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.
We were delighted to hear about so many kind friends at the festival. Here are some of the stories that children shared with us about kindness they had noticed: Tell us about your experiences with friendship and kindness.
“In 2018 I had Ramsay Hunt Syndrome (Bell’s Palsy and shingles at the same time). It meant a 6-9 month period of recovery and accepting help. It also meant coming to terms with the fact that my face didn’t look the same for a while and posting about this and my recovery on Instagram made
At the University of Reading’s community festival, lots of children told us about kindness within their families: • Tommy bought me a cake. • I drew my mummy a picture and she liked it. • I helped my Mum load the dishwasher. • I gave my sister a sticker. • I helped my grandmother cross
A lovely person showed us the best way to cross a wet patch of the towpath. They pointed out the best places to step and jump between so that we didn’t get wet feet. It worked! We always say here that no kindness is too small, and this is a great example of that. The
“At a recent beginners stone carving workshop, I made a mess of my carving and my teachers, Laura Jeary and Bryan Proctor, came to the rescue, turning my mess into success! Now, that was kind!“ Thank you Veronica for allowing us to share this story of kindness – and we think your carving attempt looks
“I popped into Lush to buy a couple of products. A lovely staff member gave me one product for free ‘as an act of kindness’. Apparently it was because I’d asked them how they were. What a lovely end to a difficult day.” Big thanks to Chris who sent this to us via our Instagram. Check out
“During the first half of Chelsea vs Spurs one of the Spurs players had to be stretchered off the pitch with an ankle injury following a collision with 20-year-old Chelsea player, Maika Hamano. It was entirely accidental, no-one’s fault, just one of those things that happens when you play a contact sport like football. When
I was recently introduced to Nikki St Paul via a mutual connection. She got in touch with me to ask if I wanted to meet up to learn more about each other’s business. I was just starting a new client project, had some ongoing IT issues and was recording an online conversation about kindness, so
What small kindnesses have you seen recently? Tell us here. “I put my knee out while running and it turns out the local physio only takes bookings by phone which is an issue for me. When I posted about this on Mastodon, another Autistic person offered to make the call for me.” Check out even
My lovely friend Mike sent me a message out of the blue: “I drive down the main road about 10.15 every Weds and I invariably drive past you walking. I never beep, I don’t want to make you jump or alarm other drivers, but seeing my friend always makes me smile.” I am on my
