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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.

A beautiful orange-brown medium sized dog sitting on the backseat of a car. His face turned to the camera, tongue hanging out of his open mouth.

Dog photos bring a smile to dog lover.

I sent photos of my friend’s dog to my social media manager because I know she’s having a tough time and photos of dogs make her smile and feel a bit better. Even more animal themed stories of kindness to give you a grin if you’re struggling too: Archie the kind, hospital cat. Pet-sitting. Friend […]

a man with medium dark skin tone and short curly black hair with his head half on a desk and half on an open laptop. He is wearing a white shirt. Text overlaid reads “self kindness is acceptance.”

Self kindness is… acceptance.

“I was kind to myself by accepting that my plan for the day doesn’t have to happen. Technology decided to rebel and I had intended to get a lot done. I was frustrated for a bit. Then accepted it as a gift to work offline that day. I’m am noticing that being kind to myself

Image shows a team of 9 colleagues on a purple background. All 9 team members have been given cartoon bodies with simple tops and bottoms in a range of colours including black, white, green, orange, and pinks. They each have photographic heads. The team leader (Dee) is the sixth person along and is shown larger than the other team members. They have a cartoon superhero costume resembling Wonder Woman and a huge, beaming smile on the photograph of their face. The image has a white Scottish SPCA logo in the top right hand corner. White text on the image reads, "We'll miss you Dee!"]

What if … change is handled with kindness?

I first spotted this month’s guest, Dee Russell, talking about change on LinkedIn and I was delighted when they agreed to share their experience and tips with us. Change is often difficult but it can be a very different experience for all concerned when it is handled with kindness. I’ve led teams through organisational change

The sign for Reading station, the walls and door of the station’s coffee shop behind it.

We don’t need the details to spot kindness.

On the way home after the CharityComms Inspiring Communicators awards at the end of February, I noticed a couple of people in front of me on the escalators at Reading station. One of them was profusely thanking the other, apparently for some information she’d told her. I don’t know what it was, but it still

a blue ceramic mug filled with mocha, chocolate dust on top of the froth, sat on a wooden table.

Coffee shop makes coffee extra hot for volunteer.

“Awesome made my coffee extra hot so it would still be warm when my friend made it back to the repair café. Such a small thing but I appreciated it so much – and the mocha was delicious as always, a perfect boost during a very busy morning.” We’ve heard about some very kind baristas lately – what’s

Di, a woman with light skin tone wearing glasses, tiling a small area above a sink. Two rows of blue tiles and one on the third row are in place with some white grout all around ready to have more tiles applied.

Friend tiles splashback

My lovely friend, Di, is way more practical than I am. We recently had the leaking sink in our downstairs cloakroom replaced and needed to retile the splashback. I knew Di had done tiling in her house in the past, so I asked if she would do it for me. Not only did she do

A slow cooker filled with veggies and sausages. Text overlaid reads "Friends provide practical help during Autistic burnout."

Friends come to the rescue during Autistic burnout.

“I’m dealing with severe Autistic burnout at the moment – the struggling to eat and drink, much less do anything else kind (learn more about it here). Some friends came round to help with practical things and it made a huge difference. They bleached and dyed my hair so I felt a bit more like

A Maidenhead United matchday board with game details for their match against Southend United.

Maidenhead Utd fans show kindness to confused Southend fans.

At Maidenhead Utd’s ground, all fans usually go through the same turnstiles to get in. But occasionally, usually for teams that are expected to bring bigger crowds of supporters with them, there is a separate away supporters entrance on a different side of the ground. On our way to the game against Southend, we came

A green wall outside in London. On it hang some coats under a small ledge, some shoes near the floor under another small ledge, space for books and other things. Around the wall are notices to say take or leave a coat, shoes, books, or other items at this wall of kindness.

Visiting the wall of kindness on London’s Southbank.

Have you seen a wall of kindness? On the Southbank in London recently, I was delighted to come across a kindness wall. I’ve heard about them in various countries around the world, but this was the first time I’d seen one in person. These walls provide somewhere for you to both drop off or take

a wide set of train tracks with many different lines in a city viewed from the bridge above. A train is coming in on one track on the bottom right. Text overlaid reads “Ticket inspector comforts grieving passenger.”

Ticket inspector comforts grieving passenger

“I had met friends for the weekend and had to change trains on my journey home. I knew it was a short window to change trains and I jumped on a train only to realise it didn’t stop at my stop. It meant I’d have to go an hour up the line and an hour