These good news tales about the kindness of strangers are intended to be uplifting and give readers faith in humanity.
“I gave up my seat in the waiting area of the theatre for someone who wanted to sit with her friend.” What a great example of a small act of everyday kindness. You can send in any act of kindness to us, however small or large, through our social media (Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, Mastodon or Bsky) or our website. We […]
“We came out of an Andy Fairweather Low gig at Ripley blues club. It was a bit chilly but we only had to wait 10 minutes for the bus to take us back to our hotel in Harrogate. Unfortunately the bus did not arrive and 40 minutes later freezing cold in just t shirts we
“I was in London with my daughter Lizzie for a hospital appointment. When we returned to Epping tube station, we found ourselves on the wrong side of the platform, where there were stairs to cross. I started to lift my daughter out of her wheelchair to carry her up the stairs, planning to hold the
“My job is to work with communities to plant trees in Fife as part of climate action. I was working early in the morning to prepare for 4 local High schools to come out and plant trees in Dunnikier Park, Fife. I was digging some holes for big trees to go in along a main
A lady stopped her car when two strangers were waving frantically at her. “It was just going dark in Alsager and we had a vague arrangement with our kind friend Sue that she would pick us up and take us to the rendevu with our other mates. We rang Sue to say that we would
“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
“I was riding my new motorbike, coming near to the end of my ride and thought I’d head up to one of Cumbria’s beautiful passes, in this case it was the Newlands pass in Buttermere. I parked my bike up (in gear, I’m new but not stupid, or so I thought) and got off to
There was an elderly lady coming down the stairs at my doctor’s surgery so I waited at the bottom before heading up. When she realised I was waiting for her, she said something about her knees, she seemed to feel she needed to justify being slow, so I just reassured her that there was no
“In half term, my friend and I decided to go swimming and afterwards we thought we would have a go at a couple of the arcade games in the arcade in the next building. The way it works is after each game you get a certain amount of blue tickets, which you can then trade
“My toddler son Ollie and I decided to make the most of the elusive sunshine and head out for a dog walk and play at Churchdown Park Recreation Ground in Gloucestershire. We were happily running about when Ollie took a tumble on the hard surface of the football/basketball pitch, landing on his forehead. Cue lots
