These positive news stories cover a wide range of acts of kindness to others that people have taken.
“I helped a stranger with their shopping bags” No kindness is too small to shout about so tell us one small act you’ve seen, done, or received today. Remind yourself how much kindness exists if you’re struggling to think of one with these stories: Kind act to teen stays with them forever. Who photographs the […]
“I got a free cheese burger. The guy behind me paid cuz my phone was playing up.” What a wonderful act of kindness. We’ve had a few stories about free food recently. What kindness have you seen today? Get inspired with some other examples: Holy Brook Accountants implement kindness. Teenagers need softness too. Cullompton is
“I asked for German sci-fi books for my middle kid, who is struggling with his German grammar. He’s dyslexic and loves reading my scifi books in English, to the detriment of his German. I asked on the internet, and I got a lot of fantastic advice, including from someone who replied and said he had
“I was rushing to get to the United Reform Church in Petersfield for 6.30 to sing with my fantastic choir, ‘Little Town Choir’ from Petersfield, in our two performances at our Christmas concert. All was fine and then, on turning a corner I suddenly heard a loud scraping sound which appeared to be staying with
“Our local Lidl is where a lot of the refugees in ‘temporary asylum accommodation’ shop. And they are trying to get food that feels like actual food, in a place where there have been some really nasty xenophobic protests. The other day it was two guys from South Sudan, and I have never seen two
“During our first term of university, we had a student in our close peer group who was in student halls and was only just making ends meet. Home could only support him so much. When needed, I supported him for two semesters so he could eat socially and not have the anxiety that goes with
“It’s a small thing but after picking up my daughter from pre-school we typically go to the bakery to get chouquettes (French pastry). I usually order three… and lately the lady from the bakery has been giving us LOTS of extra ones. The first time it happened I literally gasped… she said just smiled and
“My grandma lived alone. Her bird had died, and she was incredibly upset. Then her TV goes out. A repairman came, fixed it, and listened to her talk about how much she missed her bird. He left, and a few hours later, she gets a knock on the door. It’s a bird in a carrier,
When I founded Time for Kindness nearly 5 years ago, I wanted to share stories of the kindness that I was sure was happening in the world. I was convinced there was lots out there but we just didn’t talk about it enough. How right my certainty was! We now receive enough stories that we
“A lovely moment in 11yo’s table-tennis. He’d battled down from 10-2 down to 10-7 in the deciding set. He missed his shot and went to shake his opponent’s hand, but opponent said ‘no, that was a let’. Really sporting, and he went on to win the set 11-9. I told him I’d noticed that afterwards
