This collection of posts illustrates the difference that acts of kindness make to others’ lives. Your actions matter and these good news posts show you how.
“My neighbour has recently shown so much kindness to us. We’ve had to have some roof repairs done and because we live in a townhouse, they needed to put up scaffolding to safely reach the roof. Not only did our neighbour agree to one side of the scaffolding being put up on her side of […]
One of the tips we give at our wellbeing workshops is to find a source, or sources, of kindness and positive stories that you can check in with daily. This is also a great way to find a kind community in the comments or groups where you read those stories, and community is also a
This month’s guest blog comes from Charlie, the founder of the Transgentle website, a resource to educate and support allies to take positive steps and improve trans inclusion using kindness. In the blog he explains how his experience of being a trans person gives him empathy and insight, something he kindly shares with others to
My daughter and I were on our way to the location for her work experience. We had to get a bus from Hatfield train station to the University of Hertfordshire campus and we weren’t sure which was the right one. We asked one driver if he went to the campus and he told us that
“I was taking an Indian cookery course and one week I forgot to take something to bring my dish home in. One of the other students had a spare tub and let me borrow it.” These everyday acts of kindness are happening all the time all over the world. We share at least 1 a
Kindness is powerful because it connects us – and that’s the message we’re sharing at our wellbeing workshops for mental health awareness week. This year’s theme is community and our workshops encourage and solidify bonds between colleagues through kindness. We talk about why kindness matters, what it looks like and how we can bring that
“I was in Marks and Spencer and a woman in an electric wheelchair asked me to reach up and fetch a pack off blueberry muffins off a shelf which was out of her reach. I was very pleased that she had asked me.” This lovely moment of everyday kindness was shared with us by Mel
My daughter’s football coach gave us a lift to an away match. He swapped his car with his wife for the morning so that he had enough seats to give a lift to both my husband and I to watch her. As it’s coming to the end of the season and her youth team won’t
“When my relative was on her way to visit for the weekend, a kind person on the Tube platform at Kings Cross made sure that she knew which train to get on because there were several different lines that stopped at the same platform.” Simple acts of kindness like this make such a big difference
“My friend sent me a Sainsbury’s order this morning (within like… half hour of me telling her it was a shit day) and sourdough, snacks and BUTTER was amazing.” We’re so sorry you’re having a hard day but how wonderful that you have a kind friends like that who showed up for you. And thank
