50k of match funding announced for Cornish community projects
Howard Lake | 13 August 2013 | News
The Cornwall Community Foundation has partnered with crowdfunding platform Crowdfunder.co.uk to offer £50,000 worth of matched funding for selected community based projects in Cornwall.
Crowdfunder.co.uk will work with a number of Cornish community projects to help them reach their crowdfunding targets. These sums will then be match funded by The Cornwall Community Foundation provided the project fits their guidelines.
Earlier this year Crowdfunder.co.uk has already launched Crowdfund Cornwall this year, its first regional funding initiative to fund local ideas, charity and community projects and environmental and educational venture. It aims to raise £200,000 for 100 Cornish projects. It has already launched 21 projects and raised over £17,714.
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Carolyn Boyce, Chief Executive, Cornwall Community Foundation, said: "We are delighted to be working in partnership with Crowdfunder on their Crowdfund Cornwall campaign, as we have many parallel objectives and by working together we can help more projects succeed whether they are a charity, community-led organisation or social enterprise. It is exciting to support new ideas which also supports and addresses the needs of local people throughout the County."
How Crowdfunder works
Charities and community groups can add projects to crowdfunder.co.uk and then, over a period of up to six weeks, raise a target amount via an organised campaign. The platform works on an all or nothing basis: funds are only released if the pre-agreed targets are met.
About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.