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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 brightly lit bar in The Wheelwright's Arms pub, the wood of the bar shines brightly.

The Wheelwrights Arms

“A table of 2 who would like to remain anonymous called me over half way through their meal. The gentlemen told me that he would like to pay for the table of 2 next to their table. As requested the other customers bill was put onto there account and they payed the bill. I asked […]

Julie smiling. She has long, wavy blonde hair and is wearing a red top with some sparkles on it.

Strangers on a train

When Julie missed her train to London by seconds one morning having pre-booked an advance single to save the pennies, she began to beat herself up; “I should know better with my ADHD brain and asthma but I thought I could do it.” She went to the information office, holding back the tears, and calmly

Screenshot of a LinkedIn post from Phil which reads “I had a heartening chat this week with the very wonderful Sarah Browning who is passionately engaged in what may seem to be a huge task, which is to highlight how much positive impact kindness can have, and how that impact can ripple through the world. This morning I stopped off at a cafe for a coffee and sandwich. I have to use a walking stick, and noticing that, the lady next to me in the queue offered to carry my tray to my table. Which she did. So now I'm creating my own ripples by sharing this here. It's these small and simple acts of kindness that can have the biggest effects. They cost us nothing, they may take only a few seconds, but they can brighten someone's day.”

Three kindnesses in one morning

Phil shared on LinkedIn about three kindnesses he’d received in just one morning; ”This morning I stopped off at a cafe for a coffee and sandwich. I have to use a walking stick, and noticing that, the lady next to me in the queue offered to carry my tray to my table. Which she did.

The back of a Royal Mail van parked outside a large house.

A Royal Mail employee’s kindness

Did you see the story about the Royal Mail driver who left a gift for Alex Chesters who waves at Royal Mail vans? The BBC recently featured the story of Alex Chesters, a 27 year old man who has quadriplegic cerebral palsy and watches traffic from a bridge on the M6. He loves to see

Darren in his uniform holding two train tickets with different stickers on them and smiling. A sign behind him reads “This side for platform 1 for trains to Reading. Over the footbridge to platform 2 for trains to Wokingham, Ascot, Staines, Richmond.”

Kids train tickets

How do you cheer up an under 5 who’s sad they didn’t get a train ticket (when their parent is happy because they travel for free!)? Daren, who runs Earley train station in Berkshire, decided to find an answer to that question and bought a load of fun stickers from Tiger to give to small

Matilda wearing an ivory, vintage style wedding dress and hat with netting, they are holding a bunch of sweet peas in one hand and the hat to her head with the other.

Sweet peas

I see your last Rolo and raise you the last sweet peas for a wedding! My sister-in-law was due to marry in March 2020, in the end getting married in August with severe limits on the number of people who could attend. But Tilda shared a beautiful story of kindness that came out of it.

Twitter screenshot from Alexis Bushnell reading "Massive thank you to the lovely person at Bridgend train station who gave me directions to the bus station and told me which bus to get after I missed my connection. You hero! In case you see this,| made the bus. Thank you."

Bridgend bus kindness

How can you use your knowledge to help others today? Alexis tweeted after having not long moved to South Wales, “Massive thank you to the lovely person at Bridgend train station who gave me directions to the bus station and told me which bus to get after I missed my connection. You hero! In case

Close up of inside the top of Flamborough Lighthouse showing the light and many reflectors.

Flamborough Lighthouse

Wonderful Ann’s act of kindness on her holiday warmed my heart this week when she shared it in the Kindness Community group. “I have been in Filey and visited a lighthouse on a very wet, windy Thursday this week. I was the only one for the tour, then a mum and two small children came

A bus drives on a wet street towards the camera, writing on the front reads "Reading buses."

Reading buses

Two kindnesses in one story thanks to Lorraine and a Reading waste management employee. An employee on the number 17 bus loaded down with bags of his own and in layers of hi-vis on a very humid day jumped to help an older lady by catching her bags before they fell to the ground. The

7 people wearing purple Under The Stars Festival t-shirts stand close together, hands on each other’s shoulders, in front of one blue bag of rubbish and a stack of black buckets.

Festival goers are friends to the environment

Let’s celebrate the kindness of both attendees and organisers at Underneath the Stars Festival who after 4 days had only 1 small bag of rubbish to dispose of! What a great kindness to the environment, the other attendees and the organisers that everyone disposed of their own rubbish! The festival happened over 50 acres and