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These positive news stories cover a wide range of acts of kindness to others that people have taken.

A residential area at dusk with a lamp post coming on and cars parked underneath it.

Teenagers help an elderly woman after a fall

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 […]

A wall with brightly coloured phrases related to the positivity of kindness painted all over it

Celebrating kindness superheroes

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

the back of a milk float filled with milk and eggs.

A milkman goes above and beyond

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

a silver tyre gauge.

Walmart employee goes above and beyond

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!

5 teenagers standing on a netball pitch, 3 holding netballs, the others holding pens and whistles, on a sunny day.

The kindness of Bulmershe School’s students

Bulmershe School tweeted how lucky they are to have such fantastic students who support them in our extra-curricular after some of the year 12s helped to run a primary school netball tournament. It’s wonderful to see kindness being celebrated in schools – what kindness have you seen from children recently?

Darren in his uniform holding two train tickets with different stickers on them and smiling. A sign behind him reads “This side for platform 1 for trains to Reading. Over the footbridge to platform 2 for trains to Wokingham, Ascot, Staines, Richmond.”

Kids train tickets

How do you cheer up an under 5 who’s sad they didn’t get a train ticket (when their parent is happy because they travel for free!)? Daren, who runs Earley train station in Berkshire, decided to find an answer to that question and bought a load of fun stickers from Tiger to give to small

a square piece of art made of 9 square tiles in brightly coloured papers and fabrics

Relax with art

I had so much fun at the Onome Otite online art class from #vamacademy last night 😍 I’m rather pleased with my textile and paper collage using Onome’s tiling technique. I wasn’t very good at following the instruction to keep your workspace tidy though – I ended up with messy piles of fabric and paper on my desk and

A desk with assorted stationery, post-its, a pair of glasses and the word charity in the middle to show how busy charities are

5 charities that changed my life

As a comms and strategy specialist for not-for-profit organisations, charities are a big part of my life. I want to make a positive difference in the world and helping organisations with a vision of a kinder world to communicate well is my way of doing that. This blog celebrates the difference that charities have made

a black and white cat lies in some long grass.

No Mow May

Did you do No Mow May this year? L did and they told us they “barely mow the grass these days (and stick to No Mow May) and this year when I have mowed I have left a big patch of long grass by the tree we have covered in bird feeders which the animals

A hand written sign on an office door which reads “please ask if you need your water bottle topped up. Stay cool.” A bottle of water and a smiley face have been drawn on the sign.

Heatwave kindness

This year’s heatwave brought with it some amazing examples of kindness. I love this one from Inky Thinking who proves something really simple can have a potentially big impact. Did you give or receive any acts of kindness during the heatwave?