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The GoodSense Awards

We look for the people who have helped someone who was not a relative, with nothing to gain from it, and we put it in writing that it happened. Then we say it in public, in front of other people.

188

people on the roll

131

awards presented

awards still to present

2020

year of the first award

What you receive

Recognition, not payment

The award has no financial value and carries no obligations. It is a certificate stating what that person did, presented at a public ceremony in front of other people.

Its worth is in what it means: someone noticed. And it is an example that travels, because people learn from those they know far more than from any campaign.

In the end the reason is simple: a “thank you” said in public is the least we can give to someone who helped others with nothing to gain from it.

The recognition may be withdrawn if the person who received it stops behaving according to the Charter of Values.

Who we honour

Ten categories

They came out of watching who was being nominated, not from deciding at a desk. If you think one is missing, it can be proposed.

“Science and conscience” doctors

Those who treated people according to the Hippocratic oath, even when it was inconvenient.

Independent reporters

Those who told what they saw without depending on whoever was paying them.

Organisers of good sense

Those who bring people together and make things happen.

Founders of groups

Those who started something where there had been nothing.

Volunteers

Those who give their time without anyone asking them to.

Activists

Those who put themselves on the line for a cause that concerns others.

Artists of good sense

Those who carry these values through art instead of speeches.

Champions of their culture abroad

Those who keep alive a bond that would be easier to let go.

Club directors

Those who carry the organisational work, the part nobody sees.

Club volunteers

Those who keep the awards, the contacts and the pages running.

Where it happened

The two tours in Italy

The awards are presented in person, city by city. These are the two documented tours.

Completed

Italy Tour 2023

Stops: Rome, Caserta, Piacenza, Rigutino, Florence, Verona, Mestre, Modena.
Result: Around seventy-five awards presented in person, with every stop filmed.

Completed

Humanity & Health Forum 2025

Stops: Assisi, 14–15 July, and Rome, 18 July.
Result: Two days of talks and an official award ceremony.

Watch them

The ceremonies on video

Fifty-two ceremonies were filmed between 2020 and 2023. The recordings are in Italian and are hosted on BitChute: each link opens in a new tab. Some company and school networks block that site — if a link doesn't open, that is why.

Awards presented to people and groups

Ceremonies by city and venue

Other recordings

Who organises them

The GoodSense Ambassadors

Without them the Club would be a website. They are the people who look for those who deserve an award and bring the ceremonies to their own area.

They choose who to honour. They find people and groups who have helped others, and check what they did before proposing them.
They organise one award ceremony a month. Public, in person, in front of other people. That is the part that makes the difference between a certificate and real recognition.
They coordinate a small team. They don't work alone: they bring together the people who help them locally.

Ambassadors 2025

Celebrated at the meeting of 15 December 2025.

Cristina De Michielis
Laura Groppi
Alberto Negri
Gianfranco Ruggiero
Andrea Stramezzi
Giuseppe Tritto

You don't apply with a form. You become an ambassador after joining the Club and doing something: nominating people, organising a meeting, keeping the contacts going in a city where there is nobody yet. If there is no ambassador in your area, that is probably where one is needed most.

Over to you

Nominate someone for an award

Do you know someone who has helped others and never asked for anything? Tell us about them. Two things interest us: the actions they took and the results that came of them.

They don't have to be well known. In fact they almost never are. Every nomination is reviewed before it becomes an award.

Nominate someone

How to follow the ceremonies

Live on Zoom

Places in the virtual room are limited: access is guaranteed to the first 500 people registered.

Live on Facebook

Anyone who doesn't get into the Zoom room can follow everything on the group page.

The dates of the next edition are announced to Club members and on the Facebook page.

Want to be there next time?

Invitations to the ceremonies go to Club members first.

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