Welcome to a brand-new podcast full of amazing stories that will, I promise, inspire and motivate you.
Have you ever had a great idea but didn’t have the money or resources to make it happen, well keep listening? Podcast on Purpose will lift the lid on the day-to-day miracles that are part of daily life at Crowdfunder, the UK’s leading fundraising platform. We uncover the stories behind the campaigns, where it all started, we get top tips from experienced fundraisers and of course, look at what happened next. We discover the incredible results when you combine a good idea with the power of the crowd.
Whether you’re a charity, community, business or individual fundraiser, there is no limit to the amount of people whose lives can be transformed, and the sky's the limit.
Over the past 10 years, Crowdfunder have helped raise almost half a billion pounds for good causes, touching the lives of millions of people. We will be meeting some of them to hear how their ideas got turned into reality. Some of their stories will make you laugh, some will make you cry but I defy you not to be inspired by all of them.
Please do subscribe and share with anyone you know who has a good idea. We’re so excited to share our stories with you and you never know, it could even change the world.
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Join host Philippa Forrester in part two of our How To Crowdfund episode, as she chats to members of the Crowdfunder family and talks you through how to maximise your Crowdfunder. Learn how to use the platform and build your campaign to hit your target.
Get top tips including:
How to build your crowdfunder community
Learn about the right target for you
Stretch targets
Match funding
Launch plans
Spreading the word on your campaign
How to overcome any problems you have and much more.
Don't forget to check out How to Crowdfund Part One, with more information and top tips.
To find out more or to start your own Crowdfunder journey, visit crowdfunder.co.uk
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9 Jul 2025
How to Crowdfund Part One
Are you considering a crowdfunder? If so, this podcast is for you. Join host Philippa Forrester, as she meets members of the Crowdfunder family to talk you through how to maximise your Crowdfunder. Learn how to use the platform and build your campaign to hit your target.
Get top tips including:
How to build your crowdfunder community
Learn about the right target for you
Stretch targets
Match funding
Launch plans
Spreading the word on your campaign
How to overcome any problems you have and much more.
Don't forget to check out How to Crowdfund Part Two, with more information and top tips.
To find out more or to start your own Crowdfunder journey, visit crowdfunder.co.uk
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18 Jun 2025
Raising funds for your local sports club or project
Philippa Forrester interviews Simon Deverell, Chloe Jones, Anya Shrubsole, and Patrick William-Powlett about leveraging Crowdfunder's unique match funding to significantly boost local sports club fundraising campaigns, offering practical advice for maximizing campaign effectiveness in this interview episode.
26 Mar 2025
How a Crowdfunder for a song, became a sustainability movement
When Natalie Fee first came to Crowdfunder, she wanted to raise £6,000 to release a song and video to try to raise awareness of climate change - little did she know it would be the beginning of a new chapter in the TV producer and presenters life. Join us as we discover how Natalie maximised her crowdfunded experience and how you can do it too.
Founder of City to Sea, Natalie and her team are on a mission to stop plastic pollution at source with successful campaigns including Switch the Stick, persuading all major retailers to #SwitchTheStick from plastic to paper cotton bud sticks. As the charity goes from strength to strength, we hear how Natalie used, not only the power of the crowd to raise funds, but the power of the community too.
Host Philippa Forrester is also joined by Crowdfunder's co-CEO Simon Deverell as we also explore the benefits of charities using the Crowdfunding platform.
For more information about Crowdfunder and to start your journey, visit Crowdfunder.co.uk
Visit City to Sea on Crowdfunder https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/city-to-sea
Read more about City to Sea here https://www.citytosea.org.uk/
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12 Mar 2025
How artist Alison Lapper turned grief into a force for good
Join us as we chat to Alison Lapper MBE, artist, television presenter, speaker and founder & patron, of the charity Drug of Art. She was the subject of the sculpture Alison Lapper Pregnant, which was displayed on the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square from September 2005 until late 2007 and has appeared in numerous TV programmes including Child of our Time, No Body's Perfect and more recently was the subject of the BBC documentary In My Own Words.
In 2021 Alison set up the charity Drug of Art, after losing her only son, Parys. The charity introduces art to young people to support their mental health. Alison came to Crowdfunder to help raise funds for the charities activities including workshops, masterclasses and exhibitions and to date, they have raised over £82,000. We chat to Alison about what it was like to grow up with no arms and shortened legs in a time when disability was misunderstood, how she has turned her grief into a force for good, helping young people with their mental health and be inspired to start your own crowdfunder.
Host Philippa Forrester is also joined by Crowdfunder's co-CEO Simon Deverell as we also explore the benefits of charities using the Crowdfunding platform.
