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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 picture made of beads resting on a table. It features two pearl-like beads above a square yellow bead, a long thin red bead is on the left of the yellow one. At the bottom are two cork shaped beads, one in brown and one in black.

Neighbour buys bead picture from 6 year old.

My neighbour had her 6-year-old grandson staying with her during half-term. He made some bracelets and pictures from beads and asked his Nanny to offer them for sale to the neighbours. I bought one, after listening carefully to his earnest explanations about them all. She later told me that it had made his day and […]

The sign at the entrance way to Camp Bastion in Helmand, Afghanistan.

Soldier takes troops from frontlines to airport via shops.

We’ve been told about a kind soldier who, when picking up troops coming back from the front lines for changeover, rather than taking them straight to the airport they would be offered the chance to go to some shops in case they wanted presents for loved ones or just a chance to ease into normality

four rows of wheely shopping trolley bags in different colours with different colours of flowers stuck on them in different designs. Some with clashing colours and others with complimentary ones.

Help loading a wheelie shopping trolley.

I helped an older lady at the supermarket who was having trouble getting everything in her wheelie shopper bag at the till. This is your reminder that no kind act is too small so let us know what kind moments you’ve seen recently ⬇️. Need some inspiration? Check out these stories: A school girl let

an Avon catalogue in a plastic bag with some power stay foundation and mascara in with it.

Avon lady suggests easier arrangements.

“My housemate often orders from our Avon lady but is always at work when she calls. I work from home and always have to get up from work, go downstairs to answer the door, just to say ‘I don’t know if she wants anything.’ Last time she called, the Avon Lady said to let my

An almond croissant on a plate beside a serviette with a knife resting on it.

Surprise almond croissant for colleague.

“My colleague bought me an almond croissant for breakfast for no reason and it was delicious.” Send us your stories of kindness here – remember no kindness is too small to shout about!

a bathroom; the walls are tiled with small blue tiles and the floor with small white tiles. The basin, toilet and bath are dark blue. There is a mirror above the basin and a grey shower curtain hanging in the bath.

Neighbour helps fix bathroom.

“We’ve been having trouble with our shower and bath leaking. Our next door neighbour is a bathroom fitter so he came round to give advice. He said it wasn’t as bad as we feared and he can help my husband take the shower screen off. Whatever he says, we will be paying him a decent

A woman with shoulder length blonde hair sitting at a table in a well lit cafe. On the table are mini picnic tables loaded with cakes, sandwiches, and dips. Around the table are several other people, some adults and some young children.

Surprise perfect day for friend’s birthday.

“I arranged a surprise perfect day for my best friend’s birthday and managed to get almost all her loved ones to attend it.” The kind moments you spot for our scavenger hunt don’t need to be as big as this one – any tiny act of kindness counts, so post them and tag us to

a man with light skin tone and short light brown hair wearing glasses at the bottom of the image, his eyes are looking up with an excited look on his face. Above him are 10 Beano Studio postcards arranged around a green Drop Cap Copy notebook.

The kindness of generosity of freelancers.

“Ah, the utter awesomeness and generosity of other freelancers. It still surprises me even though it shouldn’t by now. A few months ago, I featured Graeme Piper from Drop Cap Copy in my Freelance Mischief Maker series. Lots of fun and that was that. But, on returning from holiday, I found a chunky envelope waiting

A Smiggle craft project titled “choose kindness chatterbox” There is a large box in the middle with suggestions of kindness to do such as sit with someone, compliment someone, offer to help someone with a school project and hug a friend.” The instructions to the side show how to cut and fold it to randomly choose a kind act to do.

Smiggle and Diana Award partner for kindness campaign.

A couple of people contacted me to tell me about the Smiggle and Diana Award kindness campaign that they’ve come across while in the shop looking for new pencil cases, etc for their kids. As well as the products, there was a wall where people can write messages of kindness. Big thank you to Nina

A plastic box of Tesco sweet and crisp side salad with a hand holding a metal fork on top of it.

Local business lends fork to regular.

“In a DND lunch break I nipped to get a salad but had nothing to eat it with, so I went into my regular coffee shop, Eto in Barry, and asked if I could possibly borrow one. They super kindly said yes!” No kindness is too small and this is a great example of a