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Superfast crowdfunding appeal brings high-speed broadband to Giffnock community

October, 30, 2017
Mynewsdesk

Community crowdfunder Spacehive is aiming for growth in Scotland

October, 1, 2017
FutureScot

Izzard and co in picture on Madeira Terraces campaign

September, 28, 2017
The Argus

York to get its first Japanese Tea House – complete with garden and downstairs bar

September, 28, 2017
YorkMix

Aberdeenshire residents in cash appeal to bring superfast broadband to their village

September, 27, 2017
Evening Express

Derelict Thomas Lane Depot in Catford to be turned into community space by TV and film company

September, 24, 2017
News Shopper

Brighton and Hove council leader sets out post-Brexit vision at Labour conference fringe meeting

September, 24, 2017
Brighton & Hove News

Major project to 'put Studley on the map'

September, 22, 2017
The Stratford Observer

Dalston’s Rio Cinema smashes £125,000 fundraising target to secure future

September, 19, 2017
Hackney Gazette

Chance for city residents to get cash or land in crowdfunding scheme

September, 14, 2017
Leicester Mercury

Campaign on Spacehive needs final funds to set about revitalising triangle near Rayners Lane Underground station

September, 12, 2017
Harrow Times

Residents, businesses and council get behind Chipping Barnet’s Teenage Market

September, 6, 2017
Parikiaki

Grand gesture boosts terrace funding project

September, 6, 2017
The Argus

60 Seconds with… Castle Place Project, Elephant & Castle

September, 4, 2017
London Living

People power: how cash-strapped councils are turning to crowdfunding

September, 5, 2017
The Guardian

West Acton Cherry Tree Walk Consultation Meeting

August, 31, 2017
Acton W3

Dalston's first Workspace Crèche: The antidote to London's exorbitant childcare costs

August, 29, 2017
Tech.London

Save Madeira Terrace Fun Day

August, 25, 2017
My Brighton and Hove

Theresa Villiers MP wants Barnet community to get behind Teenage Market project

August, 25, 2017
Times Series

Family fun day boosts Madeira Terrace fundraising

August, 24, 2017
Brighton & Hove City Council

Crowdfunding in Southwark: What project gets your vote?

August, 23, 2017
Southwark CAN

Punch and pirates join fun day to fund Terraces

August, 21, 2017
The Argus

Family fun day to help save Brighton’s historic terraces

August, 20, 2017
The Argus

Brighton turns to crowdfunding for regeneration

August, 17, 2017
New Start

Want to join New York's High Line crowd? Don't listen to Joanna Lumley

August, 15, 2017
The Guardian

Donate just £2 to help restore our crumbling Madeira Terraces

August, 14, 2017
The Argus

Former Arsenal ace hosts free camp for Islington youngsters

August, 11, 2017
Islington Gazette

Latest pledge of cash is big boost for terraces

August, 10, 2017
The Argus

Plan for John Evelyn’s Deptford garden gets funding boost from Sadiq Khan

August, 9, 2017
London News Online

Sales of Arches prints to help save Terraces

August, 8, 2017
The Argus

Sustainable food hub Spacehive crowdfunding

August, 7, 2017
Sustainable Workspaces

Here's how to help fund an art and publishing space in a former toilet block

August, 7, 2017
Time Out

Spacehive Crowd Support Will Make the UK Camden Highline Happen: Build It & They Will Come

August, 4, 2017
Crowdfund Insider

In conversation with Bex Trevalyan, co-founder of the Library of Things

August, 3, 2017
Medium

Take a leaf-let out of our book

August, 2, 2017
GoodGym Haringey

Library where you can borrow ukuleles, screwdrivers and cake tins is set to open in Crystal Palace

August, 1, 2017
Croydon Advertiser

Bid to save seafront is off to a flying start

July, 31, 2017
The Argus

London Mayor pledges £4,000 to Brixton Pound café crowdfunding campaign

July, 30, 2017
Brixton Blog

Crowdfunding may be painless way to regenerate London

July, 29, 2017
The National

Sadiq Khan throws weight behind Camden highline project

July, 29, 2017
Evening Standard

Hope for coal line campaigners

July, 28, 2017
London News Online

Mayor announces £4 million investment in community regeneration projects

July, 28, 2017
Ham & High

Mayor Sadiq Khan invests more than £400,000 in community projects

July, 27, 2017
Government Opportunities

London Mayor donates £40,000 to Dalston's iconic Rio Cinema

July, 27, 2017
Screen Daily

Sadiq Khan pledges £400,000 for community projects

July, 28, 2017
LocalGov

Camden Highline gets backing from London Mayor

July, 28, 2017
Archinect

Mayor pledges £30k to RUSS's Ladywell Self-Build Community Space

July, 26, 2017
News Shopper

Crowdfunding campaign starts to save Madeira Terraces in Brighton

July, 27, 2017
Brighton and hive news

Crowdfunding bid to save Brighton's seafront terraces

July, 26, 2017
BBC

It's time to show love for your seafront: Dig deep to save the arches

July, 26, 2017
The Argus

Shine Community Cafe on Turnpike Lane Makes the Cut in Sadiq's Crowdfunding Campaign

