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CROWDFUNDER & SANTANDER SOCIAL ENTERPRISE CHALLENGE

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Posted on July 4, 2014

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BRISTOL

Lives Worth Living

Stories of Families Caring for Children

Lives Worth Living is a collection of true stories written by fifteen mums, which tell of the joys, and the challenges, of caring for children with life-limited conditions. Readers will share the happiness and tears, the struggle and the laughter, and will wonder at the amazing resilience of these families. This book is a celebration of extraordinary short lives that left lasting legacies.

BRISTOL

Go Wild Nature Kits

Rossand Eleanor Santander

Rossand Eleanor Santander

Go Wild Nature Kits for Exploration

Go Wild Nature Kits are boxes stuffed with fun games, ideas and tools to help children and their families explore nature and the great outdoors. These kits will be stuffed with games, ideas, tools and other exciting things to help children and their families, parents and grandparents, to explore nature.

WEST CORNWALL

Penwith Radio FM Launch Campaign – Penzance, West Cornwall

Penwith Radio FM Local Broadcast Launch

The building and commissioning of transmission masts to enable Penwith Radio to broadcast across the FM airwaves. The masts will enable them to provide a truly local community radio service to West Cornwall, reflecting the personality and unique character of this area and offer a platform and voice for the many community organisations.

CORNWALL – REDRUTH

The Crooked Thicket Creation Space – Redruth, Cornwall

Transforming Community Spaces in Redruth

The Crooked Thicket is the regeneration of a beautifully wild and underused space. We have a dream to transform this rural space into a fully functional creation space for outdoor artists, therapists and educators to develop their practice, whilst offering a service to those in need.

CORNWALL – BODMIN

The Warehouse Arts Centre CIC – Bodmin, Cornwall

Warehouse Arts Centre for Local Artists

The aim of the project is to create a community muti functional Art space for Bodmin. To provide a pop up gallery, creative art studio space where local rural artists can exhibit their work, provide workshops and art classes for the local community and support art education.

CORNWALL – REDRUTH

Why Don’t You Club – Redruth, Cornwall

Why Don't You Club Family Activities

The “Why Don’t You…?” Club is our club for families living in and around Redruth. We come together every week to cook something new and try our hand at different activities. The club is run by staff from Cornwall Neighbourhoods for Change (CN4C) and volunteers, and many of the families attending have a range of complex and multiple issues. We have a really exciting summer of activities planned, but need to raise £1,500 in order to cover the cost of the food, materials for activities, workshops and transport.

Key Takeaways

  • Santander teamed up with Crowdfunder to launch the Social Enterprise Challenge in South West England.
  • Six social enterprises including Lives Worth Living and Go Wild Nature Kits received matched funding support.
  • Projects spanned from storytelling books and nature kits to community radio, arts spaces and family clubs.
  • The initiative provided vital seed funding and community engagement boost for grassroots social ventures.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What was the Santander Social Enterprise Challenge?
A 2014 initiative in South West England where Santander matched funding for projects launched via Crowdfunder’s platform.
Which projects benefited from the challenge?
Six projects: Lives Worth Living, Go Wild Nature Kits, Penwith Radio FM Launch, The Crooked Thicket Creation Space, The Warehouse Arts Centre CIC, and the Why Don’t You Club.
What types of initiatives were funded?
They included a storytelling book, nature exploration kits, community radio expansion, outdoor art creation space, rural arts centre, and a family activities club.

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