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 were on our way to the Lake District and we stopped at Lancaster service station and we got an alert on the car saying we had a low tire pressure. I pulled up to air station and tried to put pressure in and it just wouldn’t work. This Scottish man saw that I was […]
“I was in Boots when it first opened. An older gentleman ahead of me in the queue noticed that behind him was a Mum and her school-age son in school uniform. He offered for them to go ahead of him so that they were done quicker and the lad could get to school. Then when
When we ran out of story sheets because so many people had shared their story with us, one of the University of Reading events team went off and photocopied some extras for us. Remind yourself how much kindness is out there with more stories: Community rallies round to make 30th birthday party great! I talk
“To raise funds for our local library locals donated plants for their plant and book sale. There was a great selection including tomato, cucumber, strawberries, poppy, cacti and so much more. Local gardeners had clearly grown stuff specifically for the event. One of the tomato plants I picked up was actually grown by a 4
Here’s something we spied posted in a Facebook group recently, “Well done to the woman wearing a flowery top who went to help a lady cross the road to the train station, there were over 20 people a short distance away and you were the only one to go help (I was on my way
“I was in Costa Coffee having my morning coffee and I noticed 2 older ladies with walking frames coming up to the door. I went over and opened it for them because it would have been hard to hold the door open while trying to come in with their walkers.” Send in your story of
“I overheard a parent explaining to their child that snacks needed to stay in the café away from the play area in case other children have allergies. So kind of the parent to think of others and keep them safe and so kind of the child to do it!” Big thanks to Tilda for sending
“I was very happy to volunteer at the warehouse for Naomi House and JacksPlace. When we arrived at the warehouse, we were given a tour and an overview of the operation by Kevin, the manager. The warehouse deals with a huge number of donations from the public, that are then sold on to raise money
At 9pm the night before I was due to attend the CiPD Festival Of Work our iron broke – the light came on but it wasn’t heating up! I really wanted to wear my TfK T-shirt to the event as I hoped it would be a conversation starter. I sent a WhatsApp message to my
“The lovely woman at Marks And Spencer who measured our bra size, and was so genuinely lovely and pleasant the whole time. M&S is well-known for treating trans folks well, but it was nice to experience it first-hand.” Get even more stories of kindness to make you smile: Ally uses platform to highlight LGBTQIA+ freelancers.
