PledgeBank Everywhere
I’ll do it, but only if you’ll help

Pledge “nontechy”

"I will join a mailing list for non-programming volunteers on projects like TheyWorkForYou.com but only if 10 non-technical enthusiasts will sign up."

— Tom Steinberg

Deadline to sign up by: 18^th March 2005
10 people signed up

Pledge “brighton”

"I will travel down to Brighton, explain how PledgeBank can help you, and buy everyone who shows up a drink but only if 8 Brighton residents will come along for a chat."

— Tom Steinberg, director of mySociety

Deadline to sign up by: 1^st May 2005
21 people signed up (13 over target)

Country: United Kingdom
Postcode area: BN1 (view map)

Pledge “naleaflets”

"I will deliver 100 leaflets telling people about NotApathetic.com in my local area but only if 25 supporters and friends of mySociety will do the same."

— Tom Steinberg

Deadline to sign up by: 5^th May 2005
33 people signed up (8 over target)

Country: United Kingdom

Pledge “nasimilarity”

"I will write code for NotApathetic to compare and cluster people's reasons for not voting but only if 10 other volunteers will promise to classify at least 100 pairs of reasons as "very similar", "similar", or "different" when I do so."

— Chris Lightfoot, mySociety developer

Deadline to sign up by: 5^th May 2005
16 people signed up (6 over target)

Pledge “beetlebucket”

"I will bury a bucket to create a home for stag beetles but only if 8 other people will do the same."

— Edmund von der Burg

Deadline to sign up by: 12^th May 2005
8 people signed up

Country: United Kingdom

Pledge “fairtrade”

"I will buy 3 fairly traded products this week but only if 5 other people will do the same."

— Neil Denham

Deadline to sign up by: 17^th May 2005
10 people signed up (5 over target)

Pledge “brazilspblog”

"I will start a blog on my trip to meet with global justice campaigners in Brazil but only if 20 people will take a look."

— Mike Brady, Coordinator Cambridge SP Adopters' Group

Deadline to sign up by: 20^th May 2005
24 people signed up (4 over target)

Pledge “BNMparty”

"I will orgainse a 5th birthday party for BNM but only if 30 other local people will come."

— Mat Walker, BNM

Deadline to sign up by: 27^th May 2005
38 people signed up (8 over target)

Country: United Kingdom

Pledge “Mitchell-W”

"I will lobby the BBC to release the comedy series THAT MITCHELL AND WEBB SOUND on compact disc but only if 20 fans of THAT MITCHELL AND WEBB SOUND will help by writing to Steve Crickmer (steve.crickmer@bbc.co.uk), the Beeb's commissioning editor of contemporary comedy."

— Jack Malvern, That Mitchell and Webb Sound fan

Deadline to sign up by: 28^th May 2005
26 people signed up (6 over target)

Country: United Kingdom

Pledge “Suriname”

"I will give 10 pounds towards the 500 pounds needed for Engineers Without Borders UK's projects in Suriname but only if 49 other people in Cambridge or in London will do the same."

— Andrew Lamb

Deadline to sign up by: 31^st May 2005
49 people signed up

Country: United Kingdom
Postcode area: CB2 (view map)

Pledge “sausages”

"I will engage in earnest conversation with someone whose views I really despise to try to understand them more but only if 15 people will sign up."

— Richard Hodkinson

Deadline to sign up by: 1^st June 2005
16 people signed up (1 over target)

Pledge “studentunions”

"I will explain why PledgeBank is of use to student campaigners, and buy everyone a drink but only if 3 London based student union campaigns people will come along for a chat."

— Tom Steinberg, director of mySociety.org

Deadline to sign up by: 1^st June 2005
3 people signed up

Country: United Kingdom

Pledge “cs-mail-sig”

"I will add TheyWorkForYou.com and one other MySociety project to my work email .sig but only if 5 other civil servants will do the same."

— Richard Sargeant

Deadline to sign up by: 10^th June 2005
5 people signed up

Country: United Kingdom

Pledge “parliamentwar”

"I will write to my MP to ask them to sign EDM 85 (PARLIAMENTARY APPROVAL FOR PARTICIPATION IN ARMED CONFLICT) but only if 10 other people will do the same."

— James Graham

Deadline to sign up by: 15^th June 2005
32 people signed up (22 over target)

Country: United Kingdom

Pledge “pledgecider”

"I will sign up 30 people via text message at the Glastonbury Festival to pledge www.pledgebank.com/justonepercent but only if 2 other festival goers (who I will buy a drink from the cider bus) will help me."

— Nicola, Nicola

Deadline to sign up by: 22^nd June 2005
3 people signed up (1 over target)

Country: United Kingdom

Pledge “ShopLocally”

"I will do all my shopping locally and NOT in a supermarket chain for the month of July but only if 20 other local people will do the same."

