Morning all. On my breakfast radio show I was lucky enough to meet a wonderful young family whose brilliant mum is separated from her family as she waits for a heart transplant 150 miles (240km) from home. Charlotte Gibbs, who lives on the outskirts of Bristol, has already spent a month in hospital in Cambridge, with her family making a seven-hour round trip each weekend to see her. The mother-of-two said: "They're exhausted. Two nights is the longest I have ever spent away

Dear Team 500, Happy Wednesday everyone. We hope you are starting to nest as the weather gets cooler and the days get longer. Within our exceptional group of people there are those who take our caring attitude out to the world and communities watching for anyone falling through the cracks or needing an extra boost to help the situation they’re in, we all do it so well, so thank you. This week’s nomination is from Ceri who is very proactive within her community, we send S mu

Dearest 500 Reasons community, This week’s nomination comes from our lovely member, Ellie. This week marks the beginning of Baby Loss Awareness Week, culminating in the Global Wave of Light on 15th October. As someone who has personally experienced a difficult and painful fertility journey, I understand the cost — both practically and emotionally — that these journeys can bring. It felt especially meaningful that this nomination came at this time. We hope it reminds this coup

Morning all! Poor Etta is just 8 years old and is facing a long period of isolation following some serious and lifesaving treatment. Our lovely member Charlotte has reached out to us to see if we are able to fill up her world and provide stimulation, connection, friendship, normalcy and fun whilst she convalesces. We wish Etta all the love in the world as her friends and family rally around her at this incredibly difficult time. Hi Joe, Can you and the admin team consider t

Good morning to our wonderful community. Today is a very special day. Today, we celebrate the 500th birthday of 500 Reasons! And what a journey it has been. Because of each and every one of you, this community has now given an astonishing £250,000 to support, care for and help others when they have needed it most. £250,000. That figure is incredible. But behind that number are hundreds of real people, real families, real circumstances and moments when someone needed to know t

Morning everyone! This week’s nomination marks 499 weeks of 500 reasons. Next week will mean we’ve collectively given £250,000 to individuals, families and community groups that sometimes might otherwise have not got the help they’ve needed or deserved and it’s thanks to your diligence, kindness and unswerving support. No bureaucracy, no red tape, no hidden costs. £500 in and out every single week. Thank you so much. This week’s nomination comes from Nat who tells us of an aw

Hello lovely members, This week we are helping a young family who are trying to get back on their feet after a series of challenges. Thank you to long time-member Rebecca for nominating them and we hope that this £500 provides a bit of a breather while they work out what’s next and find a new home they can settle into. We send them our love and wish them well. And as always we send all of you our love and gratitude for allowing us to help so many people. You are the light th

Morning everyone, this week's nomination comes from a concerned friend and member Hedydd who wants to provide some much needed help and respite for her friend Seren who is mumming round the clock looking after the additional needs of her young son. Seren has received several nominations from other members and this week's money goes with all our love to an incredible mother who hopefully will be able to breathe a little easier this month. Lots of love Your admin team x Here's

Morning lovely people I've not nominated before but we have a chap locally to us that could do with a bit of help. He lives alone with his dog and has struggled with his mental health for some time now. He had a fall about 10 days ago and needed to go into hospital to have his ankle pinned back together. In the meantime it appears that he's struggled to cope with life. Social work are involved but unfortunately didn't clock the fact that the electric meter was about to run ou

Hello and Happy Wednesday to you all. The kindness we experience through this group is phenomenal and really makes a difference to the lives of those who need it through our collective compassion. This week’s nomination is from me and I literally know it will change Michelle’s quality of life and her work life too and i will also personally help to make this happen for her by adding to the pot. Here’s the nomination. I would like to nominate my sister Michelle who is a me

Morning! Our lovely member Tabitha is aChildren’s Services Caseworker for Missing Children & Young People Liaison so has dedicated her life to helping some of the most vulnerable and at risk young people in the country. She's written to us asking for our collective help to show this family the milk of human kindness that they so deserve. I must warn you, it's a tough read x Hi lovely admins, A nomination for you. Essential grants for our most vulnerable residents are d

Morning everyone! Again this week we have a situation where a caring person is in need of a helping hand herself. Thank you so much to everyone who has checked their standing orders or direct debits to us for some strange reason some, completely unbeknownst to our members had just randomly stopped. So for the first time in years we’re going to try and get a few more lovely humans in to join our merry band and boost the coffers to continue our good work. So if you know anyone

Morning all, it’s a personal one for us at HQ this week as one of our own wonderful members has sadly had a stroke and is currently requiring round the clock care. Her husband is by her side but unfortunately the world keeps spinning and the bills keep piling up. They have two wonderful children that they have adopted and she is a pillar of the community but now it’s her that needs the help of that community so we hope you all agree that getting this week’s £500 to them can a

Hi everyone, thank goodness for every single one of you. Diligent, kind, fair minded people that want to bring a little kindness each and every week. This week’s nomination comes from bloomin’ good egg Nathalie who met an older chap and wanted to see that he was okay. He wasn’t and after she was able to help him she thought maybe we could all help him further. Of course we can. It feels unfathomable that in this country of our an elderly man should have to cook food on a bbq

Morning! Our friend and member Charlotte has spent all weekend helping out a family who need urgent and immediate help. This is a family on the edge and we thank Charlotte for her diligence and the incredible and timely assistance she and her friends were able to provide. We’ve sent Charlotte the £500 in order to help rip out and re-lay the carpet and get this family back on its feet. It takes a village x  Hi Joe, I’m not sure if your group can help? Over the last week one

Morning all, no point in sugar coating it, I’m afraid it’s a tough read this week. A lovely lad called Jack’s Leukaemia has come back and our mate Ed has reached out to see if we could help this young family to help their son. Loads of love to you all. Here’s their story x Jack Oatley is an 11-year-old from Leigh on Mendip with a brilliant sense of humour - always quick with a joke and able to make everyone around him smile, even on the toughest days. In May 2023, at just 8 y

Hi all, We hope everyone has been staying cool in the heat and haven’t been too interrupted by the chaos caused by a heatwave. As we slept with fans on and were glad to find ourselves in air conditioned buildings whenever we could, this nomination came in - for a family and community trying to raise cash to buy a generator just for their basic power needs. It felt like a no-brainer. With thanks to longtime member Matt for the nomination and sent with love to Adrian and his f

Hello all, Hoping everyone in the UK is staying cool and hydrated this week!! And we are wishing all the young people in your lives finishing exams, a wonderful summer. We received an email update from the wonderful Barry Hedges who introduced us to the St Nicholas School in Ghana and many of the children in that community who we have been able to assist over the years. The first young person we helped was Florence. We sponsored her for several years until she reached 18 and

With money and work ever more thin on the ground and the cost of living exponentially rising life bites hard for so many people doing everything they can in the face of unending and renewed pressure. In a world that creates its first trillionaire it’s a fiscal certainty that in order for someone to have that much money, many, many more people need to lose. This is one such hardworking person (we’ve redacted a few details to protect their anonymity) Love to you all x I'm in A

Morning all! This week’s nomination is for a brilliant bloke called Craig who is putting himself through the ringer and cycling from John O Groats to Bristol to raise money for two charities that due to his own lived experience are painfully close to his heart. They are both absolutely incredible and do life saving work so we are only too keen to support Craig (especially during this awful weather!!!!) Top man Craig and good luck from all of your friends at 500 Reasons x Over