Kindness makes a great keynote speech for any conference, here’s why: I’m giving the keynote at the NWUPC annual conference for procurement professionals this year. If you’d like me to kick off your con with kindness, get in touch with me here.
As a car-free household we don’t use our driveway. So we said our neighbour’s son could park his car on it instead of in the road (her drive is full already). He bought us some flowers and shortbread biscuits as a thank you. Kindness often creates this kind of ripple effect, and sharing it spreads
“My choir is sharing creative trans people, mostly musical artists, in our group chat to support their work.” This was shared with us after the recent announcement by the UK’s Supreme Court and is such a lovely example of a simple act of kindness, of which there have been many after this announcement (alongside the
I wanted to let you know about the kindness-based workshop I’m offering as part of Mental Health Awareness Week 2025 (12-18 May). It’s called ‘Noticing kindness: a tool for hope and connection’. During the hour long workshop we’ll share uplifting stories and I’ll teach people easy to adopt habits to use at work and beyond. You
“One of the people I helped brought me snickerdoodles.” Kindness is contagious as this lovely story proves – the kindness of helping led to the kindness of a thank you gift. If you want daily reminders of how kind people are, make sure you’re following us (Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, Mastodon or Bsky) because we share stories of kindness sent in
“My partner and I went out late to get some takeaway food. When we went to the place we usually do, on Grant Street, we found that there was a new shop open and still open at 10:30pm. We went to investigate this as we are trying to use local small businesses even more. It
I’m so excited to be attending Bernadette Russell’s book launch and show – the true story of one woman’s mission to answer the question “Can Kindness Change the World?” On Thursday my husband, daughter and I will be at The Albany to support my friend while enjoying her comedy about how, despite what we are
As part of the International Women’s Month celebrations I’m on Berkshire Culture Connect today (Sunday, 23rd March) at 8 PM. I was in the studio at B Radio – Berkshire with Tomson Chauke to record it this week and can’t wait for you to hear it. Tune in and be part of the kindness movement!
“Local children were invited to take part in mock trials in the actual crown court near me on a Saturday afternoon to learn how the court system works. The high sheriff and all of the magistrates do it entirely voluntarily and the magistrate even ran sessions after school for the children too. It was for
My sister, Joe, and I went to a lovely community café, Kimel Cafe, last weekend. It was set up to give neurodivergent young adults, a stepping stone into the workplace, inspired by an American man who did something similar. You can read their story here. It has kindness right at its heart. The coffee and