July, 19, 2017
Harringay online

North Kensington's Playground Theatre Launches Fundraising Drive

July, 18, 2017
Broadway World

Campaigners fought to save it, now Ancoats Dispensary will be the community's beating heart

July, 18, 2017
Manchester Evening News

Free Summer Film Festival For Ealing

July, 10, 2017
Ealing Today

Your invitation to be part of Croydon's first festival of peace

July, 10, 2017
The Croydon Citizen

Sayes Court Gardens is fundraising!

July, 8, 2017
The Deptford Dame

Drive-in movie nights? Let's support this Catford creative community space project!

July, 5, 2017
Catford Central

Made Public asks for your help in starting street art project with homeless in Romford

July, 5, 2017
Romford Recorder

Crowdfunding site launched to raise money for River Thames footbridge connecting Brentford and Kew

July, 3, 2017
Get West London

A £63,000 crowdfunding campaign has been started to turn an empty basement at a Poplar block of flats into a training centre teaching how to create products from waste

June, 29, 2017
East London Advertiser

Teenage Markets come to Barnet

June, 23, 2017
Barnet Society

Fundraising Appeal for Brentford Pedestrian Bridge

June, 20, 2017
Brentford TW8

West Bergholt residents team up with BT for superfast broadband

June, 30, 2017
Gazette

CommUNITY Barnet is supporting local resident Tolu Faleti to raise money for Barnet's First Multi-Sensory Playground in East Finchley!

June, 29, 2017
CommUNITY Barnet

Help support projects promoting activity in local communities

June, 22, 2017
Voluntary Action LeicesterShire

Camphill Milton Keynes launch Crowdfunding campaign for essential defibrillators

June, 16, 2017
Milton Keynes Citizen

Successful crowdfunding pilot paves way for bigger community projects

June, 15, 2017
Kingston Council

Rio Cinema, Dalston, set to launch £150,000 crowdfunder to save building – and build that second screen at last

June, 9, 2017
Hackney Gazette

Help the party return to the Ploughman RiverFest

June, 6, 2017
Seventhsister

Plans to link Camden and King's Cross with elevated park to rival New York High Line

May, 27, 2017
Evening Standard

Holly-wooden: the local architect aiming to raise a timber cinema and theatre in Millfields Park

May, 27, 2017
Hackney Citizen

Pledge Cash to Help Fund Butterfly House

May, 18, 2017
About My Area

Plans for a summer festival celebrating Hull's Longhill estate need your help

May, 14, 2017
Hull Daily Mail

Support Sought For Free Ealing Film Festival

May, 3, 2017
Ealing Today

You can now pitch Sadiq Khan for cash to improve your London neighbourhood

April, 11, 2017
Time Out

The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, is Inviting Communities Across the City to Crowdfund London

April, 11, 2017
Crowdfund Insider

Dartmouth couple to take 250 children to sea

April, 3, 2017
South Hams Gazette

Crowdfunding to become de-facto funding method for councils, says Future Cities Catapult

March, 31, 2017
Recycling & Waste World

Crowdfunding the future for councils?

March, 31, 2017
Smart Cities World

How Ordinary People are Crowdfunding Our Cities

March, 28, 2017
New Cities Foundation

Workshops to help communities access funding

March, 24, 2017
Tower Hamlets Council

Destination Beverley launched to boost visitors numbers and spend

March, 24, 2017
Hull Daily Mail

Crowdfunding could plug gaps for services, says LGiU

March, 21, 2017
Public Finance

Conference hopes to help attract shoppers back into town centres

March, 19, 2017
Stratford Observer

Bid to attract shoppers to towns launched

March, 17, 2017
Leamington Observer

Prime Minister Theresa May on why City of Culture means Hull 'will be hidden no longer'

January, 23, 2017
Hull Daily Mail

The radical model fighting the housing crisis: property prices based on income

January, 16, 2017
The Guardian

Major Players in UK Equity Crowdfunding Market

December, 21, 2016
Tech Bullion

Well Street Market relaunches in style following crowdfunding campaign

December, 6, 2016
Hackney Citizen

‘Tears of joy’: Hackney’s historic Well Street Market - where Tesco began - reopens eight years after closure

