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#kindnessmatters

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.

5 older people with light skin tone at an aerobics fitness class. They are wearing fitness gear in bright colours, all leaning to one side and reaching their hands to the other side.

Aerobics teacher shows kindness.

I always struggle to balance when my aerobics teacher gets us doing exercises on 1 leg. Last week I was wobbling all over the place (and the giggling didn’t help!) so she came over and stood in front of me holding my hands to stop me falling over. Make sure you’re following us on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, Mastodon or Bsky  […]

Sarah, a woman with light skin tone and long grey hair tied back wearing a long black dress covered in white stars and a denim jacket with a small pink bag. She is standing in front of a mirror taking a selfie with her phone.

Stranger on a train frees up table seat.

On the train on the way to Liverpool for the NWUPC conference, Tris and I changed trains at Birmingham New Street. As we were walking through the carriage looking for somewhere to sit, I mentioned to Tris that if we could find seats at a table that would be handy as I had my laptop

a woman with light skin tone and bright pink hair tied back with some in a fringe on her face smiling and pointing to the design on her top. The top has long sleeves which are black and a white body with “I bat for the bonelord” on it and a large black circle with a skull on it.

Customer service kindness at TeeMill.

“I ordered some High Rollers merch from Teemill and after it hadn’t been dispatched the day after it was due to arrive, I contacted the company to ask what was going on. They explained the items are made to order so the shipping estimates are often wrong but very kindly upgraded my shipping to first

two older men in a field stood beside each other laughing. Both have light skin tone and short grey hair, one is taller with a grey goatee and is wearing sunglasses.

Age Without Limits Day

Today is Age Without Limits Day – a day for us all to come together and take action to end ageism. Kindness is inherent in days like this which focus on making positive change in the world. This year’s theme from the Centre for Ageing Better is: Celebrate Ageing. Challenge Ageism. What kindness have you

The back of a red brick townhouse with a conservatory, with scaffolding around it up to the roof.

Neighbours allow scaffolding in their garden.

“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

Text reads “mental health awareness week 12-18 May 2025. Showing kindness benefits both you and your community. Let’s celebrate kind communities this mental health awareness week.”

Mental health awareness week 2025

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

A photo of assorted stationery items, including bull dog clips, different coloured papers, stickers etc

What if… we include trans people AND learn from their experience?

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

a young woman with light skin tone and long brown hair tied back sitting in a bus and smiling. Behind her through the window a tree and a building with some bike racks are visible.

Bus driver helps

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

4 homemade spiced potato patties in a plastic tub with a piece of kitchen towel inside it for them to rest on. They look delicious.

Spare plastic tub for cookery class attendee who forgot theirs.

“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