kindness of strangers

Hampstead Heath train station, behind it through some trees a large building under a blue sky with a few fluffy clouds.

Hampstead Heath pub go-er passes spare stool.

9 April 2024

I heard from somebody who went to the Madrigal pub near Hampstead Heath with their family. They sat at a table while one of their party went to the bar to order drinks. The person sitting at the next table realised they would be a stool short when they came back from the bar so […]

3 wooden steps and a large concrete post beside them in the foreground. Behind them is a large section of sloping, very wet mud, and tree roots. Two pairs of legs tentatively negotiate the mud.

Stranger helps walker stuck in mud.

1 April 2024

“Out walking my dogs I saw someone get stuck because it was so muddy at Porthkerry country park over Easter weekend. I couldn’t really help because I had one dog on my back and another off lead but someone came walking across the field and clambered up to them and helped them get down safely.”

A clipboard with white paper on with text on it reading “Stranger lets fellow shopper know they’d left their bag behind.” It sits on a white table with the words “cancer research” in pink above it and two pink pens beside it.

Stranger lets fellow Cancer Research charity shopper know they’d left their bag behind.

28 March 2024

“I heard from someone who noticed that the person in front of them at the till in a Cancer Research shop had left a bag of shopping on the floor by the desk, so they called out to let them know they’d left it behind.” I love how much kindness is on show in this

Gaynor restores faith in humanity after stranger’s car trouble.

24 March 2024

“I had a bit of a crappy day on 12th March as I found myself with a puncture. I managed to crawl around a roundabout with hazards on and made it on to Moss Way. I rang my tyre man – he was on annual leave for another week. I rang the RAC who told

a woman with long black hair, wearing a brown coat and denim skirt. She is holding a phone and smiling while leaning against a white wall. Text overlaid reads "Stranger shares data so friend can be contacted abroad.”

Stranger shares data so friend can be contacted abroad.

20 March 2024

“On holiday in the US I was waiting in a bar for the friend I was staying with to finish work. I had run out of data and there was – unbelievably – no wifi at the bar, so I couldn’t get on line to top up. And I needed to WhatsApp my friend and tell

A section of the Monsal Trail. A flat path with long grass and trees either side. A stone bridge goes over the path a little further down. Several people are underneath the bridge.

Strangers help after mobility scooter fails.

15 March 2024

“A family from Barnsley and Nottingham went above and beyond on Saturday lunchtime to help a damsel in distress! My lovely husband Pete and I had set out on a walk with my ‘trusty’ (as I thought) all singing, all dancing, electric mobility scooter. Sterling we call her and she can tackle all terrain and goes

A cup of coffee on a wooden table with a blurred out coffee shop behind it. Text overlaid reads “Stranger pays for coffee at John Lewis café after customer discovers her purse was stolen.”

Stranger pays for coffee at John Lewis café after customer discovers her purse was stolen.

13 March 2024

“My 83 year old mother had her purse stolen out of her rucksack in John Lewis in Reading. Unwittingly, she then wanted to enjoy a coffee and a scone in their café as she often does on her shopping trips. On paying she rummaged through her handbag and couldn‘t find her purse. Sweat and panic

A pink background with 3 images on it in polaroid style frames. At the back a view down a long bridge, a body of water to the right. In front and to the right is a view from the bridge, a city on the right of a large body of water with skyscrapers along the skyline, text below it reads “Big River Crossing Memphis.” The front photo is of Rachel, a woman with medium light skin tone and long grey hair. She is wearing sunglasses, a knee length beige dress and blue Converse. She is standing on a bridge beside a sign. Text under it reads “Lyft driver went out of his way to make sure I got to visit Big River Crossing..” The Lyft and Time for Kindness logos are in two corners.

Lyft driver went out of his way to make sure I got to visit Big River Crossing.

12 March 2024

“I wanted to tell you about Kennie, the Lyft driver who went out of his way to make sure I got to visit the Big River Crossing in Memphis when I was on holiday there. He made sure that I crossed the rather desolate-looking bridge to Arkansas in safety, by getting out of his car

view of the front wheels and section above of an electric wheelchair with a shopping basket resting on it, in a supermarket. Text overlaid reads “Di gets breadsticks from top shelf for wheelchair user in Sainsburys.”

Di gets breadsticks from top shelf for wheelchair user in Sainsburys.

10 March 2024

My lovely friend Di helped a wheelchair user in Sainsburys by reaching some breadsticks down for them from the top shelf, she also checked if there was anything else they needed. Get some more positivity in your day with our other stories of kindness: Local offers lift to bank in town as one in village

Customer pays for someone else’s shopping in Lidl.

8 March 2024

I was in Lidl and the customer 2 ahead of me was having trouble with his bank card – the card machine wouldn’t read it. Everyone was waiting patiently but he was getting more embarrassed each time it wouldn’t work. The people in front of me then said they would pay for his shopping. It

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