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To the left are very old walls around a castle or city. A small round turret at the corner. To the right is a grassy area shaded by trees. The sky is bright blue and cloudless and past the grass miles of greenery and forests are visible out to the horizon.

Shared room after air con broke during heatwave.

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 […]

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Knitting as self care.

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

a view down into a Tesco supermarket. Rows of checkouts along the right and customer service in the middle with people milling around everywhere.

Tesco customer service team are kind.

“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,

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Designed to be Kind has kindness baked into their business.

I applied to be on the Designed to Be Kind rota and their holding response came with a lovely video of their Founder thanking everyone for their passion and vulnerability, and explaining the next steps in their process. The video also had captions to make it accessible. It was such a great demonstration of how

An Instagram story with a photo of a person with bleach blonde hair tied in short plaits above text reading "Dad is coming over today to finish mowing my grass after #NoMowMay. I can't do it! The grass is up higher than my hips and walking through the grass I got THREE HUGE beastie bites behind my knee even though I had long trousers on... So now even my own long grass ain't safe for my immunosuppression. Bugs LOVE feasting on me since I got on meds. Oh. I forgot I did this random plait with my hair whilst playing dungeons and dragons last night. (Twas better than biting my nails!)"

Dad mows lawn.

“Dad’s been coming doing my garden weeds for me coz seeing the weeds and mess was rotting my PTSD brain further… And now he’s gonna do the mowing post no mow may coz I had severe bites just after only walking through it.” Let’s hear about the kindness in your family! Get inspired with more

the inside of a Gregg’s bakery. Two people are stood at the counter. In the foreground is a display tale of baked goods.

Kind leadership in action at Greggs.

“When I popped into Greggs the other day I heard one of the staff there saying to the others, ‘You’re legends. It’s been a day, you’re all amazing.’ I thought it was so lovely of her to be cheering on her team like that during a stressful day.” What a great example of kind leadership

some blueberry muffins on a wooden table with blueberries scattered around them.

Stranger asks if they can reach muffins.

“I was in Marks and Spencer and a woman in an electric wheelchair asked me to reach up and fetch a pack off blueberry muffins off a shelf which was out of her reach. I was very pleased that she had asked me.” This lovely moment of everyday kindness was shared with us by Mel

a wooden bedside table with slim shapely legs and two small draws with little round knobs. It is quite simple but looks beautiful and well made. Behind it are more items in the brocante.

Friend finds perfect item at Brocante.

How are your friends kind to you, and to others? I heard about a friend of a friend who loves visiting brocantes (flea markets) in France where they both live. One day she asked if there was anything my friend wanted her to look for at the brocante she was going to. She was looking

a pile of Dungeons and Dragons books on a table; player’s handbook, monster manual, Xanathar’s guide to everything, Monsters of the multiverse, Tasha’s cauldron of everything, The wild beyond the witchlight, and the Dungeon master’s guide. On top of them is a wooden dice rolling trey and on top of that a piece of paper. Behind it all is a plant.

Dungeons and Dragons group offer lift.

“Others at my Dungeons and Dragons group have been giving me a lift home after we play. I live locally but I have long covid now and walking home would be incredibly challenging, especially loaded down with books and laptop and dice rolling tray and stuff, so I really appreciate them being so kind.” These

an Asda conveyor belt filled with food. Someone holding a purse passes a packet of tea cakes over to the cashier who is wearing festive head gear.

An easy kindness to spot.

Here’s a quick & easy kindness everyone can spot – people being let in front in supermarkets and other queues. Next time you’re out and about, make a conscious choice to look out for this small act of kindness, or similar things. Here’s a couple of recent examples to inspire you: “I saw somebody let