December, 5, 2016
Hackney Gazette

Well Street Market: DJ Norman Jay to headline relaunch after £80,000 crowdfunder

November, 29, 2016
Hackney Gazette

Timberyard Deptford and Spacehive collaboration to promote community projects

November, 28, 2016
London News Online

Crowdfunding campaign launched for new Dog Kennel Hill Adventure Playground

October, 27, 2016
Southwark News

Children light up Catford for crowdsourced lantern parade

November, 22, 2016
East London Lines

Croydon Saffron Central one year on

October, 19, 2016
The Croydon Citizen

'Proud to be joining the effort to make Hull a better place'

October, 14, 2016
Hull Daily Mail

A glimmer of hope on a street corner: Tritton Vale Pocket Garden

October, 11, 2016
Richly Evocative Blog

Why these frustrated Yorkshire parents want to build a car park

October, 6, 2016
The Yorkshire Post

Plans to turn Peckham garages into grass roots business hub get into gear

September, 29, 2016
Southwark News

Plans to turn Peckham garages into grass roots business hub get into gear

September, 29, 2016
Southwark News

Spacehive - crowdfunding local projects to transform public spaces

September, 26, 2016
Nesta blog

101 small ways you can improve your city

September, 22, 2016
Curbed

#MakeHull workshop inspires projects bidding for crowdfunding support

September, 2, 2016
Hull Daily Mail

Crowdfunding The Future City

August, 31, 2016
Huffington Post Tech

Richard Beal on making Hull a community people can be proud of

August, 18, 2016
Hull Daily Mail

Hull baseball team needs crowdfunding pledges to build 'Field of Dreams'

August, 24, 2016
Hull Daily Mail

Well Street Market exceeds £80,000 target to relaunch - with its own brand of honey

August, 24, 2016
Hackney Gazette

Crowdfunding campaign launched to save the Bowie Bandstand after festival’s success

August, 15, 2016
Bromley Times

Amy Johnson Parade takes flight with help from #MakeHull

August, 10, 2016
Hull Daily Mail

Well Street: Historic market to relaunch

August, 08, 2016
Hackney Gazette

Crowdfunding campaigns breathing new life into communities

August, 07, 2016
The Sunday Times

Help us #MakeHull the best it can be with pioneering ideas

August, 03, 2016
Hull Daily Mail

Harry Redknapp and Frank Lampard senior back 'fantastic' appeal for statue of West Ham legend Bobby Moore to be erected in Barking

July, 30, 2016
Evening Standard

Crowdfunding that is about people - not profits

July, 30, 2016
The Times

Finally some good news: a housing plan that meets local needs

July, 29, 2016
The Guardian

People power helps ensure Hull can become Hive of activity through #MakeHull crowdfunding

July, 28, 2016
Hull Daily Mail

Peckham Lido has hit its crowdfunding target

July, 25, 2016
Time Out

Crowdfunding and Crowdsourcing Regeneration: Is this a new avenue for public engagement and participatory democracy?

July, 20, 2016
The Knowledge Exchange

New #MakeHull project wants your ideas to make city a better place

July, 20, 2016
The Hull Daily Mail

Splash! Peckham Lido campaign reaches crowdfunding target with two massive donations in two days

July, 19, 2016
Southwark News

Council matches mayor's £20,000 donation to boost Mill Hill shops project

July, 12, 2016
Barnet and Potters Bar Times

Island that rocked to Bowie and the Stones stakes claim as true home of British R&B

July, 10, 2016
The Observer

Sadiq Khan pledges support to gardening projects

July, 8, 2016
Horticulture Week

Splash Mob: grab your Speedos for a slip and slide on Peckham Rye Park

July, 6, 2016
Time Out

Pink Floyd legend's £750 gift to Enfield festival appeal

July, 4, 2016
Enfield Gazette and Advertiser

Sadiq Khan donates £10k to Dagenham community garden project

July, 3, 2016
Barking and Dagenham Post

Sadiq Khan hands over cash through his Crowdfunding Programme to scheme looking to rejuvenate shops in Mill Hill East

July, 2, 2016
Times, Edgware & Mill Hill

Eel Pie Museum secures £8,000 funding from City Hall

July, 2, 2016
Your Local Guardian

Supporting local crowdfunding projects in London

June, 30, 2016
London Gov

How London uses crowdfunding to build projects — and communityh

June, 20, 2016
Eco-Business

Terry Venables helps change Barking and Dagenham’s name ahead of England v Wales Euro match

