Jeannette Adu-Bobie is long-time friend of 500 miles and a multiple amputee herself. This is how she reported on her fundraising kilometer in September - which raised a huge £5,885.02: “My prosthetist, John, made me legs for walking and that’s…
The Royal Bank of Scotland’s Corporate, Retail and Wealth Businesses Department, led by Ian Carson, used its off-site conference in Corstorphine in September to raise a stunning £5,500 for 500 miles with some help from the Royal Bank of Scotland’s…
Kathryn Gatt is a mature student living in Bristol, studying for a photography degree. On her own initiative and as part of the second year of her course, she is staging an exhibition - a first for Kathryn who is…
Patrick and Ed Hudson and Clare Daniel are the children of Greta and John Hudson. They are friends of John Jellis who runs (and works for) FlySpec (one of the projects that 500 miles supports in Zambia). Patrick, Ed and…
Craig Faill raised a lovely £1,401.18 for 500 miles through being sponsored to complete a grueling 500-mile cycle which Trailbrakes very kindly organised to support 500 miles for the second year in a row. The 9-day cycle in August took…
Lucy Parsons and Genevieve Draper generously donated the proceeds from a weekend-long exhibition of their stunning paintings, sketches and sculptures to 500 miles. £552 was raised mainly by donation of a percentage of the price of artwork sold but also…
Linsey Edwards (until recently Linsey Fraser), a Scottish prosthetist working in Nottingham, used her marriage to Aaron on 14th August to raise £100 for 500 miles. She also designed lovely little 500 miles badges to give to her guests as…
This young, enthusiastic company has had the enterprising idea of offering a 500 mile, 9 day mountain biking challenge round the cycling high spots of Scotland in support of 500 miles. This is the 2nd year of this initiative –…
Corli van Molendorff and her friend Ewan took part in a 10K run – the furthest they had ever run – on 18th July raising £253.85 in sponsorship. Roelof, a late friend of Corli’s family, who lost a leg in…
The Rotary Club of Irvine Seagate organised a “Two Rivers” walk (7 miles) or cycle (16 miles) beside or close to the Rivers Annick and Irvine on the 19th of June. 500 miles is extremely grateful for the total sum…