Our vision is to enable the people of the city to shape Wolverhampton and their local communities for the future, making it an even better place. We want to tap into the passion and skills of the people of Wolverhampton and support their ideas to help the city reach its full potential.

We have a history of pulling together to make things happen. 150 years ago, the citizens of Wolverhampton ‘crowdfunded’ the statue of Prince Albert – the much loved ‘man on the horse’ which was unveiled by Queen Victoria in her first public appearance following the death of Prince Albert.

We are now partnering with Spacehive and Wolverhampton Voluntary Sector Council to make Crowdfund Wolves the place to connect your ideas with the financial and practical resources to make them happen.

Crowdfund Wolves will be running a funding round to help you turn your idea into a reality. Participating in the funding round will enhance awareness locally of your crowdfunding project and increase the likelihood of support from the crowd.

If you’d like to be considered as part of this funding round for publicity and potential pledges for your project idea then please follow the steps below:

1. Expression of Interest 

Complete our expression of interest form at your earliest convenience to inform us of your project idea and knowledge of crowdfunding. A member of the team will be in touch to provide you with the necessary information and support you may need to help get your project started.

To enable the team to help with any queries you may have and to ensure you can get your project page developed, the earlier you are able to express your interest in running a project the better! 

2. Create your project on Spacehive and pitch it to Crowdfund Wolves fund

Create your online project page and you will automatically be matched to Crowdfund Wolves. Remember your page is the place to showcase your project to attract potential pledges. Ask for support and feedback to make your page the best it can be!  

Projects that would like to be included in this funding round must have their online page completed by Monday 30th March.

3.  Submit your project for verification

The costs and necessary permissions on your page will be verified by independent verifiers, Locality, to enable you to begin campaigning shortly afterwards.

4. Start crowdfunding

Run your crowdfunding campaign between April and July to be considered in this funding round by the Council and other funders for a possible pledge. Ensure your campaign has sufficient length to attract support from the crowd to meet your target however we do not recommend you run a campaign for longer that four months in order to create urgency and maintain momentum. 

We will consider pledging to projects which, in addition to meeting our funding criteria, demonstrate that there is community backing. So you must begin your crowdfunding campaign and attract as many individual backers as possible. We recommend that backers include their postcode (which they can do when they make their pledge) as that will tell us that this is a project that people want to see happen locally, in their community. 
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• If you have any questions about how to take part in this funding round, email the Crowdfund Wolves team at sam.axtell2@wolverhampton.gov.uk and/or the Spacehive team at info@spacehive.com. 

Crowdfund Wolves is part of a number of initiatives  supported by Wolverhampton for Everyone. Wolverhampton for Everyone believes that our city will be more vibrant and inclusive if it is powered by the people who live and work here. We also believe that people are happier

and more resilient and make more meaningful connections when they have agency over things that affect their lives. Our vision is of a city where everyone feels able to contribute to

and participate in creating the city they want to live and work in. We want to ‘connect people, places and communities to unlock potential and create positive change’.

To find out more about Wolverhampton for Everyone, please visit our website, Facebook page or Twitter feed .