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.
Molly told us that she gives out free plants when she takes cuttings – leaving them on the street for neighbours and strangers to take home. This is such a wonderful and kind thing to do and we’re sure it brightens a lot of people’s days and homes! Read about even more kind acts: Sharing […]
“On the weekend there was a community post, from someone whose pond pump had died asking if anyone might possibly have one they could borrow. We had a fountain pump here once, which hadn’t been used for a couple of years. We were happy to donate it as our new, tiny, half wine barrel pond
“To whoever put this note on our car, you are a wonderful human being. Thank you.” This lovely message was shared in a Facebook group with a photo of the note reading “please can you get your front, passenger tire replaced. It has a bulge, it will blow out. Stay safe. Merry Christmas.” Thank you
“We had about 10cm of snow here in Sheffield. After clearing our drive, we cleared our retired neighbours drive to help out. Turns out he had an injury, so was incredibly grateful. After this we helped our neighbours clear the drive of another retired neighbour, who is also the main carer for her husband. She
Did you see the story we shared recently about Curran Court Hotel? Well there’s more! “As we were late getting in because of the ferry delay we missed the 3 course meal and cocktails we’d booked, they let us move them to one of the other nights we were staying. And they gave us a
“Our DND group had a whip round to buy our DM a gift card as a winter festival gift and a thank you for all the hard work he puts into our campaign.” Showing appreciation is such an important way to spread kindness – and remember that it doesn’t have to cost anything. Remind yourself
“We used to do birthday cakes amongst the team. I overbought two trays of doughnuts and we barely got through one. Unsure what to do, I thought I’d take the other tray back and give it to the guard force, as they’re stuck on guard all day so it brings some morale. My mate was on the
We were treated to some gingerbread biscuits from 7yo daughter of Andy, a Woodley Business Club committee member. We met her at the University of Reading Community Festival earlier in the year, they were helping out with the charity stall right next to us. She was an absolute delight because she saw my my jumper
“My neighbour has a work / parents evening / child clash so I’m having her 2 for an hour to help out.” This wonderful act of everyday kindness was sent in to us by Kim and I think many of us can agree that helping out with double booking has a huge impact! Get more
“I was sitting at Waterloo Station and had picked up the free London newspaper – I had it on my lap, I wasn’t yet reading it because I was doing something on my phone. An elderly lady sitting next to me asked where I’d got it from as she had a long wait before her
