Crowdfunding

Crowdfunding site StartSomeGood, which helps people raise funds for social impact projects, has now expanded to enable people and organisations in the UK to use its services.

Wishgenie is a new crowdfunding web platform that enables group and social giving "to make dreams come true".

Innovation foundation Nesta has published an online directory of UK crowdfunding platforms, with the aim of helping charities, community groups, businesses and individuals to access this growing so

Environment and community charity Healthy Planet is launching a crowdfunding site next month for UK environmental and conservation organisations.

Social investment crowdfunding platform CrowdBnk is offering prizes of £10,000 to help a new business get started or develop faster.

Vinspired, the national charity that provides opportunities for young people to do good things, has launched a crowdfunding platform to help young people achieve their own social action projects.

SolarAid has launched its second project with its crowdfunding partner Sunfunder.

Crowdfunding pioneer Ryan Bromley has joined innovation consultancy Good Innovation to help other charities develop their digital and social media impact.

Kickstarter, the US crowdfunding platform for creative projects, opens today for UK projects. Project details can be entered from today, but the fundraising won't begin until 31 October.

A team of "guerrilla fundraisers" has launched a global campaign to raise £2 million to fund research into a potential treatment for the cancer that killed Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.