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The key to a successful campaign: getting off to a good start
Your project rocks. You’ve got a catchy title, and a great leading image. The description is clear and your passion for the project leaps off [...]
A tour of Spacehive at 700
Taking on the messy, complex world of civic change - with its rules, regulations, gatekeepers, and various interest groups to navigate, was always going to [...]
Crowdfunding Culture! How venues and organisations are harnessing the power of their natural audience: the crowd
It's no secret that cultural organisations often exist in a challenging funding climate. Whether it's focusing on art, beauty, performance, or just having a good [...]
Making a splash! The great lido revival
We think it’s safe to say now that summer is here! As the mercury edges towards 100 degrees in some parts of the country this [...]
We’re hiring: Software Developer
Full Stack Developer, Spacehive.com Second Home, Spitalfields, London Competitive Salary This is an exciting opportunity for a Full Stack Developer with 3+ years of commercial [...]
Standing out from the crowdfunding – by James Parkinson, GLA
By James Parkinson | 27 March 2019 Originally published in the MJ It is well known that in order to create sustainable change and improvement in an [...]
Crowdfund London 2019 – Mayor of London Calls upon businesses to back communities’ creative ideas to shape the city
It was a great start to the week here at Spacehive. Our Monday morning was spent with Sadiq Kahn in Haringey at Tottenham Café Connect [...]
Crowdfund London’s 2018 cohort gather at City Hall to celebrate crowdfunding campaign success
A chorus of party poppers can be heard across the capital as a new wave of Mayor of London backed projects have reached their crowdfunding [...]
Guns N’ Roses’ Slash joins Mayor of London to help build a bridge to Crystal Palace dinosaurs
Getting a pledge from the Mayor of London is a huge boost for any campaign but Bridges to the Crystal Palace Dinosaurs has now gone a [...]
We’ve got some exciting news! We are partnering with InLink to provide some free advertising for your crowdfunding campaign.
InLink are supporting Crowdfund London projects that received a Mayoral pledge. The InLinks display a project image and a URL to the campaign on [...]
500 successful Spacehive projects!
This week Spacehive celebrated its 500th successful campaign! The project that took us to the magical milestone is a cafe-on-a-bike, MarketBeans, set up to support people [...]
Green projects across London get £1000 boost from Veolia
Got a green project? Then you could get a £1,000 boost from Veolia to help bring your project to life. Veolia's Community Recycling Fund is looking [...]
Introducing The Essex Crowd – a new £500,000 fund for communities across Essex
Join us for the launch of The Essex Crowd on the 25th of September. Register free here. The Essex Crowd is a new community crowdfunding initiative which gives [...]
Introducing CrowdFund Leicester – a new £100,000 fund AND Land Offer
Join us for our CrowdFund Leicester crowdfunding workshop at City Hall on the 13th of October. Learn more and register here. Leicester's set to make its [...]
Crowdfunding and other LifeSkills with Barclays
LifeSkills with Barclays offers £500 to young people looking to learn and develop skills through the process of running a crowdfunding campaign. In the last [...]