These positive news stories cover a wide range of acts of kindness to others that people have taken.
“Our repair café (find them on Facebook here) celebrated its first anniversary this month and one of the volunteers made an amazing cake to celebrate. She already does a lot for the café by being one of the excellent fabric fixers so to also make such a wonderful cake was above and beyond – it […]
I was in Lidl and the customer 2 ahead of me was having trouble with his bank card – the card machine wouldn’t read it. Everyone was waiting patiently but he was getting more embarrassed each time it wouldn’t work. The people in front of me then said they would pay for his shopping. It
Have you seen a wall of kindness? On the Southbank in London recently, I was delighted to come across a kindness wall. I’ve heard about them in various countries around the world, but this was the first time I’d seen one in person. These walls provide somewhere for you to both drop off or take
“I’m writing from the Valparaíso Region in Chile where we recently had some horrendous wildfires (131 dead, up to 30,000 people displaced/homeless) and I would like to share just how much the community has reached out to help one another. The volunteer firefighters who spent 5 days combatting the fires; the scores of vets and
“I took our boys (aged 9, 12 and 13) to Sutton Park. We had never visited before and it seemed like a good place for a half term catch up and undertake the 8 mile circular walk. Our boys were less enthusiastic shall we say. Unfortunately about an hour in the boys wondered and explored
“This is just an appreciation post to the two absolutely wonderful ladies working in the post office this afternoon. I was struggling with packing and repacking boxes to post abroad with a 1 year old in one arm and 3 boxes in the other. The ladies helped me out above and beyond, taking care of
Friday is pizza day for the children of Southampton’s oncology ward thanks to Abby’s Heroes. They team up with businesses in the Southampton to provide the pizza which, according to one parent is the “highlight of the week!” Even more evidence of all the kindness in the world: Local knitter donates starter kit to keen
“Someone I’ve got to know online was attending a park run near me and very kindly offered to bring her knitting magazines for me to have. I gratefully accepted and when we met up she’d also included some yarn and needles which were much appreciated as a beginner knitter!” Even more stories of everyday kindness
“My 13 year old daughter arrived at Tipton tennis club for a tournament on Sunday, and realised that she had forgotten her tennis shoes. They were hiding in the secret compartment of small tennis rucksack, and got missed in the transfer over to her big tennis bag for tournaments. She was wearing a pair of
My Dad has always enjoyed gardening but is finding it much harder as he is aging to keep on top of things. So he now has a gardener called Freddie to help with the ‘heavy’ work. Freddie was admiring all the wooden planters in the garden and Dad told him that he had made them
