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GLL launch new £100k funding scheme for community projects
Spacehive have officially partnered with GLL, the UK’s largest charitable social enterprise to launch the GLL Community Foundation. The Foundation has been established to provide grant [...]
Finished Crowdfunding? Taking your community organisation to the next level with Locality
Congratulations on hitting your target! Now it's time to consider how you want to take the brilliant idea which inspired so many pledges and so much [...]
Crowdfunding 101: Writing a budget
Working out the budget for your project can be complicated - from considering your capital and revenue costs and figuring out VAT to working out staff costs [...]
Crowdfunding 101: Becoming an organisation
Anyone can run a project on Spacehive whether they are an individual, community group, charity or business. However there are a number of funds and [...]
The Benefits of Crowdfunding Public Spaces
Crowdfunding – lots of people giving small amounts of money – isn’t a new concept. In fact, back in the 1800s the base of the [...]
Finding a Space for your Community Project
Have a great idea for a project that could improve your local area but don’t have a place or space to house it? Read our top [...]
Future Cities Catapult: Crowdfunding local places – a definitive guide for local authorities
Local government is having to transform how it delivers, doing more with less. Civic crowdfunding offers an alternative model, one in which we believe can [...]
What if you had real power to shape where you live in a practical way?
As Future Cities Catapult launch the definitive guide to civic crowdfunding for local authorities, Dr Catherine Howe, Director at Capita, shares her thoughts on the opportunity [...]
We’re hiring an intern!
***THIS POSITION IS NOW FILLED. Thank you for your interest!*** From community hub renovations or city centre slip ‘n slides, to urban vegetable gardens [...]
What permissions, insurance and licensing does your project need?
Creating a project in the public sphere means you have to make sure you have the right permissions, insurance and licenses to ensure that you, [...]
Crowdfunding Stories – Crowdfund London Case Studies
London is a city of small surprises; the market stalls, public gardens, street music, gallery openings and cultural festivals that make it an extraordinary place [...]
Spacehive CEO Joins Mayor of London’s European Trade Mission
Spacehive, the crowdfunding platform for urban improvement projects, today joins a delegation of 25 companies on a European trade mission led by Sadiq Khan. The [...]
Civic Crowdfunding – A Guidebook for Local Authorities
Download your free copy of the definitive guide to civic crowdfunding for local authorities here. Cities are increasingly using crowdfunding to democratise the way places [...]
Paint the town green for St. Patrick’s Day
This St. Patrick's Day we're raising the bar (not the drinking kind) and setting towns and cities across the country the challenge to think green for [...]
Introducing the Mayor’s Crowdfund London Workshops 2017
Crowdfund London gives you the opportunity to pitch your ideas, big and small, for projects which will make your local area even better. Communities across [...]