About 500 Reasons

500 Reasons began in March 2017, with this email....

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"Anyone ever feel that things are a bit shit and it would be nice to do something about it? Please read on then as I've come up with a plan that I hope you'll like? Me and 4 mates have got together to get 100 people each to set up a direct debit of £1 per week starting on March 1st 2017.

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If you are one of these 500 people you can nominate people you've read about or good causes you've seen to be the beneficiary of £500 every week. It might be a local library that's in danger of closing, a lady by you who's raising money for blankets for the homeless this Christmas or a family desperately raising funds for their child to have a life or death operation. We can cut through the bullshit, bureaucracy and red tape and come together to actually do something meaningful every week?

 

A nice, tangible feel good feeling, positive action and just £1 per week. If I have enough people who are keen then I'll set it up. What do you reckon? No pretentious nonsense. Just a bunch of nice people putting their money where their mouth is to do a tiny bit to make the world a nicer place. Who's in? X"

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Over £50,000 donated so far

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In the almost two years that the original group has been active, a total of almost £50,000 has been donated to nearly 100 worthy recipients. And every week that goes by, another £500 will be donated.

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Get in touch

 

To get in touch with the administrators of the original group, simply email us at fivehundredreasons@hotmail.com