“When I started making artwork with used fabric scraps a wide range of friends, family and neighbours offered me their used clothes and off-cuts. I always think of these people when I include their donations in my work, the history of the scraps adding to the meaning of my art. Some have particular meaning: such […]
The connection between creativity and kindness is something I think about a lot because I am an amateur artist. I’ve decided to share this piece of my art to launch an online exhibition in collaboration with artists’ support charity, ArtCan, for several reasons: It has been exciting and fascinating to see the submissions coming in
I love the kindness shown both by Thanks And Praise and all the people posting their thanks and praise on the platform – it truly is a hub of kindness. It’s so wonderful to see so many messages posted there and really proves that there is a lot of kindness in the world already. You
At Reading Pride No 5 Young People put out a blank chalkboard and asked passersby to leave a note for strangers to read! The notes left were full of encouragement, hope and kindness from one stranger to another. We have some other wonderful stories of kindness in and to the LGBTQIA+ community, check them out:
Clothes banks are a great demonstration of kindness in action, as the St Athan Clothes Bank shows. They allow people in the local community to donate clothes which are then given away for free to those in need locally. Drop the details of your local clothes bank in the comments so more people can find
“I went into Boots pharmacy the other day, forgetting to take my walking aid, and sighed with disappointment at the huge queue for prescriptions. Taking my place at the back, a lady from the front of the queue took a small chair from the seating area and brought it to me so I could sit
“On holiday in Northern Ireland we took our first bus, we got on and asked for 2 singles to coleraine, “that’s £3.60” I got out my card, only to be told, “we don’t take cards on buses in Northern Ireland.” We scrambled through our pockets and gathered £3, and asked “how far can we travel
After Team Time for Kindness took part in the University of Reading Community Festival last month, I reflected on how joyful the experience was. We spent all day talking to festival visitors about kindness. In total we collected about 50 stories and drawings. There were 3 things that came through as clear lessons: Read more
We love volunteers here at Time for Kindness because giving up your time and expertise to help others is an amazing way to put more kindness into the world. You can find ways to volunteer through your local volunteers bureau or through Reach Volunteering – or just asking your favourite charities and keeping an eye
“Last weekend we were getting into the car and I noticed that the ground around the manhole cover on our drive looked ‘funny’, we looked closer and realised that it was overflowing with toilet paper and poop! We haven’t been in this house long so we went next door to ask our neighbour if he
