These positive news stories cover a wide range of acts of kindness to others that people have taken.
“I returned to Ely to buy a tall, slim chest of drawers that I had seen earlier in the week. Ely is one of those places with a traditional High Street and strange one way systems and really interesting and cool shops. My chest of drawers shop is in the centre and being unfamiliar with […]
I was on my way to the Media Trust volunteering event in a building near Regents Canal in London when I saw someone a little way ahead of me drop a cereal bar wrapper on the floor. They obviously hadn’t noticed it fall out of their pocket, so I picked it up and put it
“I was riding my new motorbike, coming near to the end of my ride and thought I’d head up to one of Cumbria’s beautiful passes, in this case it was the Newlands pass in Buttermere. I parked my bike up (in gear, I’m new but not stupid, or so I thought) and got off to
“I went for a blood test the other day and for the first time ever, not only did a healthcare provider see me masked and ask if I wanted them to mask in a way that showed empathy and that this wasn’t a big deal – they also then proceeded to inform me ‘just to
I’m so excited to be attending Bernadette Russell’s book launch and show – the true story of one woman’s mission to answer the question “Can Kindness Change the World?” On Thursday my husband, daughter and I will be at The Albany to support my friend while enjoying her comedy about how, despite what we are
As part of the International Women’s Month celebrations I’m on Berkshire Culture Connect today (Sunday, 23rd March) at 8 PM. I was in the studio at B Radio – Berkshire with Tomson Chauke to record it this week and can’t wait for you to hear it. Tune in and be part of the kindness movement!
“Local children were invited to take part in mock trials in the actual crown court near me on a Saturday afternoon to learn how the court system works. The high sheriff and all of the magistrates do it entirely voluntarily and the magistrate even ran sessions after school for the children too. It was for
My sister, Joe, and I went to a lovely community café, Kimel Cafe, last weekend. It was set up to give neurodivergent young adults, a stepping stone into the workplace, inspired by an American man who did something similar. You can read their story here. It has kindness right at its heart. The coffee and
“We live in Liverpool and my son Samuel was taking the bus to school. He put the trumpet case under the seat at the bus stop and then got on the bus. He only realised the trumpet was missing when he got to school. The trumpet is a 1960s jazz trumpet so is quite expensive.
“I was walking my son’s fox red Labrador, Millie, in Saltram and I lost her. One minute she was there, the next she was gone. I was so so worried. I asked lots of people if they had seen her and so many people were just so kind and wanted to help. One gentleman offered
