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Do something positive in your community.

Make or sign up to a pledge and encourage others to help you succeed. 

Pledges are managed by the Redbridge Council for Voluntary Service (RCVS)

Terms of use

When you start or respond to a Pledge on this website, you assign to the council a non-exclusive licence to use your content on the http://www.redbridge.gov.uk/ web site and in any other communications. 

The publishing of any content submitted by the user is at the discretion of the council and the council expressly reserve the rights to restrict the publishing of any material for whatever reason.

About pledges

Pledges are managed by the Redbridge Council for Voluntary Service (RCVS).

A Pledge is based on the notion that most people have some idea of how to improve their community, but are unlikely to act on those ideas if they feel that they're alone.  If you have an idea for community action that may benefit your local community, make a pledge. Pledges will help you to find other local people to support you and participate in your call to action.

Pledges allow registered users to create a pledge following a simple formula:

e.g. "I will do X ,but only if Y number of people will do Z ." 

For example, a pledge might read “I’ll organise a donations drive for local charity shops, but only if 5 other people promise to donate at least one item each”.

How to make a pledge

  • You will need to be registered to make a pledge. Register 
  • Please review the terms of use below before making a pledge. 
  • Select ‘make pledge’ and enter the details of your pledge, please add the postcode/geo-tag reference for your pledge to ensure that your neighbours get to see what is proposed for their neighbourhood. 
  • You may also upload an image to promote your pledge.  Don’t worry about sizing the image, the site will do that for you. 
  • You may choose to either show or hide your own email address when making your pledge. 
  • You may then send a link to this pledge to up to 5 email addresses (your friends, neighbours and potential supporters).
  • Once you submit your pledge, it will appear on the site and you are then responsible for managing it and encouraging support, so make sure you tell your friends and neighbours about the pledge. You may also wish to use the links on the site to promote this pledge on other social networking sites. 
  • Tick the box to ensure that you receive an email alert when a supporter signs up.
  • The site will enable you to send an email to signatories to encourage them or clarify your requirements.  You will not see their email contact details but please note that they will see your email contact details and be able to contact you directly if they wish. 
  • If your pledge achieves its targeted number of supporters, it will be designated as successful and appear in a list of successful pledges on the site.

What makes a successful pledge?

  1. Keep the number of volunteers you’re seeking to sign up as low as possible.  The most successful pledges tend to be the ones that set their target number to just enough to get the job done.  You may attract more supporters than you actually need and this could be a bonus.
  2. Be as clear as possible in describing what it is you want people to sign up to and try to detail how the pledge will help your community.
  3. Rustle up support, tell your friends and neighbours about the pledge and send them the link to sign up and support you. The more effort you put into promoting the pledge the more volunteers you’re likely to secure.

How to support a pledge

  • You don’t need to be registered on the site to support a pledge, but you will need to provide your email address. Your email address will be held in a secure area.  The pledge originator may arrange for an email to be sent to all supporters and the site will do this without disclosing the details of your email address. If, however, you decide to respond directly to an email from the pledge originator then your email address will be known to that individual.
  • You may choose to display or hide your name from public view.
  • Please ensure that you read the pledge carefully and understand what it is you are signing up to do. 
  • You may promote the pledge to friends, neighbours and possible supporters by sending the link to the pledge via email and/or sharing the link with other social networking sites.
  • If the pledge achieves its targeted number of supporters it will appear in the list of successful pledges on the site.

Sharing your experience

Why not share your experience of participating in the completion of a successful community pledge with a wider audience.  You might try submitting an article to your local news service or telling others about it via the Neighbourhood Matters discussion forums.

Online safety

  • Users under the age of 18 years should obtain the permission of their parent/carer before registering to use this site. 
  • Please be aware of the risks associated with publishing personal information, which may publicly identify your
  • home address
  • or images which contain location information
  • or images of other people without first obtaining their permission.

For more information visit the Government’s website ‘Get safe online’ or the BBC’s website  safe online; and the Digital Citizen website Digizen.

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