About Givolve
Givolve is a platform where people help people, directly.
Whether it is a winter coat for a child or furniture for a family starting over, Givolve connects the person who needs help with the person who can give it. No middlemen, no corporate overhead. Just neighbours helping neighbours.
Why this exists
Every year, millions of usable items end up in landfills across Canada while families nearby go without. A couch someone is throwing away is the same couch another family needs.
Givolve exists to close those gaps. We move what is not needed to who needs it.
Less waste, more good
In Canada, most of what we buy ends up in landfill while it still works. Not because it is broken or useless, but because the person who has it and the person who needs it have no way to find each other.
Most of us hold onto things not because we need them but because we do not know what else to do with them. Throwing them away feels wasteful. Selling them feels like too much work. So they sit in closets and garages, taking up space, while someone nearby goes without.
Givolve makes giving as easy as taking a photo. Post what you no longer need, choose who gets it, and arrange a pickup. Your home gets lighter, someone else's life gets easier, and nothing goes to waste.
What makes Givolve different
Real accounts, not anonymous listings.
Report anything that looks wrong and we will look at it.
Less waste, more good.
Every item donated through Givolve is an item saved from landfill and a purchase someone did not have to make. Giving is not just generous. It is sustainable.
Built in Canada
Givolve was born out of a simple observation: the things people throw away are often the same things other people need. That idea, shaped through conversations with community workers, families, and people who give quietly every day, became this platform.
We are starting in Guelph, and Givolve is open to anyone in Canada.