“One of the volunteers at my local Repair Café replaced my laptop screen – they took it home to do it and even dropped it back off to me as I don’t drive. It was kind enough of them to fix it but dropping it off too meant I didn’t have to either wait a […]
This month’s guest blog highlights the impact you can have when you support other people to share their stories. Rupa and Vardeep are experienced communication professionals who bring their skills to this area of kindness and share practical suggestions for how you can do the same. Throughout our working lives, we’ve both had moments of
I recently had a busy day of meetings in London, where I would be dashing from one thing to another. Tris made me a packed lunch to take with me so that I could have something to eat between meetings. More stories of kindness to help you see it: Strangers help after mobility scooter fails.
“Thank you to the couple who where travelling to Bridgend on the 6.22 train this morning which didn’t run. You gave my son a lift too Bridgend, which meant he wouldn’t be late for work. He was really grateful. Thank you again.” I spotted this in a local Facebook group and it made me smile
“My phone fell out of my pocket whilst cycling along the Flitch way between Great Dunmow and Rayne. Thankfully Sophie from Blake End found my phone, and then tried desperately to contact my wife and I via Facebook. My name was on my debit card in the phone case which gave her a lead. Sophie
“After calling out a local event for having someone who had said and done many questionable things in a safety role for newbies, the event organiser removed them from the role. Several people also messaged me privately to thank me for calling it out because it made them feel safer and like people cared. I
“I’m going to be out of town next week, so first thing this morning, I sat down with Joshua Green to make sure that the people that I coach will know that they will be able to reach out to Josh while I am away…and Josh will be able to plan proactively and arrange his
Self kindness is a screen break, as Lynda told us: “I spent the majority of my week in front of the screen, so yesterday and today I hauled myself outside! I’ve realised I am at my most calm by running water, so I stood there for a quite a while.” How have you shown yourself
My lovely friend, Di, is way more practical than I am. We recently had the leaking sink in our downstairs cloakroom replaced and needed to retile the splashback. I knew Di had done tiling in her house in the past, so I asked if she would do it for me. Not only did she do
At Maidenhead Utd’s ground, all fans usually go through the same turnstiles to get in. But occasionally, usually for teams that are expected to bring bigger crowds of supporters with them, there is a separate away supporters entrance on a different side of the ground. On our way to the game against Southend, we came
