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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.
Tweets by Founders, Employees & Spacehive
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Through the @GLL_UK Community Foundation and @Better_UK Leisure Centre's in @LBHF we're thrilled to have supported… https://t.co/HqVfe6gFfY
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.@apoliticalco is hosting an online discussion about the future of digitally-enabled citizen engagement. ⏰ Join… https://t.co/kOX8KIbo56
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We're hosting an online discussion about the future of digitally-enabled citizen engagement. ⏰ Join the pioneers n… https://t.co/MFhjeAwP6u
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🏆 Excited to say @wearebeam has been selected by @GoogleEurope & @FT as 1 of the top 100 European businesses leadin… https://t.co/jXdgK8Gqk8
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@AlexStephany @wearebeam @googleeurope @FT Congrats!!
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We've teamed up with @spacehive, a #crowdfunding platform to make local places better: from sprucing up a local par… https://t.co/vkgQG9wKll
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We're really happy that some of the projects we supported with @MayorofLondon and @Spacehive have already hit their… https://t.co/LAYg4Lbz5L
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We're supporting #CrowdfundLondon to bring community projects to InLink screens. See a project you want funding? Po… https://t.co/OvT2idNQax
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Justin Trudeau: “people are increasingly using tech to undermine our democracy. We as a movement need to be careful… https://t.co/BDjncvij1N
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@Adam8Knight @Spacehive Thank you Adam - really appreciate it
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Fantastic news!! Illuminate Rotherhithe! has hit the target with three days to spare! Many thanks to all the backer… https://t.co/1MBPa8eK2G
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Happening tonight! A chance to learn more about Urban Room OKR https://t.co/6twRzvDBY5 https://t.co/UoJ8xEunuf
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If you've got an idea to improve your local area, have you thought about crowdfunding? The West Sussex Crowd might… https://t.co/G3YWtISyLp
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To friends @Spacehive Thanks for invitation to say few words at the latest #HammersmithandFulhamHIVE… https://t.co/IeT6UXLPiv
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Thank you so very much to @olympia_london for their extremely generous donation to our #gymframe @Spacehive… https://t.co/5An9a0SdQX
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A huge thank you to @RBKC @KCLocalLife for their fantastic donation of £2000 to @KPAschool for our gym frame. We ar… https://t.co/HymTyXAXZ1
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Have a great Friday and make it even better by donating to our @spacehive campaign for young people to design and b… https://t.co/1sbHeCEywy
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Support the campaign to create Doncaster’s @MiningStatue. Deadline today Mon 10th Dec! From £2 to £200, pledge what… https://t.co/RKQeY3caou
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Today is the last chance to support the campaign to create Doncaster’s @MiningStatue! From £2 to £200, pledge what… https://t.co/CD7B5vQJDK
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Final call for project creators!! Complete your project page on @Spacehive and make it visible today to be consider… https://t.co/mOTufkmJ7m
Address Spacehive
Spacehive30 Marsh Wall
E14 9TP London
United Kingdom