June, 13, 2016
Barking and Dagenham Post

'Peckham Beach' Lido crowdfunding project launches

May, 13, 2016
The Guardian

Studio Octopi announces crowdfunding campaign to rebuild lost lido in London's Peckham

May, 13, 2016
Dezeen

Co-Designing the Crowdfunded Sharing City

May, 12, 2016
Shareable

People urged to pledge support to free fruit scheme in York

April, 11, 2016
The York Press

Global Urban Innovators: Urban Tech Startups Set to Transform Cities Around the World

April, 11, 2016
The Huffington Post

Mystery donor delights York arts group

April, 2, 2016
York Press

Islington charity in fundraising plea to buy milk float for gardening projects

April, 1, 2016
Islington Gazette

‘We want to bring Kew Gardens to Ilford’ –big plans for pocket parks in Norman Road and Mayville Road

March, 30, 2016
Ilford Recorder

Giant water slide plan for Hull's Park Street this summer

March, 14, 2016
Hull Daily Mail

Save Harrow Arts Centre's youngest fundraiser?

March, 14, 2016
Harrow Times

Growing a Greener Britain offers £50,000 match funding

March, 7, 2016
UK Fundraising

Community projects vie for slice of mayor's £730k crowdfunded pie

March, 7, 2016
London Live

The Landscape Group launches parks crowdfunding site

March, 7, 2016
Horticulture Week

Mayor invites Londoners to back innovation on the High Street

March, 1, 2016
London Gov

Mayor launches civic crowdfunding initiative for smart London streets

March, 1, 2016
BDAILY

Helping communities crowdfund fibre broadband

Febuary, 17, 2016
Community Fibre Partnerships

Crowdfunding Campaign to Safeguard Ceremonial Flags in Wrexham Begins

February, 3, 2016
Wrexham

Wrexham council uses crowdfunding for standards appeal

January, 27, 2016
BBC

Parents join forces to raise money for new playground

January, 26, 2016
St Albans Review

Croydon Saffron Central Decentralisation

January, 17, 2016
London Live

Campaign to save the Harrow Arts Centre and transform it into a 'South Bank for north London'

January 6, 2016
Harrow Times

Civic Crowdfunding Pilot Programme

January 1, 2016
London City Hall

Redbridge Council pledges money for playground campaign

December 30th, 2015
Yellow Advisor

St Albans Christmas lights campaign is a glowing success

November 6, 2015
The Herts Advertiser

Peckham Coal Line Smashes Fundraising Target with Record Number of Pledges

November 2, 2015
Southwark News

Croydon: A Crocus Valley Once Again

November 2, 2015
East London Lines

Wrexham Council to 'Crowdfund' for 'Veteran Standards & Ceremonial Flags'

October 14, 2015
Wrexham.com

Crocus valley blooms again

October, 14, 2015
The Croyden Citizen

Peckham plans park through innovative funding

September 22, 2015
Horticulture Week

Boris Johnson backs 20 London crowdfunding projects

September 17, 2015
CityMetric

New York glamour comes to Peckham

September 10, 2015
The Telegraph

Croydon Saffron Central brings namesake flower back to town centre

August 19, 2015
The Croydon Citizen

London's civic heart beats generously

July 13, 2015
Evening Standard

Hive mind: An interview with Chris Gourlay

June 19, 2015
The Planner

The crowdfunding plan to make Manchester a greater city

June 3, 2015
Manchester City Council

Spacehive helps young entrepreneurs in Manchester

May 19, 2015
Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce

Manchester crowdfunds Roman gardens

April 8, 2015
Manchester Evening News

Ancoats Dispensary gets £5K cash boost from Experian

March 25, 2015
Manchester Evening News

Help Shuffle festival renovate The Lodge in Mile End

March 24, 2015
Timeout

Boris Johnson invests in revitalising Ealing's high streets

March 16, 2015
Get West London

Mayor’s Fund Brings Improvements To Your Local High Street

March 5, 2015
Londonist

Spacehive: Stirring Communities to Act for Change

March 4, 2015
IBM People 4 Smarter Cities

Spacehive raises £1.2m for ‘future cities’ crowdfunding

November 7, 2014
Tech City

Prime Minister hails the rise of 'civic crowdfunding'

