# Stephen Fry promotes crowdfunding appeal for Glyncoch community centre

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2012/02/28/stephen-fry-promotes-crowdfunding-appeal-glyncoch-community-centre/
- Published: 2012-02-28T12:20:57+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Author and comedian Stephen Fry has backed a bid to save a seven-year project to
build a new community centre in Glyncoch, south Wales, by asking the British public,
or at least those using Twitter, to donate their “loose change” to fill the funding
shortfall.

The town needs to raise £30,000 to reach its target of £790,000 to fund the centre
before 30 March or they risk losing most of the grant funding already secured.

The town is using [Spacehive.com](http://spacehive.com/Home/HowItWorks), a new crowdfunding
site to enable communities to fund neighbourhood improvement projects, to collect
donations.

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> Well, it seems you can crowdfund a community centre for the price of a cucumber
> sandwich. Join in! [bit.ly/yAzAdY](http://t.co/1mc54ViE) [#sandwichsacrifice](https://twitter.com/search/%2523sandwichsacrifice)
> — Stephen Fry (@stephenfry) [February 23, 2012](https://twitter.com/stephenfry/status/172610746956521472)

Fry’s fundraising appeal to his four million Twitter followers was to “crowd-fund
a community centre for the price of a cucumber sandwich”. The campaign has attracted
other high-profile supporters including Martha Lane-Fox, co-founder of Lastminute.
com, and Scott Quinnell, former Welsh international Rugby captain. Professional 
services firm Deloitte has today pledged £1,000.

Spacehive is backed by the Royal Institute of British Architects and aims to “shake
up neighbourhood planning” by allowing anyone to put forward ideas for capital projects
and anyone to pledge funding.

Doug Williams, Deputy Mayor of Rhondda Cynon Taff Council said: “Glyncoch is a deprived
area. People are used to being let down. But if we can finally get this new centre
built, people will start thinking ‘we can get out of this rut’.”

www.spacehive.com/glyncochcc

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