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four stories from the Thanks and Praise website. One reads "To: Amy in Reception, Grove Medical Practice, St Ives. I have recently had to call in at the Practice twice, once for an emergency UTI and the other for a correction to my medication. On both occasions Amy was kind and efficient at dealing with my problems and on both occasions it was very quickly sorted out! Thank you to the team! Penny Leigh-Brown" The second says "To: Indiana Minien, Grove Medical Practice, St Ives Indiana was so very kind, professional, and very caring .. a credit to the NHS .. putting my mind at rest with her help, and guidance to care for my brother .. I know if I need help for my brother she is at the end of the phone.. an amazing lady.. I can't praise her enough.. !!! Marie (for Horace Lewin) Brookes" The third reads "To: Mr Jenks, Al Ain English Speaking School, Abu Dhabi Thank you so much for your never-ending and encouraging support to Clarke. He has grown leaps and bounds this year because of you. We wish you all the best for your future endeavors. Arno Willemse" And the final one says "Thanks for always being positive and being with Isaiah from the beginning. We appreciate your kindness and patience and for just being the constant routine he needs at school To: Mrs Wakefield, South Failsworth Primary School, Manchester. From: Charlene Greenwood"

Thanks and Praise – a kindness hub

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 […]

a black board with notes in different coloured writing on it reading "you will be ok," "you will always be enough," "you are enough," you are valid and you can do this," spread love," you are loved," "never give up, just try your best," do not worry about tomorrow for tomorrow will worry about itself," you look very pretty," "have a happy and safe Pride from B Radio," "you are doing so well."

Kind notes at Reading Pride

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:

a flyer for St Athan Clothes Bank with a photo of 6 volunteers wearing matching red tops all giving the thumbs up. Below are details of where the clothes bank is and what it does.

The kindness of clothes banks

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

A femme presenting person in a white coat and and a striped white, dark orange and black jumper stands in front of a wall of medication and hands a prescription to someone.

Boots pharmacist provides chair for man in long queue.

“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

Steve and EMma take a selfie standing in front of some blue busses. They are both wearing hats and smiling at the camera.

Bus passengers in Northern Ireland club together to pay for tickets.

“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

4 members of Team Time for Kindness are smiling at the camera and standing in front of a whiteboard with stories of kindness written on it

3 lessons from talking about kindness

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

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Volunteers Week kicks off – here’s why Time for Kindness loves it!

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

A stone manhole in the ground with a large pipe and smaller looking pipe doing into it. The smaller pipe is being held by someone's hands.

A story about kindness, poop and wine.

“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

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Join the community for change

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.

Pippa with a huge smile on her face wearing a baseball cap and clear waterproof poncho, stands at the London Marathon finish line with many of the Lrunners behind her having photos photos taken with their medals or looking tired but thrilled

Extrovert celebrates with London Marathon finishers

“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