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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.

Two small dogs stand on a grassy field with a hedge in the distance and beyond it a blue sea and blue skies with a little cloud. Some people are walking along the hedge.

Dog walker provides poo bag!

“I was out walking my dog and came across another dog-walker who had run out of poo bags. I gave her a spare one I had.” I love this proof that even these small acts we can overlook are a kindness! What tiny act of kindness have you seen today? More small kindnesses that made […]

A woman with medium light skin tone and black hair tied back. She is wearing a green and white decorative top, jeans and trainers. She is standing outside beside a huge plant with green leaves and pink flowers, and smiling.

Elderly woman supports stranger during long train journey.

“I was on the train on my own and reading my book minding my own business and then this lady saw my top and it was a nature one and sat down next to me and explained her husband loved botany. She was in her 80s but was explaining how she was travelling to go

A toilet roll with a sad face drawn on it sits on the toilet with the toilet seat lid resting on it.

Man pays for taxi to get IBS sufferer home to their toilet.

“I have irritable bowel syndrome and it had flared up when I was in a different city visiting family and I ended up on a bus home that had a broken toilet. The bus also had just started taking a new route and it now took twice as long – 2 hours rather than 1

an Argos store on a high street viewed from outside.

Argos customer shows kindness to new shopper.

“I have bought a lot of products from Argos over the years, but have only ever done online transactions to be delivered to my home. I needed an iron urgently today (I had fused my flat with the old one) and went into my local branch. Embarrassingly, once I was there, I realised I had

A sandwich which looks to be filled with tuna and salad, on a plate with crisps on the side

Sandwich shop customer shares discount

“I was buying a sandwich at a well know sandwich shop and I said to the cashier ‘is that the eat in or take away price?’ they asked if I had a subscription, I don’t. Then they asked another customer standing beside me, who was obviously a regular and known to the cashier, if they

A view from inside a car, there is a sat nav and an iPod and out of the window there is a road and green fields on a grey day.

Help find the M4s kindness superhero who helped Brenda

“Brenda, 80, has been travelling 380 miles to Cornwall regularly for the past 30 years – following the break for Covid she felt she was unable to make this journey and my husband and I, would invite Mum to holiday with us. Earlier this year she decided to make the journey alone, armed with a

Sarah standing outside a cafe on a paved street. There are wooden benches alongside the window of the cafe with small tables in front of them.

Café patron directs stranger to the toilet.

On a recent trip to Kiel in Germany, my husband and I went into a little café for a coffee and cake. It was very quiet in there, with only 1 other customer. I went to find the loo but the only door I could see opened into some sort of broom cupboard! The other

screenshot from a Vinted chat showing the sender sending a photo of the parcel ready to go, a reply saying "thanks." The sender then saying "Sent. There is a nationwide problem with EVRI/post drops so it may say it's been returned to me but still should get to you." A notification saying order shipped. A reply saying "fingers crossed! Thanks for the info." And a screenshot from the seller showing information about the Evri issue.

Vinted seller goes the extra mile

“I ordered a planner on Vinted and the seller was so kind to let me know of issues with Evri, not only letting me know but even sending over a screenshot of the information. They didn’t need to even mention it so I thought it was super kind of them to let me know.” What

a black umbrella in the foreground covered in rain, in the background a blurred view of city buildings.

Edinburgh businesses show kindness during Fringe season.

“I was up in Edinburgh recently and it was tipping it down. Being Fringe season there were plenty of people handing out leaflets about various shows. Someone from one of the bars raided their lost property box and handed out unclaimed umbrellas to the people working outside. Nice that they spotted it and took the