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Crowdfund my Park 2017 – Encouraging people to love and improve their local parks!
Join Growing a Greener Britain and Our Manchester for “Growing a Greener Manchester” on the 26th of January. Find out more and book your free [...]
Funding arts and cultural projects across the UK
From art installations and festivals to cultural spaces and galleries - we're looking for great project ideas that bring the arts to life! With funds [...]
Crowdfunding with the Mayor of London – The Punch and Juicy Story
In 2016 Davina set out to create a healthy juice academy with a pop-up market stall that would encourage healthy eating and develop the entrepreneurial [...]
Funding for green space and environmental projects in the UK
Join Growing a Greener Britain and Our Manchester for "Growing a Greener Manchester" on the 26th of January. Find out more and book your free [...]
Five ways to make 2017 the best year ever with Spacehive
2016 - you wiley mistress - how you toyed with us, from Brexit to Bowie (RIP) and everything in between, last year was a roller [...]
Getting down to business – Securing pledges from the business community
If your project attracts people to the area and adds value to the neighbourhood, then it's worth approaching local businesses and asking them to add [...]
Video: How to run a successful crowdfunding campaign
From putting on street festivals to pop up markets, the possibilities are endless. Crowdfunding has been used to raise the profile of projects, gather public [...]
A new way to get local projects funded
We're a funding platform for projects that make local places better. We connect great project ideas to the people, councils, companies and grant-makers ready and [...]
Crowdfunding Hull – One pioneer shares why this is the city’s chance to shine
As published in the Hull Daily Mail on Wednesday November 30 2016. Mark Parkes, group managing director of Bostonair, shares why he is pushing to improve the [...]
Crowdfunding Christmas with Spacehive
It's here. The most magical time of the year. And at Spacehive HQ we're here to help you crowdfund your Christmas dreams into reality. Every [...]
The Ultimate Guide to Crowdfunding
Spacehive is a funding platform for projects that make local places better. By providing the tools you need to develop your ideas, get noticed by [...]
How to pitch to a fund on Spacehive
On Spacehive we have almost three million pounds in funding from our partners across the country, including everyone from the Mayor of London to Manchester City [...]
Crowdfunding York in Numbers
Last March Make It York launched York’s crowdfunding platform at the city’s historic Bedern Hall. They partnered with us here at Spacehive to make it as [...]
The impact of Crowdfunding on health, well-being and civic pride
This is an extract from “Understanding the social impacts of the Mayor’s Crowdfunding Programme”, research and analysis on the first two rounds of the Mayor [...]
Meet the Londoners fueling citizen-led regeneration across the city
We’re excited to be showcasing the work we’ve done with the Mayor of London’s Civic Crowdfunding Programme at the Smart Cities Expo in Barcelona on [...]