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“Generation Palestine” film viewing
On Saturday 13th April, the newly formed Cowfolk Film Club will be screening the brilliant ‘Generation Palestine’ for free at the ECC (7.30pm). Following the screening, the filmmakers are holding a fundraiser across the road at the Plough (9pm), collecting donations for a film festival run that the pub will be matching towards Medical Aid for Palestine.
The film is an emotive and joyful look at life in Bristol for a group of young Palestinians and touches on themes of cultural expression in the face of repression, and the power of communal love.
All are welcome and we look forward to seeing you for an evening of education, conversation, & dancing via film, bands and DJs.
Join us for a Palestine fund raiser
Join us for a night of music on the 13th April as we fundraise for @medicalaidpal and @generationpalestine ??
With musical performances from the amazing artists listed, it will be a night to remember?
? @plougheaston
?? 13th April 2024
? 21:00-02:00
There will also be a screening of our documentary, Generation Palestine, from 8:00pm at the Easton Community Centre (opposite the Plough) in partnership with @eastoncowboys and @easton_cowgirls_fc ?? If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to get in touch!
#bristol #fundraiser #palestine #event #theplough
Illustration by @iobinad ?
New Year’s Revolution
Start the new year in revolutionary style by celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Zapatista uprising in Chiapas, Mexico.
Solidarity group Kiptik, formed by Cowfolk who toured the autonomous communities back in 1999, are taking over the Plough from 2-6pm on New Year’s Day for a daytime fundraiser and invite you all to join them.
FOOD! Mexican meals will be served for £10 per head. Very limited availability so pre-book your group ASAP to avoid disappointment. Contact Kev or Steve Nation or email kiptik@kiptik.org
EXHIBITION! We’ll be displaying photos of our water, health and other projects in Chiapas, plus images of the original Cowfolk football adventures.
RAFFLE! Buy a ticket, win a great prize including restaurant vouchers, hammocks, Kiptik merch and more. Look out for ticket hustlers at the Plough and Cowfolk training sessions in the run-up to Christmas 🙂
MERCH! Our brand new, limited edition, Banksy-inspired t-shirt will be on sale along with other apparel and Zapatista coffee.
All money raised goes directly to funding water and health projects in the autonomous Zapatista communities.
For more information on Kiptik please see www.kiptik.org
Red hot raffle – don’t miss out!
Do not miss the Cowfolk Raffle at the Easton Cowfolk’s Xmas Bash this Saturday (Sat 9th Dec) after the quiz at 9pm at The Plough. All proceeds to HIRN ( Hebron International Resource Network) in Palestine. Amazing prizes including
-2 tickets for The Christmas Spiegeltent
-2 tickets for Lost Horizons
-A family / couples photo-shoot with Ruby Walker photography
-hamper from Essential Trading
-5ltrs spicy mulled cider from Severn Cider
-Bottle of Outer Space Vodka from The Ill Repute bar
-£100 of sports vouchers.
Plus lots of other great prizes donated by Cowfolk teams. Followed by a night of amazing Cowfolk DJs
Cowfolk Xmas Bash
Hey lovely Cowfolk, it’s time to celebrate Christmas. Get yourselves to the Plough to enjoy a knees up with some great entertainment.
Queen Sheenz will take to the stage to compere a quiz. Quizzers are recommended to sort your teams out early. £3 per player entry.
A Cowfolk raffle will follow the quiz. Some ace prizes are up for grabs, donated from different Cowfolk teams and all the profits will go to charity.
After that it’s time to dance, with Cowfolk DJs spinning bangers from 10pm until late.
‘Refugees Welcome’ Easton Cowfolk Fundraiser
The Scribes ”Boombox – Thurs 9th November, The Plough
The Scribes have a brand new project – BOOMBOX and are performing a live set at The Plough and fundraising for Beats4Boots to support refugees & asylum seekers to play football (and other sports). Money raised goes towards boots, kit, fees, training, transport and after match meals. You can donate on the door or use the QR code. Thanks for your support!
Easton Cowfolk bi-AGM next month
Hey folks, the next bi-AGM is nearly upon us. The meeting will take place in Easton Community Centre at 7.30pm on Monday, December 4th. Here is the agenda:
- Dedicated bank account for merch team
- Cooking post-game for the 4th’s
- Fundraising for a minibus
- Safer spaces policy at HQ
- Bereavement and tragedy policy
- Someone to takover coms with rage kit provider
- Framework on deciding appropriate sponsors
Beats4Boots fundraiser success!
Our Beats4Boots (refugees welcome) fundraiser at the Ill Repute was banging! And we raised £605! Thanks to everyone who came and everyone who helped make it a success. Look out for more Beats4Boots events coming soon!
Jumpers for Goalposts Cowgirls donation
The owners of Twisted Oak Brewery have selected the Easton Cowgirls to receive a share of their profits as a donation to grassroots women’s football.
Co-owner Simon said: ‘When the Qatar World Cup came round we wanted to brew up a new beer with a football related name (like everyone else does). However, we weren’t too keen on marketing ourselves on the back of what was quite a controversial tournament. We just love football. So we came up with the idea of using the beer to raise some cash and then donating the money raised to a grass roots football team. So the beer Jumpers For Goalposts – a gorgeous 4.4% Citra pale ale – was born and 5p for every pint raised went to a local grassroots team.
‘Fast forward to June 2023 and we couldn’t let the Women’s World Cup go by without repeating the brew and the fund raising idea. This time we obviously decided to donate the money raised to a local women’s football team. A conversation with Jimmy at The Plough in Easton (friend of the brewery and a very loyal customer to boot) led to the obvious choice for the funds being the Easton Cowgirls – world famous and with a great ethos that we are very happy to be associated with. So in our small and limited way (but to the best of our abilities) we are very proud to support the Easton Cowgirls in football and in everything else they stand for.’
Thanks to everyone at Twisted Oak – a great beer for a great cause. Bottoms up folks!
Cowfolk EGM
Emergency General Meeting of the Cowfolk to grant funds on compassionate grounds.
Date: Monday 4th September
Time: 7pm
Location: Zoom
Agenda: to discuss granting additional club funds to Netballer Katie Cooper after the recent passing of her husband Coops.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us05web.zoom.us/j/89313174058?pwd=eBDsM97DKEeUtdaZ1TLaOnqKXUb8r4.1
Meeting ID: 893 1317 4058
Passcode: C264D0