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.
The central message of Time for Kindness has always been that kindness is all around us. It’s happening every day, mostly in small acts that often go unremarked. But when we do notice those acts of kindness, it makes a huge difference to how we feel. Whether we are the giver, receiver or witness to […]
What small act of everyday kindness have you noticed recently? “My girlfriend noticed someone struggling with the chemist door and a buggy so went over and helped get the buggy out of the door and down the steps.” Acts of kindness like this are happening everywhere all the time and we’re here to help you
My sister was celebrating the second birthday of the intergenerational groups she runs in local care homes. One of the care homes bought her a bunch of flowers to say congratulations! The groups are full of kindness between all ages, so it was wonderful to see this kindness shown to my sis too. What kindness
My friend Lynda knitted me some socks as a gift – they are cheerful and cosy 😀 . Let’s hear about your kind friends in the comments. Kindness comes in all shapes and sizes from all kinds of people, check out some of our other examples: Brother-in-law fixes laptop with kindness and determination. German books
Volunteering is a common and wonderful way to show kindness; have you volunteered? Emma Reeve recently shared the impact a large scale volunteering project had on her and why she still remembers it a year later. “A year ago I had the most incredible experience volunteering on DIY SOS (info on the show here). It
I got some STL (3d printing) files as part of a third party Dungeons and Dragons set I bought and a friend offered to print them for me. I asked how much it would cost and he sent a bunch of costing and ended with ‘so once you get the £5 mates discount rate, turns
“Our cleaner, AdvanceFlex, is really lovely but this last time she also left a weird note that made us chuckle on the freezer board list. She also created what looked like a ritual sacrifice of the bathroom ducks around the single bathroom cat! It’s such a small thing but they both made us smile and
My daughter saw a packet of my favourite sweets – which you can almost never buy in the UK – in a shop and bought me a packet because she knows how much I like them! How have your family, of birth or choice, shown kindness this week? Check out more examples of kindness to
“Someone asked in the neighbours’ WhatsApp group whether anyone had The Sunday Times newspaper from a specific date because an overseas friend of theirs had been featured in a research column and they wanted to send a copy to her. One of the neighbours was able to help and gave her the newspaper copy. It
At the March repair cafe in Barry an elderly man came in confused about how to report his meter readings on the app with his provider sending notifications and things asking him to. It’s not exactly what they do at the repair cafe but the admin woman there helped him do it anyway. He was