— Ellie Stoneley, of UKVillages.co.uk

Deadline to sign up by: 25^th June 2005
31 people signed up (11 over target)

Country: United Kingdom
Postcode area: CB4 (view map)

Pledge “Gutenberg”

"I will edit 100 pages for Project Gutenberg's Distributed Proofreaders site (www.pgdp.net) during the month of July but only if 50 other people will do the same."

— Jeff Rigsby, open-source maven

Deadline to sign up by: 30^th June 2005
96 people signed up (46 over target)

Pledge “fairtradejuly”

"I will buy only Fairtrade Tea, Coffee and Chocolate bars during the month of July but only if 20 other people in the UK will do the same."

— Matthew Duncanson-Hunter

Deadline to sign up by: 30^th June 2005
55 people signed up (35 over target)

Country: United Kingdom

Pledge “ReclaimMUFC”

"I will boycott all products of any sponsors of Manchester United FC - Nike, Budweiser, Ladbrokes, etc, until Malcolm Glazer is removed from our club but only if 50 other people will do the same."

— Nick Jones, MUFC supporter and SU Member

Deadline to sign up by: 30^th June 2005
199 people signed up (149 over target)

Pledge “loseittogether”

"I will be your online weight loss support buddy for the remainder of June and all of July but only if 4 other people anywhere will join collectively to support each other to reach their weight loss goals in July."

— Ava, Washington, DC

Deadline to sign up by: 30^th June 2005
17 people signed up (13 over target)

Pledge “stopsmoking”

"I will stop smoking for good and help others to aswell but only if 10 other people will stop the same day, take part in discussions to help each other through it and help someone else stop."

— Rich, Soon to be ex-smoker

Deadline to sign up by: 30^th June 2005
17 people signed up (7 over target)

Pledge “phonemasts”

"I will organise a public meeting about phone mast applications in East Dunbartonshire but only if 20 local people will show an interest in attending."

— Jo Swinson MP

Deadline to sign up by: 1^st July 2005
27 people signed up (7 over target)

Country: United Kingdom
Postcode area: G62 (view map)

Pledge “schooldinners”

"I will pay for 100 school dinners for 100 children. but only if 10 other people will do the same."

— James

Deadline to sign up by: 4^th July 2005
10 people signed up

Country: United Kingdom

Pledge “britishlib”

"I will write to my MP asking for free Wireless Internet access in the British Library but only if 20 other people will pledge to write to their MP to ask for it too."

— Tom Steinberg, director of mySociety

Deadline to sign up by: 5^th July 2005
34 people signed up (14 over target)

Country: United Kingdom

Pledge “walkout”

"I will walk out against war and poverty on Wednesday 6th July but only if 50 other school students will make this same pledge."

— Alys Elica Zaerin, convenor of School Students Against War

Deadline to sign up by: 6^th July 2005
115 people signed up (65 over target)

Country: United Kingdom

Pledge “RiverTaffCleanup”

"I will clean-up the banks of the River Taff between Western Ave and Cardiff Castle but only if 5 other local people will do the same."

— Paul Stacey

Deadline to sign up by: 10^th July 2005
13 people signed up (8 over target)

Country: United Kingdom
Postcode area: CF14 (view map)

Pledge “trailwalker”

"I will complete a 100Km sponsored walk in aid of Oxfam's Make Poverty History campaign but only if 10 other people will sponsor me £10."

— Geoff Wilkins

Deadline to sign up by: 12^th July 2005
11 people signed up (1 over target)

Country: United Kingdom

Pledge “doglost”

"I will check www.doglost.co.uk daily to check for stolen/lost dogs in my local area but only if 15 other people in the UK will do the same."

— Naomi, Concerned Dog Owner

Deadline to sign up by: 12^th July 2005
19 people signed up (4 over target)

Country: United Kingdom

Pledge “hiking”

"I will go hike but only if 3 other local people will do the same."

— echo

Deadline to sign up by: 12^th July 2005
3 people signed up

Pledge “green-lightbulbs”

"I will replace all the light bulbs in my house with low energy / long life bulbs but only if 20 other people will do the same."

— Andy Boura, concerned about the environment

Deadline to sign up by: 13^th July 2005
30 people signed up (10 over target)

Pledge “no-sw-patents”

"I will write to my local mp protesting against software patents but only if 40 other people will do the same."

— Alex Shenfield

Deadline to sign up by: 13^th July 2005
66 people signed up (26 over target)

Pledge “SaveLecandDosh”

"I will Turn all my electrical appliances off stand by (TV, HiFi, etc) but only if 50 other people will do the same."

— Pauline Yates, Enjoy Life.

