The SNP have launched a crowdfunding bid to support their bid for a second independence referendum, aiming to raise £1m in 100 days.

As the First Minister announced her intention to seek a second independence referendum on Monday, a site called ref.scot was launched.

It includes a video message from the First Minister, in which she says her plan would "give us the ability to choose our own future."

More than £35,000 had been raised towards the goal on Monday.

The site urges Scots to back the campaign using the hashtag #ScotRef.

The Scottish Conservatives said the crowdfunding initiative was "arrogant" so soon after the First Minister's statement.

The party's deputy leader Jackson Carlaw said: "Given the Scottish Government was so tight-lipped about this announcement, it's impressive the web wizards at SNP headquarters were able to get this online resource set up - and thousands of pounds to the good - so incredibly quickly.

"The move will have eyes rolling right across the country, and is a major display of arrogance from the nationalists."

The First Minister has said the earliest time for a vote would be the autumn of 2018 and the latest in the spring of 2019.

She will now seek a Section 30 order which would transfer power for the vote to the Scottish Parliament.

The timing of the vote should be for the Scottish Parliament to decide, she said.

Opposition parties have said they are opposed to a second vote, while the UK Government has said it would be "divisive" and would lead to "huge economic uncertainty".