“I had to collect a rather bulky object from a DIY store. A lady coming into the shop held the door for the couple leaving in front of me and for me, which was kind of her as I had my hands very full. I think typically I would have labelled this as politeness, but […]
I bought a T-shirt from Ducky Zebra for my niece’s second birthday. I LOVE what they are doing around genderless kids clothing. Their whole business does a great job of teaching kindness to kids – kindness to self and kindness to others through acceptance. My niece was delighted with the animals on the T-shirt, and
“Kindness leads to…more dogs!! I’m back from a lovely vacation! On the last day of vacation, the manager of the vet clinic I go to called and asked if we had room in our home for an “extra dog” for the holidays. One of the dogs who lives at the clinic is our dog Karma’s
“We found a large, old, framed picture of a small boy in our loft – thanks to the power of Facebook we were able to find the family it belonged to and return it.”
Community and Tesco came together to provide 75 households in need with a Christmas hamper! “All of us at FoodShare Pantry Llantwit Major would like to say a HUGE thank you to the team at Tesco Barry Superstore, as well as the villagers of St Mary Church and Welsh St Donats, who collectively donated enough
“When I had to have a particularly unpleasant medical procedure, I couldn’t have sedation because of my meds. I laid there whilst it was going on and couldn’t help crying. The nurse immediately took hold of my hand and held it, all the way through, until it was over. A little thing, but it meant
“Our delivery person handed over a parcel and said it had got wet in the (torrential!) rain and let us know to check it. With them being so busy, especially in December, it was really kind of him to let us know and wait for us to check – it was only parcel tape so
“A lady got on the bus unsure of what she was doing or how it worked – a couple of passengers helped her out advising which stop she needed and, once on, talking her through it and establishing where she was returning to and how to do that.” Such a simple act of everyday kindness
“After a buyer let a local farmer down leaving him with a field of pumpkins, he decided to hold a “pick your own” day to try and recoup some costs. The post got shared nearly 250 times on Facebook and more on Mastodon. Children and teenagers helped out on the day to welcome people, give
This month I’m delighted to share a guest blog from Kamala Katbamna founder of Chirp, an award-winning leadership catalyst. She shares with us her thoughts and experience of the kindness that results when leaders choose to show love and what that means in practice. The other day a client asked me to define how I
