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.
“Thank you to the network rail workers who rescued me after I fell asleep on the last train home from Euston and missed my stop. I got off the train at Cheddington and realised I was the only passenger on platform in the middle of the night. No taxi available. Lovely rail workers about to […]
A Tweet led to a flurry of other people shouting out kindness they’d experienced on trains – and then to an article on The Poke highlighting them all! The original Tweet read “To the Southern Rail UK driver who pulled into West Norwood, saw me standing on the wrong platform, watched me realise and sprint
“My dad worked hard his whole life to provide for our family. Over time, the physical strain of his job took a toll—leaving him in pain and with limited mobility. Now retired, he’s finally focusing on self-care, something he’d neglected for years. He recently started doing yoga at our local health and café centre and
“Our local preschool was at risk of shutting down unless they could find five trustees to serve on the committee. These unpaid volunteers were essential, and no one wanted to see our beloved village preschool close its doors. Although I’ve been juggling a lot of responsibilities and feeling stretched thin, I nervously attended the AGM,
“I was sitting on a bench in the local playground, enjoying a rare parenting privilege—a hot tea from my flask and a moment to sit down. My husband had been away on business a lot, and between two small children, an intense training course, and job hunting, I was feeling depleted. I must have looked
My daughter’s bike light fell off as she was riding to football training. She didn’t notice until she got there. She sent a message to my husband to tell him what had happened. When he cycled the same route a bit later on his way to pick her up, he found the light – someone
“I was on cake duty for our Remembrance service and after everyone at the coffee morning had enjoyed themselves and gone back to work I packed up some to take to my team and gave the leftovers away, including to my old team.” What kindness did you see over Remembrance?
“A corporal at Bastion in Afghanistan heard how much not having proper showers (they only had solar pack showers) was affecting morale in the troops on the front line and happened to have access to a paddling pool, so he sent it on to them. They were thrilled.” What a wonderful reminder that kindness shows
We’ve been told about a kind soldier who, when picking up troops coming back from the front lines for changeover, rather than taking them straight to the airport they would be offered the chance to go to some shops in case they wanted presents for loved ones or just a chance to ease into normality
“A former colleague from years ago got in touch with me as she is looking for a new job in my sector and wanted to get my advice. I put her in touch with a recruiter I know in our field who I knew would be able to give her better up-to-date advice than I
