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Progress (to date) Provision of Crowdfund East Sussex Campaign Page, Match funding and Fund Distribution: Full hosted & maintained digital solution which enables projects to raise funds from their networks and the wider crowd, matches projects to funds, provides compliance checks and holds and distributes funds. Fund Page – for ESCC and any funding partners (ESCC only to date, edited) Dashboard – for project matching and reporting Project Management and Helpdesk Support Reporting including annual impact report

Progress (to date) Events Workshops Year One: Launch Event & eight workshops, includes marketing & promotion and all Crowdfunder travel expenses. (Excludes venue hire and/or catering) 5 delivered: Launch + Uckfield, Hastings, Bexhill & Maresfield Next group location to be decided: Eastbourne & Hastings based on temp projects or as a result of Marketing

Progress (to date) Projects That Matter Programme Crowdfunder in partnership with a local media partner will run a competition to find 5 projects that matter within the region, with each project winning the chance to receive a pledge from the funding partner and extra promotion for their Crowdfunder campaign.

Summary and progress £24,883 6 282 £61.64 £7,500 £17,383 £2.32 pledged by partner £17,383 pledged by crowd £24,883 raised by projects to support your community 6 282 £61.64 £2.32 £1 projects backed supporters avg. crowd pledge 132% amplification

Your projects For people, for nature Support Sacred Earth to reach its full potential, so we can tackle som... Dementia support in the community. Our project aims to take dementia support into peoples own homes, to p... Baby2Baby and beyond A baby bank. Help us expand our project to support even more families ... Little Gate Farm Horticulture Project Creating a horticulture enterprise managed by adults with learning dis... The Circus of Sound Cabaret Help us to bring people together as performers and audiences in an inc... St Leonards Festival 2019 Help us to raise £3,000 to make this free festival happen in St Leonar...

Where is the ‘Crowd’ in Crowdfund East Sussex

Where is the ‘Crowd’ in Crowdfund East Sussex

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All projects Closing date Project title Total raised (£) Partner pledge (£) Supporters 22/04/2019 For people, for nature 12620 2500 82 15/04/2019 Dementia support in the community. 3100 1000 56 Baby2Baby and beyond 2735 47 Little Gate Farm Horticulture Project 2215 31 The Circus of Sound Cabaret 2213 34 17/04/2019 St Leonards Festival 2019 2000 32

Crowdfunding in East Sussex (last 12 months) £96,830 Raised by projects to support communities in East Sussex 132 Projects added East Sussex 33 Projects successful East Sussex 2158 Supporters 18 Successful projects in 2019 9 Unsuccessful Over 50 not yet live 33% Success rate

Happening alongside

Marketing and Funds Marketing Project & Event Marketing to date and Launch PR Assets delivered Next step - 3 month programme

Marketing and Funds “Develop local match funds for groups and organisations across East Sussex.” Eastbourne & Lewes - Internal conversations (May) Hastings - No funds available Rother - Delayed until at least January 2019 Wealden - no fund identified as yet Community Foundation - Not planning to fund through Crowdfund East Sussex PCC - awaiting feedback Parish Councils - Crowdfunder to present & work with 5 PCs Other Crowdfunder Partners: NatWest, Lloyds

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