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.
“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
I was really busy with work meetings and deadlines, but I knew I had some books that were overdue to go back to the library. The longer I left it to return them, the bigger the fine was going to be! My teenage daughter offered to return them for me while she was out on
“My MP’s assistant noticed a comment I’d left on a post about the next surgery which had a specific theme and contacted me to let me know I could email direct to book in at one of the surgeries and with details of the next one which was closer to me too.” We love hearing
“My housemate often orders from our Avon lady but is always at work when she calls. I work from home and always have to get up from work, go downstairs to answer the door, just to say ‘I don’t know if she wants anything.’ Last time she called, the Avon Lady said to let my
We loved seeing the outpouring of kindness for Defib the cat through the #SaveDefib campaign after it seemed the ambulance station’s resident and elderly cat would be evicted. Kindness won the day though and the new management is allowing Defib to stay in the only home he has known for 16 years with the people
