These positive news stories cover a wide range of acts of kindness to others that people have taken.
“I would like to say a big thank you to the gentleman in Iceland this afternoon, who was behind my elderly mum in the checkout queue. My mum had forgotten her bank card and was unable to pay for her items, and the chap kindly said he would pay for it. He said with a […]
“In my local Facebook group someone posted to say, ‘The kindness of our people in our town just keeps getting better. Thank you so much to who ever just paid for the shopping in the corner shop when I sent my child over, just transferred money over to my card and someone had paid for
“I mentioned I’d run out of NoWa toothpaste tabs in a group chat for a community pantry I’m part of and someone mentioned they had some they’d not got on with that they’d give me to tide me over.” These small kindnesses make a huge difference – what kindness have you seen this week? Here’s
I believe that kindness is a positive thing. Whether you are being kind, you are receiving kindness or you notice it take place, you feel better as a result. So I am delighted that there is an increasing body of academic research that is proving this positive effect to be true. The Sussex Centre for
Local business Vale Gardeners is paying forward the support of their community by offering a free service to elderly locals with overgrown gardens. Their post in a local group read “Due to the on going support our business has received from the community! We are looking to give back! If anyone knows someone elderly with
“To raise funds for our local library locals donated plants for their plant and book sale. There was a great selection including tomato, cucumber, strawberries, poppy, cacti and so much more. Local gardeners had clearly grown stuff specifically for the event. One of the tomato plants I picked up was actually grown by a 4
“I was very happy to volunteer at the warehouse for Naomi House and JacksPlace. When we arrived at the warehouse, we were given a tour and an overview of the operation by Kevin, the manager. The warehouse deals with a huge number of donations from the public, that are then sold on to raise money
We were so thrilled to be sent this positive story of kindness on social media, specifically TikTok by Jax who told us “The kindness that I’m seeing all over TikTok people supporting the 10k pay off your debt trend is warming my heart daily.” You can see many of the posts on this trend here.
“My Mum travelled down to London on the train from North Yorkshire yesterday. We are going to the ballet tonight to celebrate her 80th birthday. Unfortunately, she left her walking stick on the train. She took a bus from her hotel to the shops nearby, but they didn’t have any. While she was standing on
We loved this story from the New York Post about pool rivals who, a decade later, showed true sportsmanship as one donated a kidney to the other. Russ Redhead had put out an angry Facebook post claiming James Harris Jr had an unfair advantage in a pool tournament after he pulled ahead. Things cooled down
