East Devon grants helps to purchase eCargobike for Exmouth community

A project to bring an eCargobike to the Exmouth community was awarded £3,000 from East Devon District Council.

Transition Exmouth's successful Execargo campaign raised a total of £13,060 through crowdfunding, including the £3,000 grant from the district council's £50,000 pot of Crowdfund East Devon grants.

The funding helped them buy an eCargobike for the use of local businesses and community groups, to transport sports equipment, shopping or deliveries.

Transition Exmouth said: "We are over the moon with the success of our Execargo crowdfunder. It really goes to show what can happen when the local community get together with town, district and county councils, all chipping in to make great things happen."

Free crowdfunding workshops are still being held to help the district's community and voluntary groups and other not-for-profit organisations access more than £50,000 of remaining funding available from the council through Crowdfunder.

This money available is in addition to a large amount of county-wide crowdfunding money available from Devon County Council and Devon and Cornwall Police, as part of the Crowdfund Devon partnership.

Councillor Jack Rowland, EDDC's portfolio holder for finance said: "I'd encourage anyone thinking of starting up a community based crowdfunding project to take advantage of the free training support from EDDC.

"The examples shown of successful crowdfunding projects really demonstrate what can be achieved with the additional support available from East Devon District Council for eligible schemes where targets are achieved."

Find out more, particularly about the free online 'Introduction to Crowdfunding' sessions being offered by EDDC, here.