Matt Callanan has spent £1,000 of his own money on a project he hopes will inspire people to do good deeds.
So far film-maker Matt has left hundreds of envelopes scattered across Cardiff and Dublin, and is planing to target cities in England and Scotland in the future.
His project Tenner For Good involves putting a £10 or €10 note in an envelope with two important rules.
Number one: Don't spend the money on yourself. Number Two: Do some good with it.
Matt stashes the cash in creative spots across the cities, including in bicycle wheels and on roadworks signs.
He tries to place them in spots close to charity shops as a nudge to people who pick them up.
In one instance he hid an envelope outside a children's hospital under a bench.
Matt told the Huffington Post: “[A man who works in the hospital] saw the envelope, went back in to the workplace, told them the story and they all started chipping in tenners.
“He got to £150 and he thought: what can we do for the kids?
"They turned it into 150 Easter eggs and he went back dressed as a bunny and delivered all the eggs to the kids in the hospital.”
He added: “I love that domino effect that you can create.
“I think my favourite one that’s come out of it, there was this guy in Bristol and he didn’t find any of the tenners but he heard about it and wanted to do his own.
“He brought this homeless guy into his house, listened to his story, gave him a cup of tea and on the way out gave him a couple of tenners, wished him well, and then the guy got back in touch with him a few weeks after that and said that he’d now got his benefits sorted, a job sorted and a house sorted.
“And it was all because this guy Ben had given him his time and made him feel valued. That was just a lovely outcome.”
Matt also teamed up with a local troop of Brownies to deliver 'thank you' cards to doctors and nurses at a local hospital.
He said: “And apparently all of these doctors and nurses ended up bursting into tears because it was just such a kind thing for these young girls to do for them.”
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