Stranger pays for child’s sweets when his card didn’t work.
“To the lovely lady that just paid at the corner shop for my boys sweets when his card played up thanks very much really kind.” Read more stories of kindness by strangers.
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These positive news stories cover a wide range of acts of kindness to others that people have taken.
Teaching assistant from Chaddesden Park Primary School makes an impact with kindness.
“Miss Jones from Chaddesden Park Primary School has been the most amazing 1:1 support to my son Caleb and a fabulous teaching assistant for the last nine years. Miss Jones has been successfully promoted and will be leaving the school. We are so proud of you, thank you for all of the support and kindness
Stranger steps in to help during mental health episode
“I am immensely proud of the kindness my husband showed towards a stranger this week who was suffering from a serious mental health episode. He stopped on his commute to work to talk to her, help her get warm, ensure she was safe and waiting with her until support arrived for her. As she didn’t
Stranger shows both trust and kindness at a petrol station
“I was with my 10 year old daughter in a petrol station near Redhill in Surrey. I got to the till to pay but discovered I’d accidently left my debit card at home and had no means to pay. I called my husband to ask him to do a quick bank transfer but got no
WI knit useful items for local hospital.
There is a lady at my mum’s WI group who collects knitted items to take to the local hospital, the Royal Berkshire Hospital. There is a range of patterns for use in different wards and for different reasons. Mum and her fellow Women’s Institute group members have knitted: knee blankets, forget me not armbands so
Balance your feed by adding kindness to it!
Need reminding about the kindness and goodness that there is in the world? I share stories of kindness (nearly) every day, big and small, to show that it really is out there, it’s just sometimes we don’t see it. And if we do see it, we often forget to talk about it and tell other
Man helps pay for stranger’s fish and chips.
“I decided to pick up some chips on my way home from beers at the Uni with a former colleague, but when I got to the fish and chip shop I realised I didn’t have enough cash and it was cash only. A man who was waiting for his fish put a £1 coin down
Neighbour provides water for dogs in heatwave
“Someone on our estate has put out a bowl of water for dogs while it’s been so hot & my dogs have really appreciated it.” This is such a small thing that anyone can do and makes a big difference to lots of people. It reminds me of the previous heatwave kindness story we shared.
Neighbours reunite lost ferret with owner.
“We reunited a lost ferret with her owner! While walking the dogs one evening one of them was excitedly sniffing at a drain. As we came back the same way a ferret was peeking out of it. She wasn’t scared as we approached – keeping the dogs out of the way! We snapped some photos
Returned wallet shows kindness of people in Llantwit Major.
However it can seem from the mainstream media, there are lots of good, kind people in the world as Robert discovered. He posted in his local Facebook group to say: “Honesty and decency. What a brilliant community we live in; just went outside and saw a strange object by my front gate…my wallet! Must have