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.
“At the Commonwealth Games, when we got to the squash venue, one of the helpful volunteers saw that I was walking with a stick and went out of their way to direct myself and my husband to a quieter and step free way to go through the bag and ticket checks which made such a […]
I love when communities come together! The road where I live is a loop at the end of a long road that goes nowhere else. Yesterday and today the road has been closed for long periods of the day for resurfacing.Our road WhatsApp group has been busy all day with messages of people informing each
Resting gets old fast so I was touched when my friend Nicky sent me a card to remind me to keep resting when I was recovering from covid. It was nice to know she was thinking of me, especially because she wasn’t very well herself.
“We were camping on a farm and the farmer let my 12 year old have a go driving the little farm truck around the field. It made his day.” Thank you Ellie for sharing such a lovely kindness from her holiday.
Leading with kindness can be as simple as grabbing coffee for your team. At a team meeting at Chapter Arts Centre, Jeremy Linnell bought coffees for team members to keep them hydrated and save them some cash. How did you show your team or colleagues kindness this week?
Supporting someone and cheering them on when they’re nervous is such a huge act of kindness, and one that Sea Change Multilingual experienced last week. As the nerves overtook the excitement before her talk on climate action she shared with her LinkedIn network how she was feeling and the response was overwhelming support. Friends and
I had so much fun at the Onome Otite online art class from #vamacademy last night 😍 I’m rather pleased with my textile and paper collage using Onome’s tiling technique. I wasn’t very good at following the instruction to keep your workspace tidy though – I ended up with messy piles of fabric and paper on my desk and
The comms community were amazing after the news of the Queen’s sad death broke. They reached out to help, support and guide each other during difficult times and Keith Riley was one of those wonderful people going above and beyond to help the community. Being a communications professional is hard and can be draining at
I love discovering kind businesses so when Jo told me about Elementary Skin and Body I had to share! Over on LinkedIn when I asked about kind business, Jo said “I’d love to nominate the amazing Elementary Skin and Body – owned by lovely Lucie, one of the kindest folk I’ve ever had the good fortune to
I recently had the opportunity to talk to my friend and colleague, Rachel Eden, about kindness in public service. Rachel has been an elected member of Reading Borough Council since 2010, has stood as a parliamentary candidate in 2 General Elections and is the current Mayor of Reading. She also runs her own finance and
