Dublin City Council

04/19/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 04/19/2024 09:05

Dublin City Council launches Round 2 of ‘Crowdfund Dublin City’ partnership

Dublin City Council would like to announce Round 2 of the 'Crowdfund Dublin City' Initiative.

In partnership with Spacehive, the community fundraising platform, the 'Crowdfund Dublin City' programme enables local residents across the city to exclusively access funding for community-led initiatives. The crowdfunding nature of this programme, in collaboration with Dublin City Council funding, maximises the amount campaigners can raise in order to deliver transformational community projects that matter to them.

The fund will be allocated to services not already provided by Dublin City Council and will be available to residents in the Dublin City Council administrative area.

Dublin City Council and Spacehive are keen to hear from Dublin residents who have an innovative idea to improve their local area - they can pitch for up to €5,000 from the 'Crowdfund Dublin City' programme by clicking on this link Dublin City Council Crowdfund Programme

Ideas could include sustainability and environmental initiatives, improving the health and wellbeing of communities, promoting social inclusion and diversity and enhancing green spaces

The deadline to pitch ideas and upload to the Spacehive platform is Friday the 17th of May.

No fundraising experience is necessary - 65% of Spacehive project creators are creating a community project for the first time. Spacehive assists project creators with online workshops, 1-2-1 support and resources, providing advice on everything from project costs to campaign promotion.

There was a great response by the public to the crowdfunding campaigns in the first round, with all projects so far hitting their target. The projects focused on gardening and befriending, upcycling and sustainability, health and physical activity and local culture and history.

To find out more about Round 2, see the tabs below or attend an upcoming workshop.

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About Spacehive

The home of community fundraising, Spacehive makes it easy for people to improve their local area. We build technology to help crowdfund local projects that communities want; from spruced up playgrounds and new street markets, to city farms and learning hubs. We have helped fund over 2,000 ideas and raised more than £30 million to support local communities.

When local communities have an idea and start a project, Spacehive connects it to exclusive funds from companies, councils and foundations that want to help bring communities to life. We have the highest success rate of any crowdfunding platform in the UK and Ireland (85% success rate, rising to 94% when a partner pledges). Our aim is to deliver the bright, transformational local project ideas that make communities happy, proud and prosperous. For more information visit, spacehive.com.