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.
Celebrate kindness – saving dogs and owner from the rain Fabulous kindness story from my colleague and friend, Alexis Bushnell. In the torrential rain of a recent storm, she was out walking her dogs (well these lovely dogs weren’t going to walk themselves!). When waiting to cross the road (not at a crossing), a car […]
Share kindness: Lend your neighbour a tool for their DIY A couple of months ago we needed to get into our loft for a plumbing-related reason. Most people (it turns out!) have those pull-down ladder things from their loft hatch. Or at least they have a step ladder in the garage or the shed. So
Celebrate kindness by telling stories like this On the way to a theatre trip Ella’s mum had bought a man called Paddy some food when they saw him begging at the tube station. They said they could tell from his thank you, just how much he needed it. On the way home, Paddy was still
Amplify kindness: use the share option to spread kind stories on social media as well as dropping them a like. A share to stories on Instagram. A quick retweet on Twitter. A reshare on Facebook. Wherever you see them, take just a few seconds to help stories of kindness spread. Plus it will have a
Share kindness: If you’re tall, help someone in the supermarket reach the pasta on the top shelf. I’m 5’10” so this happens to me all the time. Over the years I’ve helped people reach hats and T-shirts on high hooks. Books and papers on high shelves. My most recent was to help an elderly lady
Celebrate kindness: Learn about a different culture and look at the world from another perspective There are loads of ways to do this. Watch films with subtitles, read books about other cultures, listen to podcasts from a different part of the world from where you live, talk to colleagues, friends and family who live in
Amplify kindness: Start your team meeting with a conversation about the kindness that you’veseen this month I started Time for Kindness because I believe we don’t talk about kindness enough. I think that’s especially true in the workplace. I suspect that’s because it has traditionally been seen as fluffy or weak. But do you know
Encourage kindness: Read books about kindness to the children in your life. When children hear stories with kind characters, it helps them to develop empathy. They can see the impact that the kindness has on everyone in the book. They can imagine themselves being that character and think about how they will impact the people
Celebrate kindness – community and neighbours Last Friday lunchtime, I went to fill up the kettle for my cuppa soup and just a trickle came out of my tap. After checking that there weren’t any water company vans in the street, I put a message on the WhatsApp group for my road. I asked whether
Celebrate kindness – kindness in a medical setting On Saturday I had to take my daughter to an appointment at an out of hours clinic at our local hospital. As we sat in the waiting room, I was struck by the kindness on display: There was a mum with a 2-year-old who had got the
