Neighbours find home of abandoned picture
“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.”
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These positive news stories cover a wide range of acts of kindness to others that people have taken.
Community and Tesco come together in South Wales to provide Christmas hampers for 75 households in need.
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
Kindness postbox encourages kids to share kindness
“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!
Train conductor, Neil, makes travelers lost ticket easier with kindness.
“On a dark, miserable December morning, just after 7am, taking the (ridiculously early to me as I am not a earlybird) train from Cardiff to Bristol. Two trains in fact. I bought my £20 ticket at my local station. But when I changed trains at the central station for the mainline service to Bristol, my
#JoinIn to make the holiday season easier
For those alone or struggling over the festive season, the #JoinIn hashtag across social media is a wonderful show of kindness and community. Anyone can post to the hashtag and find others to chat to, support people, and just come together and feel less alone at a time that can be so hard for so
Friend donates gift-able items to ease financial stress during divorce
“My friend is going through a divorce whilst still living in the same house as her husband. She works part-time, her car recently broke down and she was really worried about Christmas. I have a box of unwanted gifts, unused items, freebies from when I have bought things and some nearly new stuff that looks
Dyslexia friendly books available at Rhondda book fair!
“At the Rhondda book fair I spotted this selection of books which are published in Dyslexia friendly print. I thought it was so amazing to see not only that it had been considered but that they’d been brought to a book fair and it being normalised to see these options. Accessibility is a kindness and
Binmen gift selection box to toddler
“I was standing outside with my toddler to give our binmen their Christmas tip as they came past. One of them went to put it in the cab and came back with a selection box for her! He said they like to give them out to all the kids who they see on their route
Lost hat returned after Michael McIntyre gig at Leeds Arena.
“I had a great time at the Leeds Arena watching Michael McIntyre as a birthday treat. When I went home, I realised I had lost my hat, I must have dropped it by mistake. It might sound rather trivial but the hat had been previously bought by my son and given as a gift so
Barista tops up a coffee.
“My barista checked what kind of lid my reusable cup had and topped it up when they noticed it went on the top so they didn’t need to leave room for an insertable lid. That might seem like nothing but a bit of extra fancy coffee really made my day!” You can share the kindness