These positive news stories cover a wide range of acts of kindness to others that people have taken.
“Kindness leads to…more dogs!! I’m back from a lovely vacation! On the last day of vacation, the manager of the vet clinic I go to called and asked if we had room in our home for an “extra dog” for the holidays. One of the dogs who lives at the clinic is our dog Karma’s […]
100 families got Christmas dinner thanks to kindness superhero, Hayley Steere from Surrey. Hayley started the Free My Meal scheme during lockdown – it works by pairing a home cook who’s happy to cook a little extra for someone in need, with that person in need. It runs year round but the Christmas drive ensured
“While out for our New Year’s Day walk we were stopped by a man and his young daughter asking if we happened to be searching for a black cat. He pointed above our heads and there, huddled high in the tree was a slightly terrified-looking feline. As they’d seen the cat in the exact same
Content warning – this post mentions suicidal feelings. “l threatened to end my life back in April 2023 and a 21 year old shop assistant from Barry saved me. I’d met them as a customer in the shop they worked at and they could see I was struggling. I was in the shop and they
“While I was looking to order some posters I noticed that Dox Direct offer free printing for lost pet flyers. I thought it was so lovely to see a business offer that – clearly run by very kind people!”
A Canadian couple is donating socks to keep unhoused people warm over winter. Dwayne and Jenn Hayes are now running the 20k Sock Day initiative. The idea is you simply put out a collection bin, collect socks from those in your area, and then take them to a homeless shelter. Making sure to let 20k
“I’m sure many of you will have seen the legend that is Brenda Percy, age 92, walking around Llantwit Major picking up litter and collecting drinks cans. She collects the cans to raise money for the Boys Brigade. If you would like to help Brenda on her quest to collect cans please bring your cans
“We found a large, old, framed picture of a small boy in our loft – thanks to the power of Facebook we were able to find the family it belonged to and return it.”
Community and Tesco came together to provide 75 households in need with a Christmas hamper! “All of us at FoodShare Pantry Llantwit Major would like to say a HUGE thank you to the team at Tesco Barry Superstore, as well as the villagers of St Mary Church and Welsh St Donats, who collectively donated enough
“Off the back of the kindness pledge we appear to have a kindness postbox where the children are posting about things they have seen (and a few sibling grievances!)” What a wonderful idea to keep track of the kindness you’re seeing from our newest Kindness Ambassador, Laura Dennison!
