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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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Splish splash splosh! Community crowdfunding is creating an exciting new wave of lido projects - and even potential… https://t.co/pK8HJplFmC
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Smaller projects delivered by local people have a big social impact across our city. More than 100 projects have be… https://t.co/t5VUoQi3zz
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Excited to be at City Hall for the 2019 Pledge Awards! A record amount being pledged by @MayorofLondon on… https://t.co/LJIB618Wnz
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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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The Mayor has pledged over £600k towards #CrowdfundLondon so far, but there are still projects that need backing. W… https://t.co/QaY1hMqTVP
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With your help, @AP_lifeboats at the Royal Docks could become a space for young people to learn boating, casualty c… https://t.co/o0d43Wj7Bk
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Come & have your photo taken with #JoeOrton @leicesterpride on 31/8! Find him on the @JoeOrtonStatue stall. But… https://t.co/qsYqzzoak6
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Congratulations! Great effort by all involved! https://t.co/xDpVgTLWOC
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Huge thanks to everyone who gave to our @Spacehive fundraiser to buy 3 Defibrillators for @VickyParkLondon from… https://t.co/x7ziH4Nl93
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Weekend reading! It's only the Ultimate Guide to Crowdfunding! 7+ years of wisdom captured neatly in Portable Docum… https://t.co/ixnfjlkakh
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@MayorofLondon has pledged £140k to @CodyDock, @broomfieldponds, Sowing a Community & Mind, Body & Soul Food throug… https://t.co/S3uRQXqIjn
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Congratulations to @RumiMosque - you're getting a new Community Herb Garden that will be a welcoming place for peop… https://t.co/wVM0ZTsHBU
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WOOP! Congratulations to all involved with the Friends of Ashburton Park - you're getting a new and improved playgr… https://t.co/P1CpAi0XQW
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Have you got a great idea to make Crawley even better? Join us for the free Crowdfund Crawley community workshop o… https://t.co/XJK6N1CwO4
Address Spacehive
Spacehive30 Marsh Wall
E14 9TP London
United Kingdom