These positive news stories cover a wide range of acts of kindness to others that people have taken.
What public or community acts of kindness have you seen recently? My friend sent me a photo of a wellbeing sign he saw at Reading West station. He said he thought it was nice because “train stations can be sad places if you’re in a bad place” The sign, titled “writing for wellbeing” reads: “Take […]
Have you used a Hello Bench? I noticed a HelloBench at a local nature area near where I live. HelloBench are a Woodley and Wokingham community initiative designed to promote human connection and eliminate loneliness. You can find them on Instagram and Facebook, and their GoFundMe. It seems like a kind idea to get people
“Do you have an old laptop or projector you or your business or school want to donate to a school in Tanzania? This summer my family and I will be volunteering in a couple of schools in Northern Tanzania. We’ll be assisting teaching and helping as much as we can. One of the schools we
“Saw a small act of heroism. A lady ran past me barefoot along the beach screaming that someone had taken her bag. I didn’t see it happen or how the everyday hero stopped the robber, but a guy got her bag back and she gratefully embraced him. Reminder: we can always do SOMETHING to help
At the venue for Bernadette Russell’s book launch, I noticed a ‘pay it forward’ board where people have paid for coffees and other things from the café to leave for someone on a budget to make use of in the future. This was really apt because Bernadette’s book is full of examples of kindness like
I recently heard about the Age Positive Image library; the first free library showing positive and realistic images of older people. This struck me as being a great example of kindness because representation is so powerful and it goes hand in hand with a campaign from the Centre for Ageing Better to challenge ageism for
“I was waiting for my doctors appointment, when two older men came in. It soon became apparent that one of them had found the other out of breath and seemed to be very confused. This man took him to the doctors and got him sorted and as it turned out he had an appointment in
“My son, Thomas, fell off his BMX and knocked his front teeth out and bust his lip. In my panic I knocked on a random door and asked for some milk to put the teeth into. I’d like to thank the lovely lady (I didn’t get her name) from Crigglestone near Wakefield who gave me
“My job is to work with communities to plant trees in Fife as part of climate action. I was working early in the morning to prepare for 4 local High schools to come out and plant trees in Dunnikier Park, Fife. I was digging some holes for big trees to go in along a main
“I just dropped off a dozen donuts (rescued from the local donut shop) to the community fridge. A family of immigrants were checking the fridge and gladly took them.” This wonderful story was shared over on Mastodon and the poster, @tinker@infosec.exchange, kindly allowed us to share it here too. Remind yourself just how much kindness
