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Give Winnie Her Eyesight!

Winnie our 12 week old labradoodle has cataracts. She needs surgery to restore her eyesight! Please donate & share to raise her the funds.

19% raised 24 days left

Community Solar PV for the Pollyfield Centre

To raise funds for solar panels at the Pollyfield to make their energy cleaner and more affordable, whilst also fighting fuel poverty.

2% raised 26 days left

28 Tales for 28 Days

Filming 28 tales of people indefinitely detained in the UK. The project calls for a 28 day time limit for immigration detention.

77% raised 15 days left

'Step back in time' to the BIG FORT BUILD!

Please help us create the most exciting heritage attraction in the UK so we can offer you an amazing new Celtic & Roman Britain experience!

49% raised 2 days left

The Brewhouse Project

We want to open a craft beer bar and coffee house where you can see the beer being brewed and the coffee being roasted.

97% raised 13 days left

Letters to a Broken Church (The CofE Abuse Crisis)

Seeking £3000 to publish a book by survivors, theologians & academics - speaking to the Church of England's response to the abuse crisis

85% raised 52 days left

Giant Sadiq Khan 'baby balloon to fly over London

To have a giant size Sadiq Khan, "Baby Khan" balloon fly over London to demonstrate our unhappiness with him as our Mayor of London.

76% raised 22 days left

Tyred of Food Waste

Food Sharing Edinburgh will buy two cargo bikes to transport excess food from supermarkets and redistribute it to the people of Edinburgh!

75% raised 1 hour left

Bridport Mind Fest 2018

Raising funds for Bridport Mind Fest, 5th - 10th October 2018 - A Festival of The Mind, for EVERYONE! - Let's make it happen in Bridport!

62% raised 1 day left

Pick Me Up (and hold me tight) by ZU-UK

Help us make all 34,000 UK payphones ring at the same time - an ambitious national artwork in memory of those who have taken their own lives

71% raised 2 days left

Mental Health First Aid training for teachers

50% of mental illnesses start before age 14. Lets train teachers in Youth Mental Health First Aid.

50% raised 12 days left

The Together Project: uniting young and old

The Together Project creates joyful experiences that unite young and old to tackle loneliness and strengthen communities.

Rebel Studio

Rebel Studio raised £10,540 to open London's first specialist, boutique yoga studio.

It's a brilliant project. We live in a society that just seems to take, but to make a community you need to give.

Fiona Muir

Future of Heart Space

112% raised | £40,485 total

Support Wide Horizons and secure our future

Help save Wide Horizons and raise urgently-needed funds so we can continue to deliver inspirational adventures to disadvantaged children.

9% raised 17 days left

Redbridge Together

Redbridge Together is helping homeless people by building a pop-up hostel with shipping containers and meeting day-to-day needs

23% raised 20 days left

You Make It

You Make It urgently needs your support to continue transforming the life chances of young marginalised women from London.

22% raised 28 days left

Open Barbers need a new venue!

Open Barbers is a hair salon that welcomes all genders and sexualities; fundraising to lease and renovate a new location in North London.

Slashing reoffending rates through artisan baking

Freedom Bakery is a social enterprise that teaches artisan baking to prisoners.

Such an important cause. I couldn't think of a better use of the garden and the space & peace it can offer.

Penni Blythe

Plant a Seed for Gender Equality

121% raised | £24,172 total

SCOTLAND: A Rewilding Journey

This book is a rallying cry for a wilder Scotland, where wildlife and people thrive. Support its creation and help turn vision into reality.

86% raised 5 days left

Powering Farnham Community Farm Forward

Help us get renewable energy to our community farm, buy equipment for growing our lovely veg, and improve facilities for our volunteers!

20% raised 9 days left

School Wasteland to Wonderland

To inspire the next generation to embrace key environmental issues by learning about how we create renewable energy from the sun and wind

61% raised 10 days left

Real Junk Food Manchester cafe & restaurant

To open Manchester's first waste food pay-as-you-feel cafe, to stamp out food waste in our city and provide hot nutritious meals for all.

Snact

The duo behind Snact are developing creative solutions to food waste and food poverty.

