Crowdfund

Dorset Business

Dorset LEP (Local Enterprise Partnership) partnered with Crowdfunder to offer existing micro and small businesses the opportunity to receive grant funding to help them recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. 

This fund has now been fully allocated, but you can still crowdfund in Dorset by clicking the button below.

Start crowdfunding

Crowdfunding in 60 seconds

Got a minute to spare? Watch our 'how it works' animation. You'll get a brief overview of how crowdfunding works and what extra support, services and money that only Crowdfunder can give you. 

Video cover placeholder

How +Extra funding works

start crowdfunding

Start a project

 Start a new project on Crowdfunder, tell us the basics and a rough outline of your story. Then we can show you funds that you may be eligible for.

Get the word out

Apply for funding

You can then choose to make an application for a relevant fund. If a partner likes your project, they may agree to support it.

Get funded

Start crowdfunding

Start raising money from the crowd and once you reach an agreed percentage of your target, one of our partners could boost your total with a large donation.

Learn to crowdfund

Supported by

We are supported by these organisations