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After raising £25,000, over a thousand locals celebrated at "The Feast" with The Hamilton Project 🎭 🎭 🎭 A closed road and roundabout transformed into a festive space with music, performances, and a new garden for local community centre, The Larder. The event was the culmination of a community-wide initiative with 23 arts activities for participants of all ages. Click the link in comments to read more on their considerable impact.

We're excited to share that Spacehive has been shortlisted five times at the #UnlockNetZeroAwards. The awards, which highlight innovation and progress towards decarbonisation, have recognised the amazing work being done by communities across the UK and Ireland to tackle climate change. Shortlisted campaigns include: ☀️ Engagement campaign of the year: Transforming Ampney Crucis With Solar Energy A project that raised over £30,000 for solar panels that invigorated this community and future proofed their village hall for generations to come. 🌿🦋Biodiversity and nature award: Ealing Wildlife Group Campaigning to protect endangered wildlife, including hedgehog highways and a project to save migrating African Swifts. 🤝Collaboration of the year: Crowdfund North of Tyne  Our partnership with North of Tyne Combined Authority supports a broad range of locally-led projects as part of the Zero Carbon, Zero Poverty policy goals. 🏆Climate champion of the year: Rootsman Rak Championing the social side of tackling climate change, Rakesh builds strong communities by creatively meeting their needs. And to top it off, Spacehive is also shortlisted for Funding team of the year! Our mission is to make it easy for people to improve their local area and we are proud to be delivering upon this. To date, over 68,000m² of community facilities have been improved, 82,000m² of green space preserved (boosting biodiversity and carbon capture), and 27,000 kg of materials recycled – embedding sustainable practices in communities. 🎉🎊🥳 We wish all of the nominees the best of luck! #UnlockNetZeroLiveAwards #communities #changestartshere

It’s National Gardening Week. Let’s celebrate these three projects showcasing the importance of gardening for maintaining our green spaces and improving our wellbeing 🌱🌻🌿🌳🍃 🌼 Guildford Environment Forum funded an all-weather meeting hub, fostering local conservation and sustainable food production. 🌷Brentham Allotments & Gardens Society funded a deep well, transforming plant growth and green space care for the local community. 🌾 Disability Network Hounslow - DNH created a community allotment, showing that fresh produce and the joy of gardening can be shared by everyone. #nationalgardeningweek reminds us that gardens come in all shapes and sizes. Feel inspired to create a garden project of your own? Head to Spacehive to create your project today.

Excellent Tuesday news: Spacehive has been shortlisted for five #UnlockNetZeroAwards, including funding team of the year. Net Zero focused projects are a rapidly growing area for us and it’s our first year entering these awards, which highlight innovation and progress towards decarbonisation. We are so proud to see this brilliant and important work being recognised and to be competing against the likes of Lloyds Banking Group and Octopus Energy. Huge thanks to the awesome Spacehive team who have spent the last three years working bloody hard to make the platform stronger. And of course the biggest thanks goes to our project creators who make change happen every day, without whom none of this could be possible. 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽 Shortlist: 🌿 Engagement campaign of the year 🌿 Biodiversity/nature campaign of the year 🌿 Collaboration of the year 🌿 Climate champion of the year 🌿 Funding team of the year https://lnkd.in/d4ThQMj4

Local heroes make our communities stronger. We are proud to celebrate them. Thank you to the Evening Standard for shining a spotlight on them 💛

Round 2 of the ‘Crowdfund Dublin City’ Initiative is live! In partnership with Spacehive, the programme enables local residents to exclusively access funding for community-led initiatives. We are keen to hear from Dublin residents by the 17th May 2024 who have an innovative idea to improve their local area, click here for more info and to share your ideas: https://lnkd.in/eWR6swU9

Happy Earth Day 🌏🌿🌱🌳 🌻 Let's celebrate by supporting these changemakers! We're spotlighting 3 incredible sustainable projects fundraising to make a lasting impact on our world: 🥕 CAE TÂN COMMUNITY SUPPORTED AGRICULTURE LTD grow and supply fresh, organically grown, seasonal produce to 130 local households in Gower, Wales. They are raising funds to purchase the land they farm on. 🛤️ Environmental Projects in Kirklees is raising funds to keep 5km of routes around Huddersfield free from vegetation and litter. 🥬 FarmAbility is raising funds to install a converted container on the site to use as a classroom and a wet weather space. They hope to provide a safe space for people with learning disabilities to experience life on a working farm throughout the seasons. #earthday2024

Bringing some jungle back to the concrete… 🌿🌴🦜🐒🦁🐍🐆 This mural in Chester is designed to inspire daily commuters as they walk through a previously unloved walkway. Thanks to your support, Chester Supertrees raised over £8,000 to bring this striking design to life. Do you walk through a pathway like this that needs some love? Head to the link in our comments to find out more.

It’s World Rewilding Day! Let's celebrate MERSEY RIVERS TRUST who raised over £15,000 to rewild the wetlands in Carrs Park, Cheshire. 🌿 🌻 🌾 🌱 Rewilding goes beyond restoration - it's about bringing ecosystems back to life, and wetlands are highly effective at supporting this. This Cheshire project brought together experts and local volunteers to improve the site and enable it to flourish. Shortly following the works an otter was spotted, so it’s working! 🦦🦦 Click link in comments to read more. #WorldRewildingDay #CarrsPark #rewilding #conservation #ecosystems

Spacehive is proud to support the good people of Liverpool bring their green ideas to life as Mayor Steve Rotherham and Liverpool City Region Combined Authority launch the third year of the Community Environment Fund. Projects will empower local residents to make positive environmental change and deliver against the regional target of becoming net zero by 2040. 🙌🌎🌱 Up to £30,000 available per project >>> https://lnkd.in/emDm4m3g #crowdfunding #community #netzero #environnement #liverpool #liverpoolcityregion