From John Burkhill's Magic Million to a Dronfield mum needed a rare cancer treatment in Germany, Sheffielders are quick to help a good cause.
In the modern age, when a tragedy strikes or when a good person is taken too soon, online fundraisers often spring up to help families in their hour of need.
Some are set up in hope, such as when £60,000 was donated in the space of a week to help mum Amy Smith afford immunotherapy in Germany on the chance it could save her life.
More recently, more than £25,000 has been donated to help 23-year-old Olivia Corbiere and her family. The young woman suffered a horror ski accident that saw her placed in a coma. Now, her family report she is awake, making a dramatic rebound.
There have also been acts of solidarity, such as the tens of thousands raised in memory of five-year-old Sunderland AFC fan Bradley Lowery in response to a SWFC fan's sick taunt using the young lad's picture at a match last year.
Here are 11 of the biggest, most successful, or most touching fundraising stories to receive a public online fundraiser in the recent years in Sheffield.
9. Bradley Lowery - Football fans from all clubs raised £29,000 in solidarity after sick taunt by SWFC fan at Sunderland AFC game
Beloved Sunderland AFC supporter, Bradley Lowery, who passed away from cancer in 2017, touched the hearts of countless football fans around the world. Said fans were also sickened when Wednesdays fan Dale Houghton, 32, held up a photo of him to taunt Sunderland fans in an incident in September 2023. A fundraiser for The Bradley Lowery Foundation in solidarity went on to raised £29,135. Houghton received a 12-week suspended prison sentence. PA image. - https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/were-all-wednesday-were-all-bradley-fundraiser-in-memory-of-black-cats-mascot-hits-ps9k-4355343 | PA Photo: PA
10. Amy Smith - strangers donate tens of thousands of pounds for chance to save mum-of-one's life
In January 2024, Amy Smith, 42, from Dronfield, found herself battling cancer in her spine for the third time in her life. Her and her fmaily launched a GoFundMe on the chance of raising £60,000 for an immunotherapy course in Germany. She hit her goal in less than a week in an incredible show of generosity from strangers donating thousands of pounds to help save her life. the last update was in February from her partner who said she was preparing to travel to Germany. - https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/amy-smith-strangers-donate-ps30000-72-hours-save-life-mum-dronfield-woman-fighting-cancer-4489654 | Amy Smith
11. John Burkhill - Sheffield's one and only Man With the Pram and his Magic Million
This list wouldn't be complete without Sheffield's one and only Man with the Pram John Burkhilll, whose JustGiving page proudly displays the £1m he has raised for Macmillan Cancer Supporting the past 15 years of back-to-back marathons. And he's still going - you can still donate today and get him on his way to his second million! - https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/uk-news/pride-of-britain-who-is-john-burkhill-and-why-has-he-raised-ps1m-for-macmillan-4365839 | National World, Macmillan Cancer Support