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These positive news stories cover a wide range of acts of kindness to others that people have taken.

the tea rooms at Powderham Castle. Part of the grey stone castle, most of it just one room tall but a turret to the side has a second floor with a smaller turret attached a little taller. Outside of it are tables and chairs with red parasols folded down. The sky is blue and cloudy

Several young people show kindness to pensioners at Powderham Castle.

“On our way back to Dawlish Warren from Taunton in Somerset I thought it would be lovely to call in at the farm shop at Powderham Castle, a rare treat. We took our dogs for a short walk to see the deer then put the dogs in the car and went into the shop, after […]

a white wall with a little roof section providing protection over a set of hooks on the wall. There are 3 coats on the set of hooks. Above them text on the wall reads “wall of kindness. Take a coat if you are cold. Leave a coat if you don’t use it anymore.”

Wall of Kindness in Bromley

“We walked past this in Bromley on the weekend. Made me smile, especially as there were some coats on it.” Rhian shared this on LinkedIn and tagged us with permission to share it here on Time for Kindness too, and we love it! Do you have a Wall of Kindness near you? Read some more

a screenshot of some messages on the Young Minds board. One reads “You are so brilliant, you have so many exciting things ahead of you. The result of this exam will not determine the rest of your life x” Another reads “I’m 20 and I promise you, it is not the end of the world. They don’t show your worth. I PROMISE, you can get through this and I promise you, everything will be okay. Good luck

Young Minds collects messages of support for those sitting exams.

Exams can be incredibly stressful and that’s why we love Young Minds campaign which is collecting messages of support for young people doing exams. There are so many messages to scroll through offering reminders, support and hope to those who need it. This is a true collection of kindness – have you left a message

Text reading “Happy volunteers week from all of us at Time for Kindness,” but volunteers week and time for kindness are the relevant logos rather than plain text.

Happy Volunteers Week from Time for Kindness.

It’s Volunteers Week and we know that kindness is at the heart of why people volunteer – let’s hear your story. We want to hear your stories of kindness in volunteering; Why do you volunteer and what do you get up to? How have your volunteers shown kindness? In what ways have those in paid

a train waiting at Oxford station. On the platform are many people waiting to board. The sky above is blue but with lots of white clouds.

Train employees go the extra mile for distressed parent.

“I was travelling by train from Oxford to my dad’s memorial with my 6 month old baby Frank and I was very overwhelmed and stressed. I put my rucksack down on a platform and forgot to pick it up. When I realised I had lost it, my body flooded with adrenaline and I got very

Vicki, a woman with light skin tone and long wavy brown hair, wearing a long leopard print dress and brown sunglasses. She is sat outside on a bright sunny day on a low wall with a lawn behind her on a sunny day, beside her on the wall a small black dog is stood drinking from a red mug.

Comms professionals on LinkedIn are full of kindness

“The headlines are heavy and the job market feels relentlessly tough, but kindness is louder than you think. I posted a call-out, asking for guest speakers to support my coaching group of job seekers in communications. I honestly expected tumbleweed. Not because I don’t believe in good people, but because LinkedIn has a habit of

a cordoned off part of a residential road with traffic cones with blue plastic fencing around a hole in the road beyond them and 3 people in high vis clothing standing around it, one looking into a Thames Water van.

Teenager checks in on elderly neighbours during Thames Water issue.

“Our eldest (17) was spotted by our elderly next door neighbours taking a detour from his usual route to school to check in with the Thames Water team along the road to make sure they have drinking water this morning during a main water failure. Both of them are elderly and in poor health. She

An old building in Bridport of brown stone with wooden windows set in to it. The entrance to it is a rounded turret style which protrudes from the rest of the building. A bend and bin are under the downstairs window. Behind it a pedestrianised street. The sky above is bright blue with a few fluffy clouds.

Olly the banjo player in Bridport is a kindness superhero.

“I recently left my handbag behind on a bench after lunch in Bridport Dorset. It was fully loaded with car keys, phone, credit cards and even cash … A guy with a banjo- I think his name was Ollie Jessop…? tracked me back to where I was working and came and handed it in. I

A sign for Benfleet station on the platform at sunset. The shy above has white clouds with some blue sky above it and sun breaking through it as it sets. The platform itself is quite dark.

Angel at Benfleet station.

“I worked late in London, next to me on the train was a young lady around 19-20. She got off at my stop and I was at the front of the queue for a taxi, it was around 11pm so I offered her to go ahead of me so she was safe. 11 out of

A shop off a street with piles of items outside the door including plant pots, fake sunflowers, brushes, watering cans, and many other items. The part of sign above the shop which is visible reads “hardware, stationery, picture frames, table clothes.”

Pound shop staff show kindness.

I was spending time with my Dad while Mum was in Specsavers having her post-cataract eye test. He was starting to get anxious about where she was and how long she would be, so I took him into the ‘pound shop’ in our precinct because it has so many different items and I thought it