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.
I’m delighted to re-start the kindness guest blogs with this one from compassionate therapist, Phil Gowler, about the ripples of kindness he sees in the world. Little acts add up to something much bigger than the sum of their parts. Kindness and Quantum Wow, doesn’t that title sound pretentious? Here I am, preening myself at […]
On World Mental Health Day K came home to this fabulous gift from a friend. The friend had sent them to a few other mums who she knows don’t always have the easiest of times. What a wonderful gift to act as a constant reminder that people are supporting you and willing you on. What’s
Phil shared on LinkedIn about three kindnesses he’d received in just one morning; ”This morning I stopped off at a cafe for a coffee and sandwich. I have to use a walking stick, and noticing that, the lady next to me in the queue offered to carry my tray to my table. Which she did.
Leading with kindness can be as simple as grabbing coffee for your team. At a team meeting at Chapter Arts Centre, Jeremy Linnell bought coffees for team members to keep them hydrated and save them some cash. How did you show your team or colleagues kindness this week?
”I arrived to play cards with a partner, family and friends, and had brought my own snacks. They asked why and my partner explained that I’m vegan. Without pause one of my partner’s friends held up a huge, homegrown courgette and asked if I’d like it. It was so kind and I said yes and
Did you see the story about the Royal Mail driver who left a gift for Alex Chesters who waves at Royal Mail vans? The BBC recently featured the story of Alex Chesters, a 27 year old man who has quadriplegic cerebral palsy and watches traffic from a bridge on the M6. He loves to see
How do you help make life a little easier for your neurodivergent friends? The issues with object permanence that often come with ADHD can make remembering a lunchbox that’s in the fridge before you walk out the door very difficult – a bright pink sticker that says “lunch” right in your eye line on the
How can you use your knowledge to help others today? Alexis tweeted after having not long moved to South Wales, “Massive thank you to the lovely person at Bridgend train station who gave me directions to the bus station and told me which bus to get after I missed my connection. You hero! In case
Wonderful Ann’s act of kindness on her holiday warmed my heart this week when she shared it in the Kindness Community group. “I have been in Filey and visited a lighthouse on a very wet, windy Thursday this week. I was the only one for the tour, then a mum and two small children came
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What does your workplace to do help the environment? This is Tris and Naomi who have been putting their crisp packets in a different box than other recycling in their office so Naomi can take them to a proper place for specialist crisp packet recycling from TerraCycle. It’s great to see colleagues at BioHorizons coming
