PledgeBank Bringing people together to get things changed

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PledgeBank was a mySociety project, running from 2005 to 2015. It let people set up pledges in the form: ‘I will do something, if a certain number of people will help me’.

Thanks to PledgeBank, numerous pledges were fulfilled, from collecting underwear for orphans, to donating books to create a town library, saving a tree from being cut down, and funding scholarships.

PledgeBank was one of the earliest attempts to use the internet to gather people together in a common cause, a model which was later used to great effect by Groupon, Kickstarter and similar sites.

Thanks to dedicated volunteers, it was translated into thirteen languages, and gained traction in many countries around the world. PledgeBank was used for countless good causes, and helped raise funds for all kinds of endeavours. It was used by Tony Blair while he was still Prime Minister, and might even help negate the need for tactical voting.

You can view all past pledges at the Internet Archive Wayback Machine.

Why have we closed this site?

PledgeBank was one of several democracy sites conceived and run by mySociety, many of which continue to flourish. In 2015, with regret, we made the tough decision to turn our focus to running our core sites and providing support to international partners. Read more