Vision with action can change the world.

Erkki Pärssinen

Are you ready for Snact's Delicious Protest?

112% raised | £11,190 total

Save the famous Barge Inn Honeystreet

"our aim is to secure the freehold to protect this wonderful canal side pub by giving it back to those who love it and care for its future"

7% raised 2 days left

The Tower Theatre - 'The Big Get-In!'

After fifteen years, the Tower Theatre has a new home in Stoke Newington - help us 'get-in' and get it ready for the Autumn 2018 Season!

67% raised 7 days left

Dive in and heat up Jubilee Pool!

We're making Britain's coolest pool hotter thanks to geothermal heat from under our feet. We need to raise £350,000 to make it happen!

39% raised 74 days left

55 East - East Street Community Enterprise Hub

We are raising £20,000 to launch 55 East, our new community enterprise hub on one of London's historic markets streets.

Herne Hill Piano

How the residents of Herne Hill rallied together to raise £5,960 for a new community piano.

You make such a difference to all who come in contact with you.

Al and Ce Edwards

Made In Hackney

170% raised | £76,693 total

Dig In For The Cafe In The Park @ CFC Altrincham

We need your help to transform our Cafe's outdoor space - safer access for all, cafe dining in the park, ice cream - a community haven

102% raised 2 days left

Help a child read, grow and thrive with Beanstalk

We support children who are struggling readers by providing one-to-one support, help us reach more children by selecting 'Support Us'

19% raised 8 days left

Longlands Roundhouse Build

Longlands is building a unique, eco friendly Roundhouse that will transform our facilities for vulnerable young people

28% raised 10 days left

Goldfinger Factory Turns Waste into Gold

Help People & Planet by funding a unique social enterprise tackling social problems and creating jobs with a Tom Dixon piece of furniture.

The Bridge

The Bridge raised £10,415 to those with drug & alcohol addiction to thrive in their local community.

An inspiring, uplifting and empowering programme. So happy to see the service growing and able to support more women!

Helen

Luminary Bakery

109% raised | £16,387 total

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What’s happening and what’s coming up in the crowdfunding world

Supporting just got easier — Supporting just got easier

We are pleased to announce that we have recently introduced ApplePay and GPay to our payment pages, making it easier to support the projects you care about.

We’re pleased to announce #CrowdfundDevon — We’re pleased to announce #CrowdfundDevon

Devon Councils have partnered with Devon & Cornwall Police and Crowdfunder to launch an innovative pilot scheme that supports local community projects through crowdfunding.

Apply for the Forward Enterprise Fund today — Apply for the Forward Enterprise Fund today

Do you have an idea or early stage enterprise or charity that creates jobs for ex-offenders or people in recovery? You could be eligible for up to £5,000 of extra funding.

Community legends — Community legends

Crowdfunder and Legal & General joined forces to find and fund 10 amazing projects that are amplifying life for those aged 55 and over. Check out the finalists!

Adding your project just got better! — Adding your project just got better!

Telling the story of what you’re doing is one of the most important parts of crowdfunding and we’re thrilled to roll out a new way of adding your project to Crowdfunder.

Fintech Innovation of the Year Award — Fintech Innovation of the Year Award

Crowdfunder are awarded with Fintech Innovation of the Year at the DL100 Awards for their innovative approach to +Extra funding.

Crowdfunder Accelerator: Shift your idea up a gear — Crowdfunder Accelerator: Shift your idea up a gear

From 11th to 29th June, we are inviting you to join our three-week intensive programme, hosted on Facebook, where you can learn how to crowdfund.

£50,000,000 raised by the crowd — £50,000,000 raised by the crowd

We’re proud to announce that we have now raised over £50million to activate positive change in communities across the whole of the UK.

It's time to make a Big Impact — It's time to make a Big Impact

Exclusive one-to-one coaching and support for the projects that are driving big social impact and have the potential to gather a big crowd.

Find out more about community shares on Crowdfunder — Find out more about community shares on Crowdfunder

Are you a community business thinking about setting up a community shares project? Watch our online workshop to find out how we can help you!

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