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 would like to say thank you for the people who live between Nos 38 and 45 for their Xmas lights. It really brightens up the evening” This post was shared in the local Facebook group and I thought it was a wonderful demonstration of a small act of kindness that makes people feel appreciated.
“On Friday 1st December my daughter arrived in Birmingham having worked in London, travelling up from Eastbourne. When she arrived at the hotel she soon realized she hadn’t got her backpack with her. Four frantic hours of retracing her steps and she saw the taxi driver that had taken her from train to hotel. He
“The small act of kindness I saw recently is when I got late to the gym the other day and someone who was already there shared her equipment because all the good ones were gone!” Thanks to Francesca Romano for sharing this over on LinkedIn – hope you had a good workout 🏋🏻
“I found a phone on the edge of the dancefloor and put it on the shelf. Twenty minutes later it lit up. I took the call out into the porch so I could hear what was being said, explained that I had found the phone on the floor and was trying to identify the owner;
“I’ve been looking for resources on Queer history in the UK as most of my knowledge is US based. I posted about this on social media and had several people send me links, book recommendations, museums to visit, and someone even put me in touch with a friend of theirs who helps put together exhibitions
“The owner of The Borough gave me a bottle of wine when my hip replacement operation was cancelled at a day’s notice at the end of what had been a very difficult week. I had only been a customer with them on two occasions at that point so hadn’t appreciated that Jacob, the owner of
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
