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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 £2,500 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 visit Spacehive's help centre here.

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