something new, to a desire to become financially independent. From home brewing to contract brewing!

    We are The Independence Collective!

    The Independence Collective are a group of individuals with an intellectual disability seeking to gain financial independence by coming together as a collective under the entrepreneurial spirit.

    Struggling to find employment opportunities in todays competitive job market we have taken it upon ourselves to create our own opportunities. The first of these opportunities is the launch of our own beer label under the brand The Independence Collective. Our first brew will be "Neville" a craft Pale Ale brewed in partnership with Duncan's Brewing here on the Kapiti Coast.

    This is only the beginning, the beginning for both us and for those who will join the collective as we grow. We have many more ideas for creating further business and employment opportunities. We would love to have your support for our PledgeMe Campaign.

    By supporting our project through PledgeMe you will not only become part of this incredible new initiative, you will also be supporting us to gain our financial independence.

    Please support us on our journey.

    We have recieved overwhelming support from a number of individuals and groups to get us this far. We now need your support to make our dream of financial independence a reality.

    You can get behind our campaign by grabbing one of the amazing rewards on offer and by sharing our pledge with everyone you know.

    Thank you so much for your support.

    Janie, Nathan, Neville and Cameron

    (Check us out on Facebook)

     

     

    How Will Your Money Be Used?

    It will help in the development and brew of our first batch of 'Neville' Pale Ale.

    Enable us to secure a small office space to run our collective from.

    Allow us to purchase a coolstore to keep Neville cool and fresh so when he arrives on your doorstep he is at his best.

    Some office furniture and other items essential in the day to day running of our business.

     

     

     

     

    Check out some of the positive press we have recieved so far:

    The Dominion Post and Stuff

    The New Zealand Herald

    Comments

    Bottling Day for Neville

    26/10/2018 at 3:21 PM

    Last week was yet another milestone in our journey toward financial independence. We all met at Duncans for the long awaited bottling of our Neville Pale Ale. Check out the photo's below.

    Now the brew is bottled we can begin delivering the rewards to you.

    A big thank you to all those who have already provided delivery adresses and t-shirt sizes for their rewards. There are still a few of you that have not, so f we could get these by Sunday evening at the latest we should be able to start delivering rewards as early as next week. 

    Thank you all again for the support and encouragement we have recieved to date.

    Janie, Neville, Cameron and Nathan.

    Tasting The Final Brew

    14/10/2018 at 9:32 PM

    Tasting the final brew at Duncan's Brewery

    We had a busy time last week organising the final touches to the labels. As you can see we had a tasting at the brewery. Feedback to date is that it is a great tasting beer.

    The brew is now finished and ready to be bottled. This will happen over the next couple of days. Once this is done we can begin delivering the rewards. For those of you that are awaiting rewards can you please e-mail us through a delivery address. For those of you who have a t-shirt as part of that reward could you include a size preference. Our e-mail is [email protected]. Once we have your details we will let you know when to expect delivery.

    Thank you again for all the support we have recieved to date. It has been an amazing journey so far, and as Cameron keeps saying...'this is only the beginning.'

    Janie, Nathan, Cameron and Neville

    The Independence Collective.

    Our Dream Becomes A Reality

    30/09/2018 at 12:42 PM

    Friday was an exciting day for our collective. It was the day our dream turned into a reality. We spent the morning with George Duncan at the brewery learning all about the brewing process and getting that first batch under way so we can fulfil your rewards and start selling our beer. A big thank you to George for taking the time to explain things to us as we worked and for allowing us the opportunity to get our hands dirty and participate in the process. It was an awesome day!

     

    The beer is now well on its way and should be available within the next three weeks. We are still hard at work in the background finalising label designs, t-shirt designs and getting the rewards ready to deliver to you all. Thank you for all the support we have received so far. We will update you again soon.

     

    Janie, Nathan, Cameron and Neville,

     

    The Independence Collective

    A heart felt thank you to you all

    20/09/2018 at 9:58 PM

    Thank you all so much for your support. We have reached our goal and are now hard at work to get all the rewards out to you. We will keep you posted every step of the way with news and updates as we progress.

    The first bit of news is the beer itself. We spoke with George at Duncan's today and he will begin the brewing process next week. We are so excited to be part of this process and will keep you updated with photo's and comments as we go. The brew process takes around two and a half to three weeks so as soon as those bottles roll off the line we will get them to you.

