These good news tales about the kindness of strangers are intended to be uplifting and give readers faith in humanity.
Bernadette Russell and I had arranged to meet up at the South Bank Centre café in London. When we arrived it was really busy, so we asked a man sitting at a table on his own if he would mind sharing. Grant told us that he was passing a bit of time before meeting friends, […]
“I was waiting for the bus in Bournemouth Town Centre when a bus pulled up & an elderly lady got off with her zimmer frame. She was obviously disorientated and had missed her stop because she can’t see in the dark. Luckily there was a lovely young lady in her mid 20s who helped. She phoned
When we were walking up Wembley Way to watch the Lionesses v USA someone offered to take our photo for us. What small act of kindness have you spotted today? Get inspired with more stories of kindness: Fellow passenger passes luggage. Stranger passes on paper at Waterloo Station. Garden machinery team show kindness to broken
“I was traveling home from Frankfurt on a busy flight at the weekend, and all the overhead lockers were packed with luggage. We were in the last group to get on and nobody could find space for their luggage – I had to put mine several rows back from my seat. So when we landed
“I was sitting at Waterloo Station and had picked up the free London newspaper – I had it on my lap, I wasn’t yet reading it because I was doing something on my phone. An elderly lady sitting next to me asked where I’d got it from as she had a long wait before her
“I saw someone give up their seat for an older passenger on the Tube. At first she said she didn’t need to sit down but the other person insisted and so she said ‘that’s very kind.’” Noticing these moments of kindness is powerful and really good for us too. Commit to noticing more kindness by
“Thank you to the two gentlemen who rescued me when I stupidly ran for the tube Friday morning at Bounds Green and fell down, my foot caught in the closing door. They freed my leg, then had to lift my fat bod back up. My heroes.” Kindness heroes indeed! A big thank you to the
My daughter’s bike light fell off as she was riding to football training. She didn’t notice until she got there. She sent a message to my husband to tell him what had happened. When he cycled the same route a bit later on his way to pick her up, he found the light – someone
We went out for a pub lunch at The Waterside Woodley to celebrate my Mum’s birthday. We were trying (unsuccessfully) to take a selfie of the 5 of us and include the pub itself in the photo. A man just arriving with his son saw what we were doing and offered to take a photo
“I was running late to my covid vaccination and the tiny car park was full and to get out I needed to reverse onto busy main road to get out. As I was turning around I noticed an old guy with a dog at the entrance to car park. I thought he was stopping traffic