For more information about Crowdfunder and to start your journey, visit Crowdfunder.co.uk
Visit Drug of Art on Crowdfunder https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/drug-of-art
For more information on Drug of Art, visit https://www.thedrugof.art/
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26 Feb 2025
How prize draws are helping children in war zones around the world
With over 486 million children living in or near a war zone, we chat to Rich Clarke from War Child on how they maximise on their music roots to raise vital funds through Crowdfunder to help children around the world. From being part of a Glastonbury prize draw, which raised over £1.3 million in 2024, to regular music related prizes including signed turntables, we explore what it takes to run successful appeals.
War Child is the only specialist charity for children affected by conflict. For more than two decades, they have been driven by a single goal – to ensure a safe future for every child living through war.
They aim to reach children as early as possible when conflict breaks out and support them long after the cameras have gone. They deliver life-changing services and support in communities affected by conflicts to keep children safe and help them to heal and learn for the chance of a better future.
Host Philippa Forrester is also joined by Crowdfunder's co-CEO Simon Deverell as we also explore the benefits of charities using the Crowdfunding platform.
For more information about Crowdfunder and to start your journey, visit Crowdfunder.co.uk
Visit War Child on Crowdfunder https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/war-child
For more information on War Child, visit warchild.org.uk
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12 Feb 2025
The legacy of England's first black footballing legend, honoured through Crowdfunder
When Jack Leslie was selected to play for England in 1925, no one could have imagined what would happen next. Being the first ever black player to be selected to play for his country, Jack's elation soon turned to disbelief when his name was dropped from the list for no apparent reason. Fast forward almost 100 years and a campaign to honour this incredible footballer raised over £100,000 for a permanent statue of Jack at his club, Plymouth Argyle.
But that's not the end of the story, as we discover from Matt Tiller, author of The Lion That Never Roared and who, alongside Greg Fozsmith, have now raised over £140,000 on Crowdfunder - find out how they did it, so you can do the same for a cause close to your heart. We are also delighted to chat to Jack's granddaughter Leslie on this episode. Hear how she grew up with a famous footballer as a grandfather, and how much the statue and his ongoing legacy means to the whole family.
Host Philippa Forrester is also joined by Crowdfunder's co-CEO Simon Deverell as we also explore the benefits of charities using the Crowdfunding platform.
For more information about Crowdfunder and to start your journey, visit Crowdfunder.co.uk
Visit the Jack Leslie campaign on Crowdfunder https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/jack-leslie-campaign
Read more about Jack Leslie here https://jackleslie.co.uk/
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19 Dec 2024
A special seasonal charity appeal, launched by school teacher, to provide 1,000 beds for children in need
School teacher Bex Wilton shares her mission to end child bed poverty in England with Crowdfunder's Simon Deverell, highlighting the urgent need for 1,000 beds before Christmas.
27 Aug 2024
Raising money to create a renewable power station across the rooftops of their East London Street
In an empowering response to the frustrations of fuel poverty and climate change, Dan shares the story of how he and his wife embarked on building a renewable power station on the roofs of their street. Using the skills they had in filming and art they approached the project in a way that only they could with incredible and sometimes hilarious results.
Dan Edelstyn filmaker discusses empowerment, change for the community, fundraising and attention grabbing with host Philippa Forrester and Co-CEO Crowdfunder Simon Deverell.
For more information about Crowdfunder and to start your journey, visit Crowdfunder.co.uk (http://crowdfunder.co.uk/)
Support Dan's crowdfunder here https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/power-station (https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/power-station)
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20 Aug 2024
How one small community turned a £60k raise into a £280k skatepark!
If you want to make change happen this is your chance to learn from those who have. On this energetic episode we talk about the impact of a skate park on a small Cornish community and how crowdfunding started a chain of events that raised over a staggering £300k and brought the whole community together. It transformed an old tired park into a state-of-the-art glorious sports facility for all... We reckon there are some potential Olympians already hard at work trying it out - alongside their 'old man's sessions'.
Aaron and Sandy from the Millbrook Skatepark Project share the history behind the park and how they generated so much excitement and funding around their fundraising with host Philippa Forrester and Co-CEO Crowdfunder
Simon Deverell.
For more information about Crowdfunder and to start your journey, visit Crowdfunder.co.uk (http://crowdfunder.co.uk/)
Donate here https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/millbrook-skatepark (https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/millbrook-skatepark)
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13 Aug 2024
Suds in Schools - a £39k campaign with a big social impact
Suds In Schools raised £39,000 from over 1100 supporters on a mission to relieve hygiene poverty in schools.
Hear how this crowdfunding campaign by SMOL, an innovative laundry company, used crowdfunding to create free-to-use school laundrettes so children living in hygiene poverty can access clean clothes.
