KIND-hearted Herefordshire 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 eighth place according to the new research, residents have shown their love for charitable causes, submitting nearly 10,491 nominations to the annual awards over the last five years, which amounts to 7.2 per cent 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 £19,000 has been awarded to 11 charities in and around the Herefordshire.

The city of Bristol stole the crown as the most caring in the UK, with 40,000 nominations, equalling 8.3 per cent of the population while Gloucestershire came in second place with 74,000 nominations (8.2 per cent of the 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 couldn’t be easier, simply visit movementforgood.com.

Mark Hews, chief executive of Benefact Group, says: “Since we launched the Movement for Good Awards in 2019, it’s been our ambition to donate critical funding to as many charities as we can by asking the public to tell us about the causes they care about the most.

“Thanks to the overwhelming public response it’s allowed the awards to thrive and grow, helping charities to change lives in local communities for the better.

“Every nomination counts but it’s heartwarming to see there are places where people go above and beyond to help the causes they care about most.”