Funds & Support

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**

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

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

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.

• Accessibility Projects and Improvements – i.e. making community spaces easier to access
• Turning waste space into community areas
• Improvements to Community Buildings/ resident facilities in shared spaces
• Community Art projects – Murals, Sculpture etc.
• Community Safety Projects – improvements to lighting, landscaping etc.
• Energy Efficiency initiatives
• Improvements supporting wildlife and green spaces
• Non-physical play (e.g. painted games on courtyards)
• Physical equipment in community spaces – play parks, outdoor gyms etc.
• Planting improvements - wildflowers and trees.
• Recycling projects
• Sustainable services for those with more specific needs

For more information take a look at the Funding Guide

Projects must benefit the people of Crawley.

Priority will be given to the following:

• Helps improve the local environment and public spaces
• Helps meet the demands that development places on the need for community services and facilities within the town.
• Demonstrates added benefits for the town, e.g. using local businesses or skills of local people.

Crowdfund Crawley - Getting Started

If you’re thinking of running a crowdfunding campaign as part of the Crowdfund Crawley initiative, then take a look at the Step by Step guide for advice on creating your Project Page, Pitches and Verification before you get started.

For a Step by Step guide, click HERE

If you have an idea for a project but don't know where to start, you can fill out this Expression of Interest Form form and Spacehive will be in touch. 

For more information take a look at the Funding Guide or if you want to discuss your community project or would like information on how to set up a community group speak to your local Community Development Officer Community Development Team Contacts

You can also read all of Spacehive’s FAQ’s here: https://about.spacehive.com/faqs/

In General:

• A Project Page
• Evidence of costs (e.g. building work quotations, links to online shop listings, proof of in-kind/offline funds)
• Images relating to your group/ projects
• An online payment system, Spacehive use either PayPal or GoCardless. If you don’t have one of these you’ll need to create at least one.
• Social media links
• If relevant - proof of permission (e.g. event license, council agreement, landowner consent)

Specific to Crawley Neighbourhood Improvement Fund. Click HERE  for Funding Guide

• Your constitution or governing documents signed and dated. This may include organisational policies such as equal opportunities and safeguarding policies
• Have a bank or building society account in the name of the group, with a minimum of two cheque signatures.
• Evidence of your organisation's legal status.
• Evidence of your financial records including annual turnover, where applicable.

You’ll also be asked questions about the impact of your project, specifically around how your project:

• Helps meet the demands that development places on the need for community services and facilities within the town.
• Demonstrates added benefits for the town, e.g. using local businesses or skills of local people.
• How the need for the project was identified

Just so you know:

This is an all–or–nothing model, which means that if you don’t hit your target, you don’t receive any of the money raised. The benefits of this are that it helps you raise more money due to the sense of urgency it creates, it’s also less risk for everyone.

Ready to get started? Create a project.

Or take a look at our step by step guide, click HERE