A collection of posts that show how kindness is an active pursuit. These positive stories cover a wide range of acts of kindness to others that people have taken.
My Dad helped his friend who got cramp in both her calves at the same time, by supporting her to walk around and gently stretch them out. What kindness have you noticed this week? A thank you frog Holiday welcome Thanks for the lift!
The central message of Time for Kindness has always been that kindness is all around us. It’s happening every day, mostly in small acts that often go unremarked. But when we do notice those acts of kindness, it makes a huge difference to how we feel. Whether we are the giver, receiver or witness to
I joined the Professional Speaking Association and Lynn Mead sent me a voicemail to welcome me and say she’s looking forward to welcoming me in person at the next meeting. This was kind in itself and also because I won’t feel so nervous walking into the meeting for the first time. Where have you experienced
What small act of everyday kindness have you noticed recently? “My girlfriend noticed someone struggling with the chemist door and a buggy so went over and helped get the buggy out of the door and down the steps.” Acts of kindness like this are happening everywhere all the time and we’re here to help you
“We were at Dyfi bike park in west wales (check them out here) for my son Toby’s 16th birthday. He also had an unplanned helicopter ride courtesy of Welsh air ambulance following a significant crash. I would like to thank the 2 lads who stopped to help and provide first aid to my son before
I got some STL (3d printing) files as part of a third party Dungeons and Dragons set I bought and a friend offered to print them for me. I asked how much it would cost and he sent a bunch of costing and ended with ‘so once you get the £5 mates discount rate, turns
“At the Twt Wales launch event I was chatting to people and mentioned I hadn’t seen any vegan desserts. One of the other mods said the cheesecake was vegan and went over to get the last piece for me! It was delicious and I was super grateful.” It’s these little things, small acts of kindness,
My daughter saw a packet of my favourite sweets – which you can almost never buy in the UK – in a shop and bought me a packet because she knows how much I like them! How have your family, of birth or choice, shown kindness this week? Check out more examples of kindness to
We’ve been sharing a lot about kind leaders for the past month and were alerted to wonderful example in Austria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs. Beate Meinl-Reisinger helped carry a pram down the stairs of an aircraft that had evacuated people stranded in the Middle East. What kindness have you spotted from leaders recently? You can
“My wife is on a long term hospital stay and very fed up as you’d imagine. She’s vegan so food options sometimes limited. One night there was an issue (chef unwell I think) so that the only available food was very boring indeed, just some rice and boiled veg. One of the nurses rushed to