    We are already working on the other rewards so will time everything to be sent out once that beer is bottled and ready to go.

    Thank you all once again for your amazing support and encouragement. It has been an incredible journey so far and we could not have done it without you.

    Take care, we will update you again soon.

    Janie, Neville, Nathan and Cameron

    The Independence Collective

    Campaign Update

    30/08/2018 at 4:55 PM

    To all our followers and supporters. We would like to thank you all for the amazing response we have received for our project to date. We have been given the opportunity by PledgeMe to lower our target amount and extend our deadline. We have therefore taken the time to rethink our goals and get back to basics. The most important thing for us is to begin brewing beer. We have had an offer by a national liquor retailer but need beer to sell them. The new target of $14000 reflects our new goal. 2000 litres of beer brewed, bottled and ready for sale. Please get behind our project and help us reach this new goal.  

     

    The new end date for the campaign is now the 16th of September. Check out the site, grab a reward or two and help us get that first brew on the shelves for sale.

     

    Thank you.

     

    Janie, Nathan, Cameron and Neville

     

    The Independence Collective

      Stacey Dangen
      16/09/2018 at 7:13pm

      "Good luck! I look forward to seeing all your hard work pay off and look forward to tasting what looks to be a great beer!"

      Anonymous pledger
      16/09/2018 at 7:05pm

      "Good Luck Guys!!! Cant wait to taste your "Neville" this summer!!! :)"

      Anonymous pledger
      16/09/2018 at 7:04pm

      "Good wishes"

      Ryan Orr
      16/09/2018 at 7:04pm

      "Good on ya guys - we’ll done!"

      Debbie Martin
      14/09/2018 at 1:30pm

      "You guys are awesome"

      Alistar Wickens
      13/09/2018 at 9:50am
      Jordan Tutton
      13/09/2018 at 8:57am

      "Keep up the good work crew. Your doing well! "

      Rebecca Slight
      13/09/2018 at 8:55am
      Cathy
      12/09/2018 at 6:54pm
      Emma Kelly
      10/09/2018 at 5:47pm

      "Good Luck Guys !!"

      Rory
      09/09/2018 at 3:51pm
      Anonymous pledger
      08/09/2018 at 6:32am

      "Wishing you well in your venture and look forward to enjoying your beer! "

      Bronwyn Waterhouse
      04/09/2018 at 9:27pm

      "Good luck and looking forward to buying your beer."

      Louise Whitlow
      04/09/2018 at 9:48am

      "Best of luck guys! Rooting for you from Auckland."

      Val Grose
      03/09/2018 at 11:09pm

      "Great to see you teaming up to make the most of good opportunity good luck."

      Susan Harfitt
      03/09/2018 at 9:38pm
      Bel Hughes
      03/09/2018 at 7:20pm
      Janine Thomson
      31/08/2018 at 10:42am

      "Thank you for coming to talk to our Family Collective Group last Sunday. We wish you the best of luck in your new venture."

      Helen Sinclair
      30/08/2018 at 7:26pm

      "Best wishes for a successful campaign and look forward to sharing a beer in my new Tee Shirt. "

      Ian McMillan
      30/08/2018 at 5:35pm
      Sue McMillan
      29/08/2018 at 8:26pm

      "Looking forward to that beer!"

      Sophie Isobel
      29/08/2018 at 4:15pm

      "Good luck to The Independence Collective team!! "

      Duncan Emo
      29/08/2018 at 3:51pm

      "Great stuff guys-good luck!"

      Sylvia Cavanagh
      29/08/2018 at 12:19pm
      Karen Elliott
      29/08/2018 at 11:56am

      "Way to go. I wish yo all the luck"

      Tiffany Stratford
      28/08/2018 at 1:15pm
      Jonathan Waterworth
      27/08/2018 at 8:41pm

      "Way to go IC! Good luck with your first brew and mey there be many more of them."

      Fiona Jeffries
      24/08/2018 at 6:08pm

      "All the best for your new venture."

      Anna Guenther
      23/08/2018 at 5:52pm
      Chris Pollard
      22/08/2018 at 6:01pm

      "good luck hitting the target peeps!"

      This campaign was successful and got its funding on 19/09/2018 at 9:00 PM.