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We are a Scottish charity founded in 2007 to help people with mobility difficulties and to give them a chance to live independent lives. As a quadruple amputee myself, I know how important that independence is.
- Olivia’s story
OLIVIA GILES was working as a lawyer in 2002 when she caught...
- Olivia’s story
OLIVIA GILES was working as a lawyer in 2002 when she caught meningococcal septicaemia and had to have her hands and feet amputated to save her life. In 2007 she founded the charity 500 miles, which supplies prosthetic limbs to developing countries. I began to feel ill one afternoon at work.
500 miles started life in Malawi, a country with strong links to Scotland, before spreading to Zambia and, most recently, to Tanzania. Find out more about our projects here. [link to projects page.]
27 cze 2021 · From the outset, charity 500 Miles wanted to help establish a professional prosthetic and orthotic service in Malawi that would become part of the country's national health service (Picture:...
On the 15 July 2007, Jamie and fellow inspirational amputee Olivia Giles launched a brand new charity. Jamie and Olivia, who is also a quadruple amputee, had already raised thousands of pounds between them.
13 lut 2019 · OLIVIA GILES set up the charity 500 miles in 2007, to support the development and delivery of prosthetic and orthotic services in Malawi and Zambia.
I feel I have been given a second chance to enjoy life and feel everyone else deserves that too. I founded Scottish charity, 500 miles a few years later with the aim that all who need and can...
