Strength through adversity
Morning all! This week’s nomination comes from a beautiful soul (though I’m yet to meet a bad one in our gang!) Nathalie Pownall who...
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Florence and our machine!
Morning all! As you may or may not know, here at 500 Reasons we are a very broad and diverse bunch doing all kinds of things for jobs,...
More than any child should ever have to deal with.
Oooooft. I’m afraid there’s no sugar coating this week’s nomination. It’s a really tough read. This poor lad. The lovely Libby who gives...
What an organisation!
Hi, I’ve recently discovered the charity from the Facebook post attached and this story really struck a chord. I’d like to get involved...
Helping a hero
Morning everyone. It’s rare that we get a nomination as shocking as the one you are sadly about to read. We were horrified by the...
A poor family from The Gambia needs our help...
Good morning you wonderful people! One of the things that never ceases to impress and hearten is at HQ is the incredible kindness and...
Splitting the pot...
Hi Team 500 Reasons! We here at HQ want to thank you all for your incredible nominations. You’re always so thoughtful and we’re very...
The phone call you never want.
Hello all, This week’s nomination is a reminder of how fragile life can be and how suddenly things can change in tragic ways. Our hearts...
Utter selflessness in the face of incredible adversity...
Hi all, once again people’s incredible strength of character in the face of such adversity is both humbling and inspiring. To have...
Enabling children to get to school in Ghana
The success of so many charities and altruistic endeavour normally has at the heart of it an individual or group of individuals that are...
An Oasis...in Cardiff!!!
Hello you kind people, It’s Wednesday again, we hope you all have a great day in this our 132nd week. We track the nominations and the...
“Be the reason somebody believes in the goodness of people”
Morning everyone. I’m amazed that in the face of such despair and loss how people find such strength not just to carry on but to create a...
Trying our best to look after a Good Samaritan
Hello lovely members, As always a huge thanks from us at HQ for your commitment to kindness and generosity to strangers that forms the...
Buying a tandem bike for a visually impaired boy to ride with his Dad.
Hello everyone and welcome to week 127, yes 127. How amazing is that? This week we’re buying a visually impaired boy a tandem bike to...
Watering the grassroots of sporting excellence...
Fresh from England and Wales’ dramatic World Cup cricket win and our bronze medal in the netball we felt this might be a great week to...
Being able to act fast
One of the reasons I came up with the idea of 500 Reasons is the ability to cut through the bureaucracy and get funds to people quickly...
Our first animal nomination!
Hi all, well, over 2 years in and we have yet to have donated to anything animal related! I guess we should rectify that, right? These...
Dad’s legacy...
Losing a parent at any time must be a feeling of unimaginable grief. Trying to cope with that loss at 10 and 8 years old just feels so...
What an amazing idea! Breakfast for everyone!
Have a look at the wonderful work these guys are doing https://eggsandbread.co.uk/support-us/
From small acorns do y’all oak trees grow...
Hello you wonderful people, This week is National Refugee Week and the theme this year is “you, me and those that came before” - an...
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