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.
“I’m terrified of needles and had to have a blood test. The nurse was super lovely and I think could tell how scared I was. She complimented my dungarees and then was chatting to the other nurse there about dungarees generally and when I started chatting back they realised that I was doing well enough […]
You can learn to spot more kindness and positivity in the world! My wellbeing workshops kick off with an exercise in noticing kindness which always brings up a huge variety of examples, here’s one from a recent workshop: “I took the time to message someone in response to seeing a cat who looked like the
I wanted to let you know about the kindness-based workshop I’m offering as part of Mental Health Awareness Week 2025 (12-18 May). It’s called ‘Noticing kindness: a tool for hope and connection’. During the hour long workshop we’ll share uplifting stories and I’ll teach people easy to adopt habits to use at work and beyond. You
There’s no denying that we continue to live in difficult and scary times which can be bad for our individual and collective mental health. There are some truly horrifying things going on around the world, both far away and closer to home. At times this can seem overwhelming and I, like many others, feel helpless
“I accompanied my mum to the hospital for a cataract operation this week. She is really squeamish about eyes and was incredibly nervous, to the point that she had to be given sedation (they don’t normally use that, it’s a routine operation for most people). Everyone at the hospital was so kind and supportive of
We dropped our daughter off for the pre-match warm up at Portchester football club, we then had about an hour to kill before going in to watch the game. A member of staff from the home team told us about the Salt Café (check out their website), which was 5 minutes walk away on the
“I work at a leisure centre and we quite often host a wheelchair basket ball competition for Reading Rockets. All the players come in and out with all the equipment that is required (quite a lot!!). Lots of other people using the centre often help them in small ways such as giving way. But in
When I got home from the shops, I noticed that my neighbour’s car boot was wide open. It was sitting on his drive but as there was no sign of him I rang his doorbell to tell him about his boot in case he didn’t know. He was pleased because he thought he had shut
“I went for a blood test the other day and for the first time ever, not only did a healthcare provider see me masked and ask if I wanted them to mask in a way that showed empathy and that this wasn’t a big deal – they also then proceeded to inform me ‘just to
I was on a train to Bramley and there were a couple of people doing some sort of survey of the passengers. The train guard came to find out how they were getting on and they mentioned they were planning to get off at the next station and get another train going back. He told
