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.
“Looking back I learned a lot about how important kindness to me from Star Trek – I was a TNG girl and Troi was a real role model for me. She always sought to understand and to reach for compassion before judgement – a message that I think spans the whole franchise. So as I […]
This post was shared by Emma Cossey after a group call where several people needed to vent about various stresses, the call overran by quite a lot – everybody was happy to hold space for each other, support each other and validate each others struggles. What a collaborative demonstration of kindness! “Soppy post alert. Can
My social media manager, who is not into sports at all, went out of her way to send me a list of Women’s World Cup hashtags, just in case I wanted to post anything before, during or after the final. In the event, the emotion on the day was all a bit much for me
“I’ve put the wheels in motion to get an Autism assessment and have experienced so much kindness: While I know the assessment journey is likely to be quite hard, it has also created so many opportunities for me to see and receive kindness and I’m really grateful for that.” If you liked this story of
“Today we have had train guards waving, blowing their whistle etc, adults and children holding doors for us, high chair being brought over by someone from another table, a guy offering to carry the pram down the station steps, people with bikes giving up their space on the train for our pram etc etc. a
What a wonderful every day kindness story from the University of Reading festival we attended. The child who drew this wonderful picture looked after their little cousin while her parents were out – children show so much kindness all the time. I’d love to hear what kind things the children in your life have done
Could you be a kindness ambassador? (Spoilers: yes you could!) Everyone is welcome to become a kindness ambassador – it simply provides a structured way to commit to seeing and sharing kindness in the world using this 3-step process: Step 1: Commit to noticing at least one act of everyday kindness in the world around
“I love that most people still say thank you to bus drivers when they get off – they’re doing their job but showing appreciation is a simple kindness we can all do. Every time I take the bus I notice plenty of people still saying thanks when they get off and it always makes me
What a kind thing Cyril did to stop you banging your head while swimming” and thank you to the person who shared this with us at the University of Reading festival – your drawing is wonderful too! Find more stories from the University of Reading festival here.
My guest blog this month comes from Simon Gamewell, Content Producer at TAP – Thank And Praise. TAP is a social thanking platform that aims to improve the wellbeing of those working in education, healthcare and social care by sharing stories of thanks and gratitude. In his blog Simon explains how linking kindness and gratitude