November 27, 2014
Gov.uk

Crowd-funding bid to light up town for Christmas

October 25, 2014
Bristol Post

Spacehive selected as a Nesta New Radical 2014

September 7, 2014
The Guardian

David Bailey backs The Line

July 14, 2014
Telegraph

Q&A: Green crowdfunding

May 15, 2014
Inside Housing

Crowdfunders launch flyover park vision

May 2, 2014
BBC Merseyside

Crowdfunders launch flyover park vision

May 2, 2014
BBC Merseyside

Liverpool goes online to regenerate city centre

April 22, 2014
Building Construction Design

Cloud funding: Liverpool raises cash to turn flyover into sky park

April 19, 2014
Bay TV Liverpool

Group 'humbled' after raising cash for city flyover transformation

April 16, 2014
Liverpool Echo

End of The Line: Sculpture trail for East London hits funding target

April 2, 2014
TimeOut

300-foot water slide will be Bristol new way to commute to work

March 19, 2014
FastCo

Park and slide: artist turns Bristol street into a giant waterslide

March 11, 2014
Guardian

Water slide reveals Bristol's sense of fun

March 13, 2014
Stylist Magazine

Crowdfunders back a new cultural attraction for London

February 10, 2014
SKY News

Suggs gets behind crowdfunding campaign for sculpture walk

February 10, 2014
BBC News

The Line of beauty: Mark Wallinger's vision for East London sculpture trail

February 7, 2014
Evening Standard

Celebrities back £3m East End sculpture trail

February 3, 2014
Evening Standard

Hackney Mayor: Why I'm backing civic crowdfunding initiative

November 25, 2013
The Guardian

Built by the crowd: the changing world of public infrastructure

November 3, 2013
Wired UK

Want to improve your local area? Crowdfunding could be the answer

December 9, 2013
New Start

London Councils back crowdsourcing website

November 12, 2013
Public Technology

Harnessing crowdfunding for civic needs

September 10, 2013
The Economist

Crowdfunding "a powerful new way for corporates to back communities"

April 29, 2013
BITC

Is sharing costs the way to cope with cuts?

July 24, 2013
Guardian

10 ideas that will change property

July 19, 2013
Property Week

New Yorkers eye Spacehive as innovation next Mayor should embrace

June 14, 2013
WNYC

Crowdfunding helps community projects bridge cash shortfall

May 28, 2013
Guardian

What is crowdfunding, and how does it work?

June 18, 2013
This is Money

Frome derelict toilets turned into art gallery

June 5, 2013
BBC Online

Is crowdfunding the way forward for councils?

May 29, 2013
Guardian

Thespians crowdfund theatre rescue

May 28, 2013
BBC News

Crowdfunding: How start-ups learnt to work a crowd

April 6, 2013
Independent

Breaking ground: Online start-ups are rallying citizens

May 16, 2013
Economist

Property veterans peer into the future

March 28, 2013
Property Week

Crowdfunding pulls government projects off scrap heap

March 22, 2013
TechWeb

How crowdfunding is changing business

October 24, 2012
Telegraph

Grand Designs for abandoned public toilet

February 20, 2013
BBC News

Best British crowdfunding sites

February 1, 2013
Telegraph

Spacehive helps Brits fund civic projects

February 02, 2013
LA Times

Meet the UK 's crowdfunding superstars

January 15, 2013
Inside Out, BBC1

Mansfield crowdfunds public WiFi network

January 15, 2013
BBC News

London parents 'crowdfund playground'

December 1, 2012
BBC News

Spacehive launches match funding drive to save high streets

January 2, 2013
Sky News

Phone box turned into art gallery

December 13, 2012
BBC News

Crowdfund your area's projects one brick at a time

November 30, 2012
New Scientist

Mansfield becomes the first UK town to crowdfund free WiFi

November 14, 2012
BBC Online

Sir Ian Botham and Crispin Blunt explain Cage Cricket

June 15, 2012
Daily Politics, BBC1

Sir Ian Botham and Stuart Robertson explain Cage Cricket

June 13, 2012
Adam Boulton, Sky News

The race to open Cody Dock

May 20, 2012
BBC London

Spacehive creates buzz around ‘crowd-funding’

April 20, 2012
Property Week

Chris Gourlay explains the success of the Glyncoch project

March 26, 2012
Today Programme, BBC R4

How to crowd-fund community projects

March 7, 2012
Guardian

Kickstarter for Neighborhoods Brings Crowdfunding's Potential to Urban Renewal

June 7, 2012
GOOD

In for a penny: crowdsourced funding saves community projects

June 8, 2012
Guardian

Funding Great Public Spaces Doesn't Need to Be an Olympian Effort

May 13, 2012
Huffington Post

"Not cricket!" - genteel game targets urban youth

June 12, 2012
Reuters

Crowd-funding builds town's community centre

March 25, 2012
The Independent

Chris Gourlay explains the success of the Glyncoch project

March 26, 2012
Wake Up to Money. BBC Radio Five Live