Valeways
What is your community doing to care for the environment? Down in the Vale of Glamorgan, Valeways and their team of volunteers donate their time to keep walking paths clear and safe, taking care of both the environment and their community.
positive news
These positive news stories cover a wide range of acts of kindness to others that people have taken.
Food first community gardens
Does your local community have garden plots? In Stephenville, their Lions Club has community garden plots, a community garden and community market working to address food security. The Lions Motto is “We Serve” and clearly they do a great job serving both the community and the environment. If the Food First NL has inspired you,
Rainbow laces
Is your favourite sports star or local team sporting #RainbowLaces? I love the Rainbow Laces campaign from Stonewall which is promoting inclusivity in sports. Stonewall says “Visibility is important, but it alone is not enough. That’s why we’re evolving our Rainbow Laces from a symbol of inclusion to one of commitment.” Seeing rainbow laces on
England’s Lionesses at the Euros
I saw lots of examples of kindness after the England Euros football match on Friday from the players to their young fans. For example, Jill Scott agreed to have a selfie with my friend’s daughter – it completely made T’s night, she was buzzing! The goal-keeper Ellie Roebuck came over to the crowd and beckoned
Kind accountant saves the day
When everything feels like it’s going wrong, a small act of kindness can make a huge difference as Emma Allsopp shares. “In celebration of #Kindness and #PayingItForward in the face of what feels like unrelenting world-sadness: My computer crashed mid-Zoom call yesterday evening. Wouldn’t restart either. Thanks to superhero, Ravi – accountant by day, computer fixer by night –
Reading Community Cup
Kindness is fun and The Reading Community Cup proved it! “The Reading Community Cup was absolutely awesome! So proud to see so many people coming together at the University. Our aim was to bring people across the local community together and shout loudly about how welcome refugees and sanctuary seekers are in Reading and especially
Kindness at Wimbledon
What kindness have you seen at Wimbledon? I was thrilled to see this Tweet from the Wimbledon foundation following on from their tennis ball portrait: “The tennis balls have been donated on to local charities we support including Tennis For Free, Rackets Cubed, Bright Ideas for Tennis and Merton School Sport Partnership. A few may
A kindness interview with the Mayor of Reading
I recently had the opportunity to talk to my friend and colleague, Rachel Eden, about kindness in public service. Rachel has been an elected member of Reading Borough Council since 2010, has stood as a parliamentary candidate in 2 General Elections and is the current Mayor of Reading. She also runs her own finance and
Kind words for a political opponent
Could you be kind to an opposing political candidate? This wonderful story of kindness in politics came from an anonymous election candidate. “Standing on the stage as the results of the election were announced, I was tired and emotional (to say the least). I knew that despite my personal disappointment I would need to follow
Jubilee party
Lots of kindness and community spirit for the Jubilee Street Party where I live today. There were a group of volunteers who got us all organised, put together a list of food items, arranged the gazebos and BBQs. On the day, we all brought along different food items, chatted to neighbours, played with the kids