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Success stories Kate used Spacehive to transform a cemetery lodge into an exciting new creative hub for Mile End. As part of the transformation the existing building will be extended to include a new café, gallery and music venue. Shuffle, a local community arts organisation, will be based at the lodge and offer a variety of science, film and creative workshops to local residents. Reinvent the Lodge 327 pledges £57,817 raised Park and Slide was the brainchild of the installation artist Luke Jerram. He used Spacehive to crowdfund for a one-day-only, giant waterslide down Bristol’s Park Street. The project was extremely popular with over 65,000 people turning up on the day to watch 360 lucky locals slide down the high street. Over 500 people pledged to make it happen and the event attracted global media coverage. Park and Slide 519 pledges £5,546 raised Wanstead Playground Sarah used Spacehive to raise funds to revamp her local playground. She is one of a group of parents that make up Wanstead Playground Association. Although nobody in the group had ever crowdfunded before, they gained a lot of local support and quickly hit their target. Delighted, they immediately set up their second Spacehive project to crowdfund a new climbing frame. 194 pledges £13,588 raised Ancoats Dispensary When Linda heard that the Ancoats Dispensary, a former hospital and Grade II listed building, was going to be demolished she and a local group of residents worked tirelessly to save and restore it. Following a successful Spacehive crowdfunding campaign, and 370 pledges later, the group are now preparing to transform the historic building into an exciting new creative and cultural space for the residents of Manchester. 371 pledges £368,319 raised

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