Hilary Strong from SMOL reveals the idea behind their campaign and Sarah Smith, Head teacher atThe Blessed Edward Bamber Catholic Multi Academy Trust shares their story of its impact with host Philippa Forrester and Co-CEO Crowdfunder Simon Deverell.
An innovative and impactful campaign that illustrates how brands can help tackle societies challenges at a grassroots level.
For more information about Crowdfunder and to start your journey, visit Crowdfunder.co.uk
https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/sudsinschools
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6 Aug 2024
Hari Budha's record-breaking double-amputee Everest climb, raising over £300k
On this heartwarming and astonishing episode we hear from Hari Budha, an amazing fundraiser who, in May 2023, became the world’s first double above-knee amputee to summit Mount Everest, powered by the funds he raised on Crowdfunder.
Host Philippa Forrester is blown away as Hari tells the story of how a barefoot boy from Nepal, succeeded in joining the Gurkhas, but then had his life virtually destroyed after, whilst serving in Afghanistan, he stepped on a homemade bomb.
Hari describes how he rebuilt his life and how, supported by the power of the crowd, he triumphed over almost unimaginable physical and mental challenges to summit not only Mount Everest but the seven highest peaks in the world. He is now an ambassador for disabled people across the world.
Listen in - we dare you not to be inspired by Hari!
For more information about Crowdfunder and to start your journey, visit Crowdfunder.co.uk
Support Hari here… https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hbm7summits (https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hbm7summits)
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30 Jul 2024
How Save our Stables raised a staggering £1.3million in just six weeks to keep helping those in need
Join us as we hear from Natalie O’Rouke from Park Lane Stables RDA (Riding for the Disabled), as she shares a master class on how to run a high impact crowdfunding campaign and how she overcame what seemed an almost insurmountable challenge and raised over £1million in just six weeks to keep her beloved stables open and make sure everyone who needs it has the opportunity to 'Hug a Horse'.
On this awe inspiring show we hear how just one ordinary person can achieve the extraordinary, from enlisting the help of local celebrities, to appearing on BBC Breakfast and even targeting supporters in Australia!
Host Philippa Forrester is also joined by Crowdfunder's co-CEO Simon Deverell as we also explore what opportunities are available to everyone on the Crowdfunding platform and discuss how Natalie was able to maximise on her success.
It'll make you laugh and make you cry. Kleenex at the ready!
A must listen for anyone who needs to learn how to raise a big number - or who loves horses!
For more information about Crowdfunder and to start your journey, visit Crowdfunder.co.uk
Save our Stable Crowdfunder https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/save-our-stables (https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/save-our-stables)
Park Lane Stables https://www.parklanestables.co.uk (https://www.parklanestables.co.uk)
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30 Jul 2024
Escaping domestic abuse - how one charity is innovating using crowdfunding to help women in crisis
Crowdfunder and the National Benevolent Charity have launched a collaborative campaign called 'Home is where the harm is' (https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/home-is-where-the-harm-is?exp=exp-pledge&expv=A) to address this domestic abuse head-on. Working alongside Ren Yi Hooi at Lightning Reach and Gareth Evans at Cash Perks, they are utilizing crowdfunding to provide immediate financial support to victims of domestic abuse. Since the Euros, a domestic violence flashpoint, they have raised over c £20,000 through the crowd and distributed it discretely via 95 micro grants through local ATMs to women in desperate circumstances, making a tangible difference in their lives.
Ali Russell from the National Benevolent Society explains how the idea came about and how crowdfunding is helping her charity raise the funds they need.
For more information about Crowdfunder and to start your journey, visit Crowdfunder.co.uk
Support the project here https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/home-is-where-the-harm-is
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10 Jul 2024
Introducing... Podcast on Purpose
Welcome to a brand-new podcast full of amazing stories that will, I promise, inspire and motivate you.
Have you ever had a great idea but didn’t have the money or resources to make it happen, well keep listening? Podcast on Purpose will lift the lid on the day-to-day miracles that are part of daily life at Crowdfunder, the UK’s leading fundraising platform. We uncover the stories behind the campaigns, where it all started, we get top tips from experienced fundraisers and of course, look at what happened next. We discover the incredible results when you combine a good idea with the power of the crowd.
Whether you’re a charity, community, business or individual fundraiser, there is no limit to the amount of people whose lives can be transformed, and the sky's the limit.
Over the past 10 years, Crowdfunder have helped raise almost half a billion pounds for good causes, touching the lives of millions of people. We will be meeting some of them to hear how their ideas got turned into reality. Some of their stories will make you laugh, some will make you cry but I defy you not to be inspired by all of them.
Please do subscribe and share with anyone you know who has a good idea. We’re so excited to share our stories with you and you never know, it could even change the world.
For more information about Crowdfunder and to start your journey, visit Crowdfunder.co.uk
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