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.
“We have refugees staying across the road and I noticed some of the teenager boys had got all dressed up and were helping each other pose and taking photos of each other. It was so lovely to watch them showing each other kindness – and more so knowing that they are safe enough to do […]
“My next door neighbour lent me her bike when mine got a puncture and I didn’t have time to get it repaired before I needed to make a journey by bike. It saved me a longer walk in the dark.” Want to spread kindness? Share our posts to remind others how much kindness there is
On the Bank Holiday weekend we went for a 7 mile walk along the canal from Newbury. The tow path was really narrow in places so we regularly stood aside to let cyclists go past. One of them told us that there were 5 more people on bikes coming behind him so we knew to
“My daughter and I were away with my Dad on his narrowboat. One day was particularly windy and as we slowed down to approach a swing bridge the boat was blown against the far side of the canal and grounded in the shallow water- we were stuck. There was a lovely house by the canal
“I was lucky enough to be on the lovely Island of Anglesey. Nice clear morning, later forecast for showers. So I decided to take my two dogs for a nice walk around Crigyll Beach, just opposite Rhosneigr. I was almost back to the Car Park, I slipped down a Sand Dune, and broke my leg!
The Human Kind café in Billericay uses a pay it forward model to allow people to eat for free. As we hear more and more about the loneliness epidemic and 23% of UK adults believe that reducing isolation and loneliness are a top priority, this is a beautiful example of how kindness helps combat social
“A bus driver let 2 passengers travel for free after the bus number changed. They pulled up at the stop and changed numbers to go elsewhere, they came and told the driver they needed to pay again to go to their next stop and he said no, it’s fine.” Remind yourself how often kindness like
“My colleague gave me a lift back to the office after a visit so I avoided additional sweat!” What a kind colleague – we’re sure this kind of thing happens all the time so we’d love to hear your stories of kindness in the workplace! Check out these other stories of kindness to remind you
Our neighbours took our empty bins in and kept them in their garage until we got home a week later. We went on holiday on bin day and we’d had time to put the bins out but not to collect them in after they’d been emptied. Even more stories of kindness to brighten your day:
“The other day I was exploring a new part of town and I was trying to walk down a narrow footpath just as the kids were coming out of the local school – I moved over and waited to let them all by as there wasn’t much room – there must’ve been a trail of
