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We have over £7m from exclusive funders that can back your campaign to help you reach your fundraising goals faster.

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Success stories

People skating in a new skate park
A new Skate Park in Fairford
267 backers | £103,248

Over 200m2 of landscaped community sports infrastructure which provides new leisure opportinities for local young people.

Partnered with Cotswold District Council

Big green and pink tentacles coming out of city building
An arts venue in Newcastle
270 backers | £42,932

The transformation of a neglected city centre building into a venue for artists, audiences and communities to come together to connect, collaborate and play.

Partnered with North East Combined Authority

A beautiful mural of nature
A walkway mural in Chester
25 backers | £8,799

A thought-provoking and timely mural that asks the onlooker to consider their relationship to the natural world.

Partnered with Cheshire West and Chester Council

FAQs

Spacehive is a crowdfunding platform designed for projects aimed at improving local areas. There are three simple steps to using Spacehive: create, crowdfund, and deliver.

Anyone can create a project on Spacehive provided that it is locally-rooted, tangible, and serves a community purpose.

When you're ready you can start your crowdfunding campaign. This means asking people to pledge money to your campaign, with the assurance that if the campaign is unsuccessful they will be refunded. Our platform will automatically match projects to Funds, which can then pledge directly to the crowdfunding campaign.

The funds are received approximately three weeks after reaching the target. You can go ahead and deliver your project.
It’s easy. Start by creating your project page for free on spacehive.com/create. From there you can get your idea verified, pitch to our funding partners, and start your crowdfunding campaign.
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.
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.
Verification is a check to make sure that your project is viable and can go ahead. This usually involves making sure your costs are realistic and evidenced, and that you have secured any necessary permissions from the council/landowner. It may also involve things like insurance, financial records, and safeguarding policies.

Getting verified is a confidence-booster and makes your project more appealing to funders.
Spacehive is transparent with its fee model and unlike other crowdfunding platforms there are no hidden extras or automated tipping. Anyone can join Spacehive and create a project for free.

Fees are 7.5% (+VAT) of the project target and are only applicable in the event of a successful campaign. When you input your project costs, our platform will calculate this fee and it will appear as a cost item in your budget.

There are transaction fees (fees which apply when receiving electronic money payments, charged by our payment partner, Stripe) which are calculated when you input your project costs. These costs will vary depending on the transaction method, but are approximately 2.9% of the payment value, and only payable if the campaign is successful.

The 7.5% (+VAT) success fee and the transaction fees are added to your crowdfunding target at the outset. All fees are covered by your crowd, and you have 100% of the amount you need to deliver your project.
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