Crowdfunding platform for local businesses and civic projects secures backing...
The world’s first crowdfunding platform for neighbourhood improvement projects has received support from global information services company Experian. Launched in March 2012 by former Sunday Times...
View ArticleThe Best British Crowdfunding Sites
With the launch of Kickstarter in the UK, crowdfunding is a hot topic. There are already an estimated 700 crowdfunding platforms worldwide – here are the best British sites. Seedrs Seedrs is the first...
View ArticleCrowdfunding Pulls U.K. Government Projects Off Scrap Heap
This week, U.K. Chancellor George Osborne delivered another gloomy national budget. In the context of ongoing austerity, local government in particular has had to tighten its belt and rein in spending,...
View ArticleList: 20 Notable Niche Crowdfunding Sites
We’ve put together a list of 20 niche crowdfunding sites we’ve covered on Crowdfund Insider recently. Many of these sites cater to specific interests and geographic areas, and many have unique ways of...
View ArticleOnline startups are rallying citizens to revamp their neighbourhoods
NAMES, wedding dates and declarations of love cover the Luchtsingel, a new pedestrian walkway straddling a busy main road in central Rotterdam, a Dutch city. Asked by a website to help fund the...
View ArticleBRIEF: Ernst & Young Partners With Spacehive, London Councils To Support...
Ernst & Young is teaming with crowdfunding platform Spacehive and all of London’s 33 local authorities to support local projects. Spacehive just launched to the public after a stint in beta. The...
View ArticleWatch: Rodrigo Davies On Why Citizens Back Civic Crowdfunding Projects
Rodrigo Davies writes regularly on the topic of civic crowdfunding at the MIT Center for Civic Media blog, and his most recent post raises an important and interesting question: is crowdfunding...
View ArticleLondon Councils Back Spacehive Campaign to Help Boroughs Crowdfund Christmas...
Companies, councils, and locals are coming together to Save Santa this Christmas through a national online campaign to raise funding for festive high street decorations. Civic crowdfunding platform,...
View ArticleThe Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, is Inviting Communities Across the City to...
Londoners are being invited to pitch for cash to improve their local areas in an initiative sponsored by the city of London. Crowdfund London will allow select projects to be supported with up to...
View ArticleMayor of London Sadiq Khan Invests Over £400,000 as Part of Crowdfund London
Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, has invested more than £400,000 in community projects as part of Crowdfund London. Khan has pledged up to £40,000 to multiple projects, which have been selected from...
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