The home of community fundraising
Spacehive helps crowdfund local ideas and has raised over £35 million across the UK and Ireland.
Create a
community farm
community farm
Rejuvenate
your high street
your high street
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Launch a refugee
cookery school
cookery school
We help communities raise funds to improve their local areas: everything from spruced up playgrounds and new street markets, to city farms and learning hubs.
£7 million
is available from our funding partners right now65%
of project creators are crowdfunding for the first time85%
of projects hit their fundraising targetHow crowdfunding on Spacehive works
Create a
project page
Spacehive will help you develop your project so you are set up for success and ready to crowdfund.
Share and
collect pledges
Share your project far and wide to start raising funds and boost local support. Spacehive offers helpful tips and resources along the way.
Access
additional funds
Spacehive will connect you with exclusive funders that will also back your campaign to help you reach your fundraising goals faster.
Crowdfunding projects
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Gareth, raised £2,025 to
refresh a sports space
refresh a sports space
"Crowdfunding means that people feel more connected to the project. They come here and say - we helped make this."
Leyla, raised £45,501 for
a thriving community cafe
a thriving community cafe
"What crowdfunding has done is say we matter. Our ideas, our neighbourhood, all our efforts matter."
Peter, raised £24,865 to
support local swimmers
support local swimmers
"For years we talked about how to finance our sauna, then Spacehive came along and we became a big deal in our community."
Our Partners
Unlock additional funding from our partner network of companies, councils and foundations.
Spacehive has millions of pounds available in funding across the UK and Ireland from our partners; from the Mayor of London to Birmingham City Council, to BT and Arts Council England.
Whether you're crowdfunding for a festival in Worthing, a sports tournament in Huddersfield or a green space in Liverpool, Spacehive has funding to help you make it happen.
FAQs
Crowdfunding is a way of raising money for a project or cause from a broader group of people or organisations who all contribute towards the target goal with individual financial contributions.
Anyone can pledge money to a project to help reach a fundraising target; from friends, family members and colleagues, to local businesses, large enterprises, councils and foundations.
At Spacehive we focus on fundraising for community projects. Our platform enables individuals or groups to crowdfund for ideas that benefit the local community.
Anyone can pledge money to a project to help reach a fundraising target; from friends, family members and colleagues, to local businesses, large enterprises, councils and foundations.
At Spacehive we focus on fundraising for community projects. Our platform enables individuals or groups to crowdfund for ideas that benefit the local community.
Spacehive is the only dedicated community fundraising platform in the UK and Ireland. It’s completely free to set up your own fundraising page, so you can get started today.
Nearly 90% of projects reach their fundraising goal on Spacehive, which is more than any other crowdfunding site. To date, over £35 million has been raised to crowdfund local community projects across the UK and Ireland.
Spacehive has a partner network that includes councils, foundations and businesses that help to fund projects that local communities want, enabling them to reach their fundraising goals faster. Typically a project will reach its crowdfunding target within 60 days on Spacehive.
We have a dedicated project success team whose sole focus is to help each project reach its fundraising target. We provide tips and advice to help project creators shape and grow their campaigns, helping them to succeed as quickly as possible.
Nearly 90% of projects reach their fundraising goal on Spacehive, which is more than any other crowdfunding site. To date, over £35 million has been raised to crowdfund local community projects across the UK and Ireland.
Spacehive has a partner network that includes councils, foundations and businesses that help to fund projects that local communities want, enabling them to reach their fundraising goals faster. Typically a project will reach its crowdfunding target within 60 days on Spacehive.
We have a dedicated project success team whose sole focus is to help each project reach its fundraising target. We provide tips and advice to help project creators shape and grow their campaigns, helping them to succeed as quickly as possible.
Spacehive is the home of community fundraising, where people crowdfund for projects that support and improve their local area.
Projects on Spacehive create unique and creative solutions to help make local places better. Ideas include climate change initiatives, new public places to improve mental and physical health, spaces for young people and other brilliant ideas that build more resilient communities. We’ve even recently helped launch a solar powered wind turbine!
There is no limit to how much you can crowdfund on Spacehive - you can fundraise anything from £100 upwards! It all depends on the size and ambition of your community project and that it complies with our project verification process. Check out our successful projects for inspiration.
Projects on Spacehive create unique and creative solutions to help make local places better. Ideas include climate change initiatives, new public places to improve mental and physical health, spaces for young people and other brilliant ideas that build more resilient communities. We’ve even recently helped launch a solar powered wind turbine!
There is no limit to how much you can crowdfund on Spacehive - you can fundraise anything from £100 upwards! It all depends on the size and ambition of your community project and that it complies with our project verification process. Check out our successful projects for inspiration.
Spacehive offers both Keep What You Raise and All or Nothing models. You can choose your fundraising model when you create your project page, and switch models at any point prior to launching your fundraising campaign.
If a project is fully funded it can continue to fundraise indefinitely to support its ongoing costs. Backers can either make a one-off donation or set up a monthly payment subscription.
If a project is fully funded it can continue to fundraise indefinitely to support its ongoing costs. Backers can either make a one-off donation or set up a monthly payment subscription.
Spacehive partners with organisations that want to support community projects with exclusive funds available to support local ideas. These funds might come from companies, councils and foundations.
You are matched to funds depending on certain criteria, such as location, and project type. You can make short ‘pitches’ to these funds via the Spacehive website, which involves answering questions about your project. Once your crowdfunding campaign is live, the funds you have pitched to will monitor your progress and then decide whether to pledge alongside the crowd.
Visit our Funds page to see if our partners are offering funds in your area.
You are matched to funds depending on certain criteria, such as location, and project type. You can make short ‘pitches’ to these funds via the Spacehive website, which involves answering questions about your project. Once your crowdfunding campaign is live, the funds you have pitched to will monitor your progress and then decide whether to pledge alongside the crowd.
Visit our Funds page to see if our partners are offering funds in your area.
It is free to create an account, set up a project page, and start crowdfunding on Spacehive.
Spacehive’s mission is to make it easy for people to improve their local area and our project fees model helps us to deliver this and continue providing the tools and resources needed to make positive change happen across the UK and Ireland. Spacehive is transparent with its fee model and unlike other crowdfunding platforms there are no hidden extras or automated tipping.
Spacehive charges fees only if your project is successful. The fee is 7.5% (+VAT) of your project target, which is automatically added to your campaign target before you start fundraising. This means that all fees are built into your target, and you will receive 100% of the amount you need to deliver your project. Transaction fees, charged by our payment partner Stripe, are approximately 2.9% of the payment value and are only payable if the campaign is successful.
Spacehive’s mission is to make it easy for people to improve their local area and our project fees model helps us to deliver this and continue providing the tools and resources needed to make positive change happen across the UK and Ireland. Spacehive is transparent with its fee model and unlike other crowdfunding platforms there are no hidden extras or automated tipping.
Spacehive charges fees only if your project is successful. The fee is 7.5% (+VAT) of your project target, which is automatically added to your campaign target before you start fundraising. This means that all fees are built into your target, and you will receive 100% of the amount you need to deliver your project. Transaction fees, charged by our payment partner Stripe, are approximately 2.9% of the payment value and are only payable if the campaign is successful.
You can make a difference today
Join thousands of other fundraisers and start crowdfunding your local community project now.
Create a
community event
community event