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What is Pride in Place?
Empowering communities to lead £5 billion of investment on local projects that matter The government’s Pride in Place programme is a generational opportunity, with £5 [...]
Dublin calling!
We're delighted that our launch of Crowdfund Dublin City was covered in the Irish Independent. Our team had an excellent time in Dublin meeting our [...]
Why councils should harness citizen power to tackle the climate emergency
If the UK is to hit its Net Zero goals then everybody needs to pitch in. The focus is often on large centralised solutions, enacted [...]
Why communities must have a role in Levelling Up
Levelling Up was the centre of discussions at the Conservative Party Conference last week. But what does it actually mean? At Spacehive, we have been [...]
Launching soon: Camden Future High Streets Crowdfund
Spacehive is launching an exciting new crowdfunding initiative with Camden Borough Council to help make the borough’s high streets even more inclusive, sustainable and successful. [...]
Misha Dhanak appointed as Spacehive’s new CEO
Spacehive has today announced the appointment of a new CEO. Marketing leader Misha Dhanak, the co-founder and former CEO of award-winning agency, The Romans, replaces [...]
Civic crowdfunding councils – a co-learning event
This week, we brought together 40 local authorities from across Wales, the Midlands and the North of England to share learning around civic crowdfunding. Crowdfunding [...]
Crowdfunding defibrillators: saving lives in our communities
All Spacehive projects deliver something of tangible benefit to the local area: a new playground, a festival, or a mural, for example. The benefits normally [...]
Tackling the climate crisis at a local level
How we respond to the climate crisis is often framed in ways that do not necessarily lead us to feel like there's much hope. Individual [...]
How Lucy raised £45,626 to create a new community garden
Lucy O’Gilvie wanted to create a space that could be shared by the different communities in her diverse corner of north London, but did not [...]
Crowdfund Christmas!
Ok, we're not advocating crowdfunding your loved one's main gift (in all likelihood it wouldn't be eligible for Spacehive). However Christmas is undoubtedly an excuse [...]
Crowdfunding Culture! How venues and organisations are harnessing the power of their natural audience: the crowd
It's no secret that cultural organisations often exist in a challenging funding climate. Whether it's focusing on art, beauty, performance, or just having a good [...]
Making a splash! The great lido revival
We think it’s safe to say now that summer is here! As the mercury edges towards 100 degrees in some parts of the country this [...]
Standing out from the crowdfunding – by James Parkinson, GLA
By James Parkinson | 27 March 2019 Originally published in the MJ It is well known that in order to create sustainable change and improvement in an [...]
Crowdfund London 2019 – Mayor of London Calls upon businesses to back communities’ creative ideas to shape the city
It was a great start to the week here at Spacehive. Our Monday morning was spent with Sadiq Kahn in Haringey at Tottenham Café Connect [...]