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.
Recently a very close friend of mine was rushed to hospital after being taken unwell very unexpectedly. This resulted in her having a serious operation, staying in hospital for a couple of weeks and with a long recovery ahead of her. She contacted me to tell me how she and her family have been overwhelmed […]
“On 17th November I was walking on Harpenden Common with my friend’s dog, Indie, when I dropped my bunch of keys, which included my car key, door key and several other important ones. I started retracing my steps and met a lovely man, whose name was Dominic, with his black spaniel. He then spent the
“I was on a bus waiting to depart from a town centre location, chatting to the driver. An elderly lady was posting letters in a nearby letter box and unknowingly dropped one. The bus driver jumped up from his cab and ran to retrieve and return the letter to the lady, without a second thought.”
I went to visit my friend and fellow Team TfK member, Catching Fireworks , who had just moved house. It was lovely to have an in-person catch up and see her beautiful new home. She knew that I was heading straight on to a work event, to hear Beth Stallwood Create WorkJoy talk about her
“I was shopping in Lidl in Heath Cardiff and on putting the shopping into the boot, the box holding the bottles of beers broke and 2 of the bottles rolled out and landed on the road, smashing all over the road. Glynn, another customer in the carpark came over, on hearing the noise, and offered
On Instagram, I’ve connected with Flora and her soulful ceramic pieces. Although we use different media, we have a similar sensibility in how we create. So we decided on an art swap – and I was thrilled to receive one of Flora’s exquisite kintsugi pieces, while she received one of my ceramic inspired collagraph prints.
“For a couple of years now, The Big Green Bookshop has been doing ‘buy a stranger a book day’ every Wednesday. As the name suggests, people offer to buy a book, sometimes a particular title, sometimes just giving a budget, for a stranger who wants a book and who perhaps can’t afford it themselves. Personally,
“I gave a lift to a neighbour when I saw her waiting at the bus stop.” This is your reminder that no kindness is too small to recognise! More stories of kindness from neighbours: Neighbour shares watermelon. Neighbour uses Facebook to thank others for beautiful gardens. Neighbour lends blood pressure machine and picks it up
“I was driving home to Plymouth from Kingsbridge with my dog Gigi, as I came out of Churchstow heading towards Aveton Gifford down a very steep hill, my van was making a a terrible sound and shuddering!! I put my hazards on and stopped and got out to look and a my rear tyre was
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I’m on season 7 of the WorkJoy Jam podcast talking all about kindness with Beth Stallwood. You can find my interview on episode 8 by clicking here, hitting play on the Spotify embed below, or searching for WorkJoy Jam on your favourite podcast platform. I’d love for you to give it a listen, it was
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