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 don’t possess a gazebo but there had been a mix-up that gave us a pitch without one at the University of Reading Community Festival. Two other kind stall-holders agreed to re-jig and shuffle up so that we could join them under their shared cover. Even more stories of kindness to remind you that it’s […]
You may have noticed us asking for stories of kindness within and to the LGBTQIA+ community this month – that’s because we’re going to be featuring more stories from specific groups during certain awareness months. We want to make sure that everyone knows Time for Kindness is for them and to see themselves represented in
“After a day at the zoo we were forced left off the road, by a delivery truck hurtling down the road towards us, leading to us bursting a tyre and needing help on the side of a road in the middle of nowhere in N. Wales. We limped to a little pull in on the
“When I go to my local supermarket, I chat to a homeless guy who sits outside near the trolleys. The other day as I was saying hello, a woman and her 2 primary-school age children came out. They were both carrying foodstuffs, such as juice, fruit, a few other bits and pieces, and had beaming
These 2 friends drew pictures of the kindness they had exchanged when gaming. It’s a mystery to me what it actually means, but I do know that it was kindness that meant a lot to them. And that’s what counts! If anybody can show me a kindness and explain though, I’d love to understand! Get
“I had an issue with the connector to inflate my bike tyre which led to the back one going flat on a trip to the shops. It was going to be a long walk home until I dropped by the Twyford taxi rank and asked Imran if he had a tyre inflator and could he
“I recently co-created a collective project about caring for trans community, which was shared in the latest international journal of narrative therapy and community work.” The team collected stories of hope in the trans community and turned them into an audio that anyone can listen to, or download the transcript of, “not to fix anything,
“Someone messaged our WhatsApp group to explain that she had got permission from the Council to use the public green space on our road for her 30th birthday party. She wanted to let everyone know, hope that it wouldn’t cause inconvenience and reassure that they would be finished by early evening. In return (and unprompted), several
“In 2018 I had Ramsay Hunt Syndrome (Bell’s Palsy and shingles at the same time). It meant a 6-9 month period of recovery and accepting help. It also meant coming to terms with the fact that my face didn’t look the same for a while and posting about this and my recovery on Instagram made
“When I first came to the UK, I was trying to get somewhere and had been told the number of the bus I needed but not the direction. As I was standing there looking confused, trying to work out which way I needed to go, a very kind man asked if I needed help. When
