These stories share acts of kindness from real people in every day life. #ProjectAmplifyKindness is about changing the balance of the narrative about the world and how people behave.
“At Repair Cafe Barry we have an Autistic boy who comes in every month with his teddy. One of our volunteers spotted a very similar teddy in a charity shop for £1 and bought it for spare parts as needed.” What a kind volunteer to be thinking about the repair cafe and that boy specifically […]
On Tuesday 22 July at 7.30pm, head kindness cheerleader Sarah is doing an Instagram Live with Becky Greaves. It’s part of her wonderful summer series about social media and wellbeing all about finding harmony between our online world and our wellbeing. Join us live to be part of this really important discussion.
“We were walking in Sherwood Forest with our two Border Terriers when we realised that the puppy, just 8 months old, wasn’t with us. We shouted and searched everywhere, beginning to feel really desperate and thought he may have fallen down a rabbit hole. I started to cry when I heard a ladies voice from
“I heard that a family on the estate were trying to home school their 8 and 11 year old children on dad’s mobile phone, so I cobbled together a Linux laptop from the best parts I had to hand. I bought a new SSD (hard drive) for them and it ran as sweet as a
Want a world where kindness is recognised, valued & talked about more? You can make it happen! With just a few simple actions you can be part of something bigger; start the ripple of kindness. And the best bit? It’s really quick to do! All of this also lets the algorithm know that you want
“Firstly I wondered how on earth Tesco’s knew I was ill. Then I remembered my order had Lemsip and Strepsils in it! 🙏 Thank you Tesco to your thoughtful staff for the message. Every little does help! It’s rare when a business takes the time to be thoughtful or go the extra mile. In a
“I was in a queue at intermission of a concert for the disabled toilets. There were several of us in the queue all of us with walking sticks. Everyone helpfully held the door for the next disabled person to enter. It was also radar-locked if you let it fully close too. I had walked by
Lots of us are probably already adding kindness into our days, perhaps without realising it. Here are some ways that you may have carried out an act of kindness without even thinking about it: • Donated clothes or bric-a-brac to a charity shop. • Recommended a book or TV series to a friend. • Let
“I ordered some High Rollers merch from Teemill and after it hadn’t been dispatched the day after it was due to arrive, I contacted the company to ask what was going on. They explained the items are made to order so the shipping estimates are often wrong but very kindly upgraded my shipping to first
“I saw a photograph in the Guardian Saturday magazine that had been taken by a photographer friend of mine. When I messaged him to say that I liked it, he asked if I might be able to send him my copy of the magazine when I finished with it because he hadn’t been able to
