The kind-hearted Isle of Wight has been named one of the most caring places in the UK, according to the country’s leading charitable giving initiative, the Movement for Good Awards.
Listed in third place according to the new research, residents have shown their love for charitable causes, submitting nearly 9,300 nominations to the annual awards over the last five years, which amounts to 7.2% of the area’s total population.
The Movement for Good Awards from the Benefact Group is one of the biggest charitable giving initiatives in the UK.
Since 2019, it has recorded more than 1.9million nominations from the British public, awarding more than £5million to thousands of great causes around the UK and Ireland.
Since the Movement for Good Awards started £9,000 has been awarded to 6 different charities in and around the Isle of Wight.
The city of Bristol stole the crown as the most caring in the UK, with 40,000 nominations, equalling 8.3% of the population.
Leafy Gloucestershire comes in second place with 74,000 nominations (8.2% of the population), while popular surf spot Cornwall follows in fourth, with 31,000 nominations totalling 5.6% of the population.
Historic Cheshire comes in fifth, with 58,300 nominations which amounts to 5.5% of the area’s total population.
Now in its sixth year the Movement for Good Awards is giving away another £1million and is calling on people to put forward the charities they care about the most to receive a donation.
Nominating a charity can be done online.
Ryde-based charity Care in the Garden has benefited from donations as part of the awards.
Carla Richardson says:
“Care in the Garden is a Community Interest Company (CIC), a not-for-profit organisation set up to make a difference by creating work opportunities for adults with additional needs on the Isle of Wight.
"We want to say a huge thank you to everyone who nominated us.
"The money given has gone to buy extra gardening equipment for our supported workers. With the help from the Movement for Good Awards, organisations like us who rely on funding would struggle to continue."
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