Crowdfund Cotswold: Bring your ideas to life with the power of community

Cotswold District Council is excited to see projects that celebrate the Queen's Platinum Jubilee. The Council is offering advice for residents who want to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee by holding a street party on the first weekend of June this year.

Cabinet Member for Health and Wellbeing, Cllr Jenny Forde, said: “As we look to commemorate Her Majesty the Queen celebrating her 70th year as monarch, we can now at long last, safely join together as a community and celebrate this special occasion.”

“We can’t wait to see how our communities make use of Crowdfund Cotswold to bring their ideas to life for this special occasion. The success of Crowdfunding has been unprecedented. In just its first year, the scheme has raised over £300,000 towards community projects.

“The deadline for the current round of funding for the scheme is soon approaching on 23 March so we encourage any groups or individuals with ideas to come forward. If you have an idea for a project to celebrate the Queen’s Jubilee or you have an idea that can help improve your local area, then Crowdfund Cotswold is the place to start.”

The deadline to put forward your ideas for this round of funding is 23 March 2022.  The next round of funding will begin later this summer if you need more time to pull a project together. 

Watch the clip below for some inspiration and start your project today. 

Read on for some helpful tips on how to get started raising funds using Crowdfund Cotswold and a guide to organising street parties.

Get feedback on your project ideas

Tell us about your project by filling out this short form and Spacehive will get back to you with guidance on how you can get started.

With the deadline for pitches to the fund less than a month away on 23rd March, now is a great time to begin that conversation.

Raise funds for your Platinum Jubilee Celebrations

If you’re planning a street party, community event or any sort of get-together and you need funds to deliver it, you can raise funds for your celebrations using Crowdfund Cotswold.

Spacehive has created a special Jubilee Crowdfunding Guide to help you get started. Download Spacehive's Jubilee Crowdfunding Guide.

Spacehive is hosting a Facebook Live Video Event on Tuesday, 8th March at 4 pm to take project creators through the process of launching a campaign and share tips on crowdfunding. Sign up for the Facebook Live Event: https://fb.me/e/1vJH7EmzG 

How to get started?

1. Reach out to your local Town and Parish Council. Your local council may well be helping to fund local projects. 
2. Create your crowdfunding page on Spacehive (follow the steps in the guide to make sure you are set up correctly).
3. Set your crowdfunding target.
4. Submit your project for verification (our experts will check you are set up properly so you can start fundraising a few days later).
5. Set your campaign to run until the end of April (or sooner)
6. Crowdfund! (get the word out - it's up to you to attract the pledges you need from friends and neighbours).
7. Receive your funds (if you hit your target the funds will be transferred to you in early May, giving you time to purchase all the items you need for your Platinum Jubilee Celebrations).

If you're planning something different to commemorate the occasion (perhaps some public art or a performance piece) simply fill out this form and we can advise on the easiest way to crowdfund it.  

A guide to organising a street party

Advice for safely hosting street parties to celebrate the Jubilee, including applying for temporary licences and road closures can be found on cotswold.gov.uk/jubileestreetparty.

For the majority of small, private street parties, organising them can be simple and people will most likely not need to apply for a licence. However, larger events or those that will be selling alcohol or holding live performances will need to apply for a Temporary Event Notice, which costs £21. 

To apply and find out more visit: https://www.gov.uk/apply-for-a-licence/temporary-event-notice/cotswold/apply-1 

Residential cul-de-sacs or other minor roads not used for through traffic routes may be able to apply for a temporary road closure to host a street party. There is no charge for this application, but applications must be submitted by 31 March 2022, to apply and find out more, visit the Council’s Jubilee event page: cotswold.gov.uk/jubileestreetparty.