Funds & Support

City of Wolverhampton and 2 other organisations could help to bring your project idea to life. Create a project on Spacehive to be matched to relevant funds.

Our fund

Our fund:

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City of Wolverhampton Council Fund

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£20,000 fund

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We could pledge up to £5,000 towards your project

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Create a project to be matched to this fund

Projects we're interested in funding

We are interested in funding a range of projects that contibute to the city! Projects must contibute to improving places, spaces or residents' quality of life.

Projects must have already raised at least 50% of the funding through crowdfunding, the council will provide no more than 10% of the total project costs in the first instance.
Schemes that provide added value/additionality will be prioritised e.g. use of volunteers
The council would support those projects which make a significant contribution to the delivery of the corporate plan, deliver skills and or contribute to efficiency outcomes.

The outcomes of our fund

The council would like to support projects which make a significant contribution to the delivery of the corporate plan, deliver skills and/or efficiency outcomes.

How it works

Below is a brief step-by-step guide to submitting an application:

Create a project page on Spacehive outlining what your project is all about and what it will deliver
Your project will be automatically matched to the Fund on Spacehive – so you can then pitch to the fund
Locality, a third party that Spacehive work with, will then verify your project – check the costs and permissions
Once all checks are complete you will be advised when your project is ready to begin fundraising
Before starting fundraising, consider the length of your campaign.
Start by trying to attract lots of small pledges from your community to demonstrate a local need and support for your idea
Decisions about pledges will be made when you hit 50% of your crowdfunding target.
Initially the fund will pledge no more than 10% of your target.
Continue fundraising, hit your target and deliver your project!

Create a Project

Funds and Support from other organisations

Funds and Support from other organisations:

GLL Community Foundation Fund

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£100,000 fund

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We could pledge up to £5,000 towards your project

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Create a project to be matched to this fund

Projects we're interested in funding

Creative and innovative ideas which provide opportunities for the people in your community to learn, play and be active together.

**Your project must also be taking place in one of the areas in which we work - to check if you project is eligible take a look at our locations**

The outcomes of our fund

It’s simple really – we want to help everyone in our local communities to benefit from playing, learning and being active together.

How it works

Create a project page on Spacehive outlining your idea
Get matched to our fund and others
Pitch for a pledge from funds
Your project will be verified to check the costs and permissions
Start your crowdfunding campaign
We'll pledge alongside the crowd - if your pitch to us is successful
Hit your target and deliver your project

What's on offer

Cash: Up to £5,000 pledged directly to your project on Spacehive. Skills: GLL Qualified Instructors & Coaches, staff time, specialist expertise to help you develop or deliver your project idea. Stuff: Use of our facilities, free activities (Swimming, Gym e.t.c), monthly membership discounts, Internal training places.

Create a Project

Growing a Greener Britain

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£50,000 fund

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We could pledge up to £5,000 towards your project

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Create a project to be matched to this fund

Projects we're interested in funding

We want to see creative and innovative ideas that enhance greenery across the country, like building a park on a disused rail line in the sky, creating a community garden, or installing a wifi network in a park, whatever you think will make your local greenspace an even better place to be. We’re thinking parks, public gardens, outdoor community kitchens, city farms, cemeteries – but really it’s anything that’s got a bit of greenery that you think could do with a little sprucing up! We'll also fund projects that will give people the skills required to look after parks. Remember though, projects that are in privately owned gardens, or schools and public grounds that don’t have public access wouldn’t be eligible.

The outcomes of our fund

We want projects to create improvements to free, publicly accessible green space, as well as provide local employment opportunities through the creation of maintenance projects, provide training and work experience opportunities for those in the local community, and promote green open spaces with the local community.

Our Partners also want to help!

Our Partners are also happy to support your projects by donating landscape consumables and cutting-edge equipment including brushcutters / grass trimmers, mowers, hand tools, gloves and other personal protective equipment. When pitching to our fund let us know if you need any of the listed equipment.

See here for more information how the equipment are partners can offer.

How it works

Create a project page on Spacehive outlining your idea
Get matched to our fund and others
Pitch for a pledge from funds
Your project will be verified to check the costs and permissions
Start your crowdfunding campaign
We'll pledge alongside the crowd - if your pitch to us is successful
Hit your target and deliver your project

Create a Project

Want to support our projects too?

Contact Spacehive: partner@spacehive.com