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Wayra and UnLtd back Sponsorcraft to revolutionise fundraising in education
Education is undergoing radical changes due to funding cuts; faith in traditional funding mechanisms is dying. Crowdfunding is already enormously successful in displacing antiquated forms of fundraising across many sectors and Sponsorcraft’s solution is highly innovative with great potential for scale and take up within universities. Sponsorcraft is a highly innovative tech venture that white-labels websites for universities allowing them … Continue reading
“Milestones” – a better crowdfunding model?
“Think carefully about which crowdfunding platform to use.” This is a common piece of advice, but it isn’t quite right. If your project is relatively small, your success is entirely down to how you utilise your networks, so the platform is pretty irrelevant. Many platforms have had successful projects raising hundreds of thousands of dollars. Again, it’s down to you … Continue reading
“So, I guess you’re screwed now Kickstarter’s here…”
At Sponsorcraft, we meet a lot of people and talk to a lot of people about crowdfunding. We pitch to investors, education departments, student unions. And we have been explaining crowdfunding to the UK market now for over a year. In that time, we have been asked countless times why the education-sector needs its own platform, and why our projects … Continue reading
Just to keep you ‘in the loop’ – touchdown in the USA, crowdfunding tips and CREATE
3 quick updates… 1) First things first, Sponsorcraft was officially opened to projects from the USA this week! This means students and staff at 2100 American universities are now good to go. Any budding American fundraisers looking for a boost? Note: Anybody not from America who thinks people in their country could benefit from the website? Let us know! There’s … Continue reading
Reasons for optimism this summer – Fundraising for the Fringe!
OK, let’s face it. Summer 2012′s been a bloody outrage. It’s been about as summery as a soggy Wellington at the end of a thoroughly ill-advised trek through South Wales. Fed up of squelching your way through roadside swamps? Struggling to remember the last time you smoked out the neighbours with the wondrous scent of sizzling meat? Or left the … Continue reading
Sponsorcraft salutes the potential of PAPER.
Fresh from the dramatics of last week, the focus shifts from athletics to art on the blog this week. Last night saw one of our current crafters celebrating the official launch of an open art space right in the heart of Bristol and connected to her project on Sponsorcraft. Simone Kidner, a student in her 6th year of studying Architecture … Continue reading
Have a project with social impact? Win £250 in the Sponsorcraft CREATE Contest
As many of you will know, Sponsorcraft chiefly exists to provide a swoosh platform for students looking for money to reach friendly people who, for one joyous reason or another, feel inclined to part with it for a good cause. We give students the opportunity to showcase their ideas to potential sponsors and, in doing so, we help them get … Continue reading
Shell LiveWire Grand Ideas Award
We’re delighted to announce that we’ve won a Shell LiveWire Grand Ideas Award. It’s given us a load of energy, a buzz and a bunch of fresh motivation to make Sponsorcraft even better. We’re really happy that others agree that crowd-funding students is a cool, worthwhile and socially valuable proposition. We’re going to be using the money to help us … Continue reading