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.
Lots of kindness on display during a family Easter day trip to the Tower of London yesterday. A passenger on the Tube giving their seat to someone else who needed it more Miss B pointing out the seat-giving to me because she knew I would want to mention it here (she drew the line at […]
It only takes one person to make a big difference as this anonymous story of a kind GP shows. “Last week I had a GP appointment at my local surgery. I’m always conscious when I see the GP that their time is limited so try to communicate as quickly as possible why I am there
“At work I’ve been struggling with pain and inflammation, etc, from my autoimmune condition flaring up. I’m a disabled nurse who is on immunosuppressant meds which are failing at the moment. When chatting with 3 colleagues about it they were all so lovely. One told me “it’s not your fault, nobody thinks less of you.
A friend of mine shared a story after a fairly minor procedure on their ear at Rotherham hospital. “It went fine but it made me really dizzy so I wasn’t able to get off the bed for a while. I was the last patient of the day and by the time I was fit to
Supporting people who are earlier on in their work is a wonderful act of kindness as Talia Loderick explains. “I’m a Money Coach, based in Cardiff. I work with 121 clients and I’ve recently started delivering financial wellbeing talks to employees at corporate organisations. I was pleased to start 2022 with a booking to deliver
Celebrate 11 years in business with me by telling someone why you appreciate them 🥳 People have been kind to me by explicitly telling me that my work and support has made a positive difference to them and it always makes me smile. Lovely comments like: “I am always bowled over by fantastic people like
Being kind to the planet is also a kindness to other people which is why business-run recycling schemes like that at Bibevie are so wonderful. Owner, Rhian explained how she incentivises the use of this scheme, encouraging everyone to choose the kind option every time; “we run a recycling scheme for outgrown and unwanted clothes
“Over the last couple of weeks I’ve been blessed to have several additional attendees on calls; Spiderman, Captain America and Bella included.” Di Howard shared on a LinkedIn post about having home-schooling children show up unexpectedly on business calls & how people respond to that. “It’s been a pleasure to have a little chat and
Last month I wrote about the impact of sharing expertise with your community or wider afield. I’m delighted to follow that with this blog from corporate affairs intern, Ilyana Rajwani, sharing details of the kind welcome she received from more experienced colleagues. Another of the kindness in business stories I’m sharing this month. Being a
“With the small amount of spare time I have, I mentor people who need a self-esteem boost. It makes me feel good when I see others have the confidence to shine in their own working lives.” This is such a kind thing for Marie Preece of Two Green Magpies to do. So many of us
