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.
“Someone offered to hold my baby while I washed my hands.” I’m sure all new parents can relate to how helpful it is when someone steps in to hold your baby so you can do a simple task like wash your hands or make a drink. Big thank you to Georgina for sharing this with […]
“I immediately said yes to a colleague who timidly asked for help.” How can you spread kindness in your workplace like this anonymous kindness superhero did? Get inspired with these stories of kindness: Headteacher lets kids come in later after Euro finals. Attendees support class host having tech issues. Scottish man helps stranger check air
“A friend offered to collect my daughter from school as well as hers on a day when I’d booked a client call and the after school club was cancelled. Small things that really help make things easier.” We couldn’t agree more with Nina that the small things make a big differece. Here’s some more small
“We have a community pantry locally and I mentioned I was going to buy some large storage containers to keep the food in as we didn’t have enough. One of the other members said she had a few spare from her previous business. She brought them along and despite saying £3 for each only took
“I mentioned I’d run out of NoWa toothpaste tabs in a group chat for a community pantry I’m part of and someone mentioned they had some they’d not got on with that they’d give me to tide me over.” These small kindnesses make a huge difference – what kindness have you seen this week? Here’s
“At an online convention 1 of the classes had a lot of tech issues & a lot of attendees left. The presenter was so stressed & apologetic but the attendees who hung in there were super supportive & kept saying the presenter was doing great and cheering them on.” People are kind – here’s some
I believe that kindness is a positive thing. Whether you are being kind, you are receiving kindness or you notice it take place, you feel better as a result. So I am delighted that there is an increasing body of academic research that is proving this positive effect to be true. The Sussex Centre for
“In a Discord I’m in the admin team asked what would help make it easier for newbies to get involved. After a discussion they implemented a ‘newbie chat’ where longer term members are encouraged to interact with newbies so they can make friends and feel comfortable before diving into the larger busy chats.” Helping new
“I asked on a Facebook group if anyone had any medium to large pots for me to pot on some tomato and cucumber plants and someone said they did. When I messaged them to get their address they asked if I also needed some bamboo poles and weed membrane! As a new gardener it was
“I was having a really tough week and I’d mentioned in a group chat as much to explain why I was so quiet. A few days later a friend in the chat video called me to check in and chat. Part of the reason I was struggling was feeling people didn’t like me so that
