How a Crowdfunder for a song, became a sustainability movement

03/26/25 • 33 min

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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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/

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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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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