These positive news stories cover a wide range of acts of kindness to others that people have taken.
Our car had broken down, and the decision was made that whilst I caught a bus to work, my husband would ring and wait for the breakdown people to arrive. As he was working too, he was hot-spotting from the car which whilst not ideal, could have been worse. Then, after a series of unfortunate […]
When Dawn was waiting in A&E for over 5 hours while in a lot of pain, she was thrilled to meet Archie, a cat who visits the hospital to comfort patients. Dawn shared her story with me “I was in so much pain due to gallstones but then we got a visit from the famous
When I saw the Include Choir at KindFest I knew I wanted to share them on Time for Kindness. The Include Choir support people with communication disabilities and is led by Speech therapists. They have so many wonderful songs using Makaton signs and even online inclusive meetings so everyone can join in. Find out more
Meet Kindness Superhero Jodi Ann Bickley who writes hugs in an envelope to people. An avid letter writer, author, doodler, mum and over thinker, Jodi writes letters to people to share some love and kindness with them. She’s also written two books, One Million Lovely Letters and ‘Write A Letter’ which helps people to write
A local Facebook group came together to support their pharmacists in a real show of community and kindness. The original post said “Just to let members know the queue for the pharmacy is very long if you need prescriptions, I’m about 40th in the queue.” Replies soon came in saying how cheerful the staff remain,
The Warm Spaces Project seems to me to be a fantastic example of kindness. Both the offering of warm spaces and the initiative to build a directory so that people can find the spaces near them. I also hope it is an act of kindness for us to tell you lovely people about the directory
When Jenna’s auntie took a bad fall in an car park two teenagers went out of their way to help her. Jenna was compelled to share in a local Facebook group to find the teens, she wrote “My auntie took a pretty bad fall earlier on this evening, in the dark, around Nicholl Court car
It’s 2 years since I started Time for Kindness. Despite being a short time compared to other things I’ve worked on, it is already up there on the list of things I am most pleased to have done. From the beginning my aim has been to highlight the kindness that I believe exists in the
Milkman, Darin, came to the aid of one of his customers on his own birthday! He shared in a Facebook post; “So with today being my birthday and having to work it for the first time in many years i started the day thinking I would crack today’s round out, then get home and put
Manda, a Walmart employee in Aberedeen, South Dakota not only fixed Nicole’s tyre but also taught her how to use it herself in future. What a wonderful act of kindness that made Nicole’s day and the rest of her life a bit easier!