Deadline to sign up by: 13^th July 2005
74 people signed up (24 over target)

Pledge “airmilefruit”

"I will not buy air-mile fruit for a month but only if 20 other local people will do the same."

— Genevieve Roberts

Deadline to sign up by: 13^th July 2005
23 people signed up (3 over target)

Country: United Kingdom

Pledge “giveblood”

"I will give blood before the end of the year but only if 50 people will do the same."

— Ryan Morrison, www.upyourego.com

Deadline to sign up by: 14^th July 2005
69 people signed up (19 over target)

Pledge “gogreen”

"I will Sign up for green electricity but only if 50 other people will do the same."

— Ben Dyer

Deadline to sign up by: 14^th July 2005
55 people signed up (5 over target)

Country: United Kingdom

Pledge “kitchencompost”

"I will compost all of my kitchen waste but only if 20 people will do the same."

— Paul Snookes, Resident of Worcester

Deadline to sign up by: 14^th July 2005
35 people signed up (15 over target)

Country: United Kingdom

Pledge “telllocalgroups”

"I will tell 3 local campaign groups about PledgeBank but only if 9 other people anywhere will do the same."

— Richard Allan, Political Technologist

Deadline to sign up by: 15^th July 2005
11 people signed up (2 over target)

Country: United Kingdom

Pledge “Zimbabwe”

"I will Contact my MP expressing my concerns regarding the situation in Zimbabwe. but only if 27 other UK voters will do the same."

— Manley, Brown eyed, handsome man (fat).

Deadline to sign up by: 15^th July 2005
28 people signed up (1 over target)

Country: United Kingdom

Pledge “phones2orphans”

"I will give my old mobile phone to a orphan support group in Africa but only if 10 other people will do the same."

— Tim Jackson

Deadline to sign up by: 15^th July 2005
14 people signed up (4 over target)

Pledge “FrenchPledge”

"I will build the same site in france - je veux bien créer le même site web en france but only if 5 other local people will volunteer to help - seulement si 5 personnes sont volontaires pour m'aider."

— Régis R., Banlieusard

Deadline to sign up by: 15^th July 2005
7 people signed up (2 over target)

Pledge “FarkPartySouter”

"I will host a World Fark Party at the Liberty Lost Hotel but only if 100 people will do the same."

— Drew Curtis, Fark.com

Deadline to sign up by: 15^th July 2005
399 people signed up (299 over target)

Pledge “wikipediapage”

"I will start a wikipedia page but only if 10 people will do the same."

— Matthew Jones, Web Monkey

Deadline to sign up by: 16^th July 2005
17 people signed up (7 over target)

Pledge “NoBacklash”

"I will donate ten pounds to replace windows broken in attacks on East London Mosque after London tube bombings but only if 10 other local people will donate 10 pounds."

— John Edwards, Mile End Road

Deadline to sign up by: 16^th July 2005
10 people signed up

Country: United Kingdom
Postcode area: E1 (view map)

Pledge “savealife”

"I will donate blood at least three times in the next year but only if 15 other people will do the same."

— Cliona Lynch

Deadline to sign up by: 17^th July 2005
17 people signed up (2 over target)

Pledge “onthewagon”

"I will stop drinking for a week and donate the money to charity but only if 10 others will do the same."

— Catherine

Deadline to sign up by: 18^th July 2005
10 people signed up

Country: United Kingdom

Pledge “BreastCancer”

"I will donate £200 to Breast Cancer Campaign through www.justgiving.com/CarolineSkinner but only if 20 other people will each donate £10 through the same website."

— Caroline Skinner, Breast Cancer Campaign Fundraiser

Deadline to sign up by: 21^st July 2005
21 people signed up (1 over target)

Pledge “noesso”

"I will boycot Esso / ExxonMobil products but only if 50 other people will do the same."

— Ben Dyer

Deadline to sign up by: 21^st July 2005
54 people signed up (4 over target)

Pledge “biketowork”

"I will bike to work for 2 weeks but only if 10 other people will do the same."

— John Stamford, HCC Training

Deadline to sign up by: 24^th July 2005
12 people signed up (2 over target)

Country: United Kingdom
Postcode area: HU4 (view map)

Pledge “shoplocal”

"I will write to my local supermarket asking them to make it easier to buy local products but only if 10 other people in the UK will do the same."

— john-paul flintoff, resident of north London

Deadline to sign up by: 30^th July 2005
14 people signed up (4 over target)

Country: United Kingdom

Pledge “CourteousDriving”

"I will drive in the most considerate and courteous way possible for the entire month of August but only if 50 other people will do the same."

— Al, Road Rage Sufferer

Deadline to sign up by: 31^st July 2005
56 people signed up (6 over target)

Country: United Kingdom