On the way to a gig on the Bakerloo line Tube between Paddington and Baker Street a woman with 3 young children and a pushchair got onto the train. A man gave up his seat so the two bigger children could sit down, while the woman stayed next to them with the pushchair and the […]
We’ve got a 2 for 1 on kindness with this story from Barry over at Radio 210! He and his wife were at Reading train station on the way to Oxford to see a show. A lady asked them if they would keep an eye on her large bags while she went and bought a
We spotted a wonderful example of kindness on Instagram recently! Eleanor shared a review of their book and how much it meant to them – that the kindness of the review encouraged them to keep going too. Here’s what they said in their post: “So small acts of kindness feel like huge moments of encouragement.
Including stories of kindness within your internal communications has a whole range of benefits to your organisation and the individuals within it. These include: Collecting stories and telling them in ways that achieve outcomes is at the heart of the IC team’s role. That’s what I talked about at the Institute of Internal Comms’ festival,
I arrived to set up my stall in the exhibition area for Cath Dixon’s employment law conference, only to discover that the pole connector at the top of my pop-up banner was broken so I couldn’t use it. A week later I mentioned what happened to Mark Summers at the Woodley Business Club. His company
“As I was wandering around Cardiff (lost) I walked past Spawn Point just as a member of staff came out to let a parent who was about to walk in to the shop next door know that their child was in Spawn Point. The parent was super grateful and the assistant was so friendly and
What kind acts have you done this week? There was an error with our Sainsbury’s food delivery and they brought us 2 bunches of bananas instead of one. As I knew we wouldn’t be able to eat them all before they were too ripe, I gave some away to our neighbours. Check out even more
I heard from Caroline who was on a writing retreat in France during the extreme heat. The aircon failed in her room, so one of her fellow writers offered her the spare bed in her own room for the first night whilst the a more permanent solution was found. Extreme weather always leads to an
How do you show yourself kindness? My mental health has been up and down recently so I’ve started knitting, something I used to do years ago, as a way to relax. I even took my knitting with me on the train! Get inspired with more acts of kindness: Young Minds collects messages of support for
“I went into Tescos and I had my suitcase with me. I bought it before Christmas but they forgot to remove the security tag – I’d forgotten about that but when I went in, it set the alarm off. I went to tell the women on the till because I didn’t know what to do,
