The Autumn Newsletter: Guess who’s Top Project?!
Autumn Newsletter Big news, PledgeSports.org has merged with Talent Backer! In an exciting move for us and all our crowdfunders, PledgeSports.org has joined forces with another crowdfunder, Talent Backer, bringing together invaluable resources – all directed at ensuring YOU achieve YOUR goals. Soon Talent Backer will relaunch as an entertainment crowdfunding operation, continuing the support […]
14th October 2015 read full articleLet’s remind you why you give to sports crowdfunding
IT’S easy to forget why you gave your hard-earned cash to a Pledge Sports crowdfunding project, so every now and again we like to give you a reminder of where that support goes. Earlier this year the Monmouthshire Pony Club Mounted Games Team joined Pledge Sports to try to raise money to cover the costs […]
13th October 2015 read full articleHockey Team Funded: Tanzania’s Off To Olympic Qualifying
National women’s hockey team raises money for Rio 2016 dream THREE years ago Tanzania did not have a women’s hockey team now, thanks to the hockey funding they received via their Sports Crowdfunding campaign, they are heading to Africa Olympic Qualifying next month. Italian Valentina Quaranta, charity COPE’s Volunteer of the Year 2015, built the […]
18th September 2015 read full articleI Can Focus On World Championships Thanks To Crowdfunding
Sports crowdfunding answer to Deary’s training funding woes TRIATHLETE Emma Deary recently raised nearly £4,000 to fund her training and travel costs for the World Triathlon Championships in Chicago and next year’s European Triathlon Championships in Lisbon. The Bishop’s Stortford athlete did this through sports crowdfunding with Pledge Sports and, in her thank you message […]
24th August 2015 read full articleThe Summer Newsletter: It’s all about Africa
Summer Newsletter Great news, we’re now live in Africa and helping the Tanzanian Women’s Hockey Team get the hockey funding they need to make it to the 2016 Olympics. In this month’s newsletter we’ll also be telling you about Gareth Greene, who hopes to be Ireland’s first wheelchair tennis Paralympian, and the latest members of our100% Club. Anyway, […]
18th August 2015 read full articleThink We’re Not Sports Funding’s Future?
‘What Pledge Sports Gave Me Will Last Long After Funding Runs Out’ IF you think our crowdfunding platform is not sports funding’s future, talk to Paralympic hopeful Emma Cahill. The equestrian joined Pledge Sports at the start of this year, hoping to raise sports funding to help her compete at the European Para-Dressage Championships, with […]
26th July 2015 read full articleTeam Fundraising Campaign Hits 127% of target
Team fundraising campaign hits 127% of target SINCE Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum, it’s been clear that two heads are better than one. So when a team of heads belonging to the Scottish Womens Open Touch Rugby squad got together to power a team crowdfunding campaign for their Touch Rugby World Cup bid, it was […]
16th April 2015 read full article10 Niche Sports You Know Nothing About
For all the latest sports news follow PledgeSports on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. This blog was updated in January 2017 – check it out! WE pride ourselves on knowing everything there is to know about sports and its industries, but every now and again we get thrown a Korfball. Don’t know what that is? Neither did we, and […]
18th March 2015 read full articleThe Difference Your Contribution Makes
Many people are oblivious to the extent of the struggle athletes face. From the outside it my appear like an easy life, glamorous even. Some may think that going to the gym, travelling the world and competing in events every now and again is a breeze. This couldn’t be further from the truth. Many athletes […]
12th June 2014 read full articleATHLETE OF THE WEEK – JEMIMA DUXBERRY!
At PledgeSports we want to celebrate our athlete’s achievements. They dedicate their lives to training and competition and we want to showcase that, so we bring you “Athlete of the Week”! Each week, we will be catching up with one of our amazing athletes to give you an insight into a life dedicated to sport. […]
26th May 2014 read full article