“A lady gestured for me to go in front of her getting on to the Tube in London. I said ‘thank you’ and she said ‘you’re welcome’. Proof that Londoners are kind and that kindness creates connection, however brief.” Even more stories of kindness: Kindness at the CiPD Festival of Work. Kindness in friendship looks […]
Local business Vale Gardeners is paying forward the support of their community by offering a free service to elderly locals with overgrown gardens. Their post in a local group read “Due to the on going support our business has received from the community! We are looking to give back! If anyone knows someone elderly with
When we ran out of story sheets because so many people had shared their story with us, one of the University of Reading events team went off and photocopied some extras for us. Remind yourself how much kindness is out there with more stories: Community rallies round to make 30th birthday party great! I talk
I recently discovered the podcast Curious Chats and Kind Acts. I absolutely adore it – people’s stories and kindness is a heady mix for me – I particularly like the way Sonia describes it as stories of people who are a little bit different. Listening to it really inspires me and I’m sure it will
“Someone messaged our WhatsApp group to explain that she had got permission from the Council to use the public green space on our road for her 30th birthday party. She wanted to let everyone know, hope that it wouldn’t cause inconvenience and reassure that they would be finished by early evening. In return (and unprompted), several
“A very kind food truck server gave me extra cheese after I let somebody else in front of me in the queue.” Kindness always pays off – and sometimes it pays in cheese! Even more stories of kindness – although with less cheese – to bring a smile: A kind GP makes all the difference.
We’re sure there’s more stories of Park Run kindness – let’s hear yours! Here’s one Nickie allowed us to share: “Confession time. I was on my way to Burnley parkrun, checked my email, saw the volunteer update for Witton parkrun and realised I was down for giving out tokens at Witton. Too late to turn
I’ll be running the Power of Kindness wellbeing workshop on 1st May for Leadership for Personalised Care. Did you know that when people notice kindness in their working and wider life: My workshops teach people the habits to make that happen and create action plans to put the habits into practice. Hopefully you can come
“Today I picked up a Mud Buster which will hopefully help with managing the mud my dog collects on her walks! We have a community Facebook group and someone in the next village was getting rid of some dog items (their dog is fine just didn’t use it) so we picked up this mud buster.
“I’m learning to garden this year having had the gift of killing every plant I even walk past before! I posted a photo of my current attempts on Mastodon and got so many really helpful tips and lots of encouragement. It feels quite overwhelming to start growing food from nothing with no real knowledge, apart
