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
One of the things that is a goal for me in 2023 is that I want to bang the drum louder about kindness, specifically about the kindness that I believe is in the world. That I know exists already in the world, some days it’s easier to see it than others but it’s definitely there.
“Well that was quite an amazing 9 hours of my life. Volunteering with my fabulous Crystal Palace Fun Runners we were giving out some very specific medals which didn’t take all the time so we mostly stood at finish line and hugged people, congratulated them and took photos of them. It was a perfect job
“At the University of Reading library café for a meeting the person serving me complimented me on my necklace and told me she has a similar one that she’s had for a long time. We had a chat about the sentiment of jewellery, a chat that we might not otherwise have had. Made us both
