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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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Thanks to the fine folk @cityrunnersclub for the share. If you want #running to be recognised as a form of… https://t.co/GcAwqsBirE
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Want to revamp your #London community centre, spruce up a public garden or even start a new street market? Now’s th… https://t.co/ZpqytOXaGb
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Got an idea for a project that will improve your local area? Start a crowdfunding campaign on Spacehive before 3 Se… https://t.co/PztUXrnZlt
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Just 2 WEEKS LEFT TO START YOUR CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGN if you have an idea in #London and want up to £50k from… https://t.co/oVLmIaXHpA
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"The UK has a thriving #TechforGood ecosystem and as a result is viewed as a world leader in this area." YES! So go… https://t.co/H8SXffJJQB
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NEWS: Government launches its first #CivilSocietyStrategy in 15 years, setting out its vision to empower and invest… https://t.co/XK9xz7k91H
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The @MayorofLondon has a £1m fund to support ideas that make local places better, with up to £50k per project avail… https://t.co/wGF04AlfTB
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Got an idea that could make Aldgate even better? Help make it happen with the City of London's new crowdfunding sch… https://t.co/DbwfyYbQWY
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Interesting piece by @apoliticalco reporting from our recent international #CrowdUrbanism conference with @NewCities https://t.co/OAU15TJt46
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The ethical implications of civic crowdfunding- is it displacing public finance? https://t.co/jR2sD3xEZu chat w/… https://t.co/JuBVDiAw5h
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Just 2 WEEKS LEFT TO START YOUR CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGN if you have an idea in #London and want up to £50k from… https://t.co/oVLmIaXHpA
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WOW! We just hit 62% of our total. Thank you all 39 backers We only have 9 days left! PLEASE PLEDGE to make Space… https://t.co/9EZdmNrpwV
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Just 2 WEEKS LEFT TO START YOUR CROWDFUNDING CAMPAIGN if you have an idea in #London and want up to £50k from… https://t.co/oVLmIaXHpA
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Got an idea for a project that will improve your local area? Start a crowdfunding campaign on Spacehive before 3 Se… https://t.co/PztUXrnZlt
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Got a great idea to improve Rochester? @Spacehive are at the @DeafCatCoffee all day with #CrowdfundRochester, come… https://t.co/cuONl14MX0
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Please support our latest project, ‘SPACE GAP’! A pavilion and event programme for this years… https://t.co/vgmqCNut5S
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The @MayorofLondon is pledging £1million to community projects for #CrowdfundingLDN with @theRSAorg crowdfunding pa… https://t.co/XQbdh3Ou7s
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Want to revamp your #London community centre, spruce up a public garden or even start a new street market? Now’s th… https://t.co/ZpqytOXaGb
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Pledges of up to £10k are available for crowdfunding community projects in Essex through the #EssexCrowd. Deadline… https://t.co/8AyLi69ysF
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Got an idea for a project that will improve your local area? Start a crowdfunding campaign on Spacehive before 3 Se… https://t.co/FfUTizmoip
Address Spacehive
Spacehive30 Marsh Wall
E14 9TP London
United Kingdom