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kindness of strangers

These good news tales about the kindness of strangers are intended to be uplifting and give readers faith in humanity.

A foot in a loose, velcro sandal with a very bruised big toe sticking out the top. The foot is on grass with some daisies growing in it.

Fractured toe brings out kindness everywhere!

“I’ve seen lots of kindness recently, having a fractured toe – lots of helpful people, both those I know and strangers opening doors or letting me cross a road slowly!” We’re so sorry for your fractured toe Nina and hope it heals soon. How wonderful to notice so much kindness because of it! Check out […]

a view down a bus aisle from near the back, seats either side, some with people in them, others empty. Text overlaid reads “Stranger pays for students bus ticket after her card was declined.”

Stranger pays for students bus ticket after her card was declined.

“My daughter had her debit card rejected and had no cash to pay for her transport to College. She got off the bus and a very kind lady travelling on the Ross-On-Wye to Hereford bus called her back and paid for her. I want to thank this kind stranger so much for her generosity, otherwise

Text reading “stranger pays for child’s drink at the Spar” on top of a blurred out photo of the soft drinks section of a shop.

Stranger pays for child’s drink at the Spar.

“Thanks to the lovely somebody who paid for my son’s drink in Spar today, when he didn’t have enough to cover it. You are very kind. We shall pay the kindness forward.” I spotted this wonderful kindness in our local Facebook group – it had an extra benefit that it made me smile to see

A parking payment machine showing 11:16 as the time with a parking ticket in the card slot showing it runs out at 12:39.

Parking ticket passed on to grateful strangers.

“I left my car parking ticket in the machine yesterday as it still had an hour and a half on it left. I was only popping in to get my COVID vaccine. I then realised I had 5 minutes before the nurse said I could drive so I sat in the car and before leaving

A woman with light skin tone and white hair sits on a pavement having fallen. One hand on the ground, her legs out in front bent slightly, as she tried to get back up using her other hand on a walking stick. Text overlaid reads “Stranger helps elderly lady get home after a fall.”

Stranger helps elderly lady get home after a fall.

What kindness have you seen this week? Let us know here. “My Mum’s elderly neighbour fell last Thursday in the Monmouth Way area and a very kind young man (possibly called Nick) with a cockerpoo helped her and brought her home.” This post was spotted in a Facebook group and what a lovely kindness to

Three men standing in front a jeep in Ukraine. Two wearing camouflage, the one in the middle wearing a red hat, dark blue jumper and light brown shorts.

Lawyer collects donations and takes them to Ukraine.

Kindness exists even in the darkest times. Harry Sherrard and his Polish friend, Darek Kubik, drove to Ukraine to drop off some aid. Harry donated his Jeep filled with medical equipment and other vital supplies for the Ukrainian people. They received a great number of generous donations from an incredible 70 supporters. Remind yourself of

2 golden Labradors and one black Labrador sitting on a low agility table. They are all looking towards the camera, some with their tongues out, some not.

Stranger returns escapee Labrador to exhausted owner.

“My 5 year old Labrador escaped on Friday tea time when I came home from work. We live in Didsbury off the busy A34. Archie just kept on walking and as I can’t run fast, I couldn’t catch up to him. I was frantically running down the street holding his lead in one hand and

A conference room filled with people sitting either side of an aisle. At the far end are two projector screens with chairs for speakers to sit in front of them.

Conference go-er takes photo of speaker.

“I spoke at a conference recently. One of the people at the event offered to take a photo while I was presenting so that I could share it on my social media.” We all know how important it is to capture these moments for social media – and how difficult when you don’t have a