Running Industry Alliance (RIA) Podcast
Jul 14, 2026 · 28 min · 12 segments
**Series 3: Entrepreneurial Journeys – Real stories. Real leaders. Real honesty.** 🎙️ **Episode 1 | Building GiveWheel – How Ollie Turned a Vision into One of the UK’s Fastest Growing Fundraising…
Oliver DanielGuestMatt WardHostWe're gonna start simple, and I'm gonna say, who are you, and what's your company name?

I'm one of the founders and the product lead at the charity fundraising platform, Givewheel.

Um, we're a multi-charity fundraising platform, so we allow both individuals, teams, and businesses, uh, to support an unlimited number of charities, um, through a, a fundraising page.

Um, we also see ourselves as one of the most flexible and customizable platforms, um, and really building innovative futures in the sector.

Um, so providing the tools for people to raise money for charity however they wish, whether that's through a, a single fundraising page, whether it's through a mass participation initiative, a ticketed event like a raffle or an auction, um, and also introducing some alternative models in the space, um, like donor-led, which actually switches the, the choice, um, into the hands of the, the supporter.

Um, so through, um, some unique functionality we've introduced, like, uh, Spotify Wrap-style impact reels, um, and donor maps, um, really trying to, um, to improve the experience for fundraisers and for supporters in the space.

Um, but Givewheel in its current form traces back to 2023, um, as something I really built for myself, um, to, to raise money for, for six charities, um, as part of the, my first London Marathon that I was doing.

Um, and it kind of then grew into the, the multi-charity fundraising platform that, that it is today.
We're gonna start simple, and I'm gonna say, who are you, and what's your company name?

I'm one of the founders and the product lead at the charity fundraising platform, Givewheel.

Um, we're a multi-charity fundraising platform, so we allow both individuals, teams, and businesses, uh, to support an unlimited number of charities, um, through a, a fundraising page.

Um, we also see ourselves as one of the most flexible and customizable platforms, um, and really building innovative futures in the sector.

Um, so providing the tools for people to raise money for charity however they wish, whether that's through a, a single fundraising page, whether it's through a mass participation initiative, a ticketed event like a raffle or an auction, um, and also introducing some alternative models in the space, um, like donor-led, which actually switches the, the choice, um, into the hands of the, the supporter.

Um, so through, um, some unique functionality we've introduced, like, uh, Spotify Wrap-style impact reels, um, and donor maps, um, really trying to, um, to improve the experience for fundraisers and for supporters in the space.

Um, but Givewheel in its current form traces back to 2023, um, as something I really built for myself, um, to, to raise money for, for six charities, um, as part of the, my first London Marathon that I was doing.

Um, and it kind of then grew into the, the multi-charity fundraising platform that, that it is today.
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