December 2019

WARWICKSHIRE MEANS BUSINESS

Last call for Placemaking Fund Projects...

The Warwickshire Placemaking Fund Last call for Placemaking Fund Projects:

Is the space around your business crying out for a pop-up play area, planter or seating?  

Do you look at the shop frontages in your street and see that a spruce-up is in order?   

Have you got an amazing idea that you think will have people piling into your town?  

If any of these is true, then why not get together with some of your fellow businesses and create a Spacehive Crowdfunding Campaign?   

We are looking to back ideas that will give a little boost to your area and help attract customers. If you are willing to get together with fellow businesses and the community to turn the idea into a crowdfunding campaign then you could be eligible for the Placemaking Fund* which has pots up to £20k to pledge towards ideas which meet the criteria.    

The Placemaking Fund is delivered via the Spacehive Crowdfunding Platform which is designed especially for Spaces and Places. The Fund comes to an end this year, so projects looking to attract pledges from this pot of money will need to be up and running in the next couple of months. There are other funds which sit on this platform, however, so don’t let that timescale put you off starting a campaign to get your project funded. For more information go to Spacehive here 

Any size of project goes when it comes to Spacehive and we have already seen some fantastic ideas become reality in Warwickshire's towns. Smith Street Traders in Warwick crowdfunded over £9k for the ‘Smith Street Cycle Hub’ and the businesses and community in Bidford raised £900 for their ‘Bidford Banners’ project whilst  the ‘St Andrews Gardens a Space for Everyone’ project in the heart of Rugby attracted over £46k.  

Desination Whitnash and The Historic Spine in Stratford are currently live with their fundraising so please take a look and pledge your support if you can. Pledges can start from £2.  

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