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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.

Black lab Marty, Siobhan's guide dog, laying on the floor at the vets with two big bandages on his front left and right paws.

Kind stranger helps blind journalist Siobhan Meade

“When random acts of kindness really touch your heart. Marty has injured his pads. I believe on the cold ice and he lay down on the pavement, and a very lovely guy stopped and offered me a lift home. This warms my heart. There are still kind humans about.” When I saw this Tweet from […]

a baby in a buggy beside an Irish Wolfhound dog.

Everybody wins with kindness

“When I had two tiny children, I always used to think I was creating an opportunity for others to feel good about themselves, by having a buggy which they they could help lift up station stairs. Now I do it myself, I see I was absolutely right. Creating and taking opportunities for kindness is a

a photo of a yellow caution sign standing on an obviously slippery floor with the word ‘Whoops!’ written in the corner of the image

Slippery floor

We love this example of kind good Samaritans who helped Gareth when he fell over in the street during the recent cold snap. “Late one evening, I slipped on ice near to Penny Lane in Liverpool, knocking myself unconscious. I’d sustained a nasty injury to the back of my head that was bleeding heavily. When

a pink wallet with cats on peeks out of a zip in a pale blue bag.

Help find a the Beacon Fell country park kind stranger

Can we find the kind human who returned a lost wallet? Read and share the details. “I went for a walk around Beacon Fell country park in Carwags Goosnargh, lovely walk however I woke the next day to the realisation I had lost my wallet! I had tried numerous times to contact the cafe at

A small white fluffy dog and a small white and brown fluffy dog sniff at a bag of gravy bones.

Connecting to kindness through dogs

What connections and kindnesses have you found through your pets? Alexis shared a story about this with me: “I walked past someone on the streets with a dog and gave them some cash. We got chatting as I had my dogs with me too, and they asked if mine liked gravy bones before handing me

a woman bends down to a toddler in a buggy to look them lovingly in the face.

Help with a buggy

“As I was waiting for the bus the other day I saw a lady with a buggy struggling to get on the bus and the lady behind her offered her some help with lifting the buggy which I thought was so kind!” Thanks to Stef for sharing this simple act of everyday kindness. What acts

someone holds a credit card in one hand and types on a laptop with the other.

Returning a credit card

Saving someone the time and stress of having to cancel their lost credit card can be a huge kindness. Many of us know the anxiety that comes up when we lose, or think we’ve lost, a credit or debit card.The rigmarole of getting it cancelled and waiting for a new one can cause a lot

4 Greggs sausage rolls.

Sharing a Greggs lunch

“I nipped into Gregg’s on the way to a meeting to grab a vegan sausage roll to keep me going. As I ran in I noticed a man sat outside who appeared to be homeless so I ordered some extras while I was in there. I handed him a coffee first and he was grateful

Close up of a car’s front and front tyre from behind, it is parked on ground covered by autumn leaves with trees above it.

Helping outside your zone of genius

Despite knowing nothing about cars we were able to help out a motorist! They were driving through our village with a stick in their tyre which they hadn’t noticed. We got their attention and they stopped allowing my husband, Tris, to pull the stick out and send them safely on their way. Despite neither of

the back of a milk float filled with milk and eggs.

A milkman goes above and beyond

Milkman, Darin, came to the aid of one of his customers on his own birthday! He shared in a Facebook post; “So with today being my birthday and having to work it for the first time in many years i started the day thinking I would crack today’s round out, then get home and put