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Spacehive
General
Founded: 2011
Type: Donation-based crowdfunding
Donation-based crowdfunding - geography: United Kingdom
CO. no.: 7553730
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Description
Spacehive is the world's first funding platform for neighbourhood improvement projects. We make it as easy to fund a new park or playground for your area as buying a book online.
For people with inspiring project ideas, Spacehive allows you to pitch for support and funding from your community. For everyone else it's a refreshingly easy way to transform where you live: just find a project you like and pledge funding. If it gets funded, it gets built!
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Founders Spacehive
FOUNDER & CEO, Chris Gourlay
LinkedIn | Twitter (@chris_gourlay)
Type: Entrepreneur
Description: Chris is the Founder and CEO of Spacehive, the world?s first crowdfunding platform for civic projects. He is a former Sunday Times staff journalist who covered architecture and planning, as well as leading the paper?s London coverage.
He launched Spacehive in 2012 as a social business to stimulate new sources funding and creativity for the civic environment. Since then the platform has helped to deliver a diverse mix of projects across the UK - from a new community centre in Wales to a giant waterslide in the middle of a Bristol high street.
He has won awards for Spacehive from the Big Venture Challenge, Nesta, UnLtd, Deloitte and Downing Street.
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Stumbled upon "Dinner under Helsinki Sky" a free event for people to come and share dinner together (BYO). 700 peop… https://t.co/XlEblFx6r9
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.@RajeshAgrawal, speaking at @London_First, highlights the potential and importance of London’s crowdfunding moveme… https://t.co/oydPhMWSH5
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Great to speak at @MayorofLondon’s #CrowdfundLondon event. Quoted at World Govt Summit as an example of a local go… https://t.co/jflzJ6Loeg
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If you haven't already heard, we've teamed up with national crowdfunding platform @Spacehive to create the… https://t.co/V1Hy3zF0Pa
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2 days to go! Got an idea that could improve your local area? Upload it to @Spacehive by 1st of May and… https://t.co/o92URvuTlZ
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TWO weeks to get your project page ready for #CrowdfundLondon! @MayorofLondon has a £1m fund to support ideas that… https://t.co/PNfEzmcxiD
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We’re in TOWER HAMLETS for the latest #CrowdfundLondon event to help @mayoroflondon seek out and support East Londo… https://t.co/VIxLNkJ9pC
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Are you aged 18-25 with a brilliant idea to improve your local area? You could get up to £50,000 to make it happen.… https://t.co/7cTVXmNJHF
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We've had a great response to our first #CrowdfundLondon workshops with @Spacehive. If you have a great idea to imp… https://t.co/TZirGy7jci
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Calling Young Londoners with community project ideas 💡 Interested in pitching for up to £50k from @MayorofLondon to… https://t.co/EUx1ydvKdS
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Exciting times. We are crowdfunding via @CrowdFundLeic and @Spacehive to obtain an office space and equipment to mo… https://t.co/k7fmQCgzzj
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A MASSIVE thank you to the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham for pledging £20,000 towards our glasshouses re… https://t.co/JNyN7S0HX0
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Fantastic to have #crowdfundlondon amongst an impressive list of finalists for 2019... find out more in the thread… https://t.co/FTZOLG7Frf
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Thanks to wonderful support our @Spacehive funder to buy 3 Public Access Defibrillators for @VickyParkLondon is 35%… https://t.co/TZTmFb2cSj
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💥PLEASE SUPPORT💥 Cody Dock’s rolling bridge crowdfunding campaign! TODAY is their last chance to show the Mayor of… https://t.co/XFWeUn1KHe
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@CrowdFundLeic @Spacehive @BIDLeicester @lcbdepot @CityMayorLeic @leicslive @LssCalendar @BBCLeicester Please RT an… https://t.co/FT6HJPui7d
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Working for more greenery. #NationalParkCity Check out Flowering Edgware on @Spacehive! https://t.co/F0MNrRJkSc
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Thank you Spacehive for helping @SE5Forum #CamberwellBanners campaign reach its current target for #CrowdfundLondon… https://t.co/ZJauT0JVtP
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This big hearted little gaff needs a few pledges by tomorrow - even £1 - for the Mayor to stump up dosh for renovat… https://t.co/yIqXIE06Ux
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50 supporters now. Roll up, roll up! Check out ACTON UNFRAMED on @Spacehive! https://t.co/wOH0XD9zej
Address Spacehive
Spacehive30 Marsh Wall
E14 9TP London
United Kingdom