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.
Amplify kindness by instigating conversations about kindness with your friends and family. Don’t get sucked into focussing on what’s going wrong in the world over the dinner table. You could: share your favourite kindness story from this website, talk about a kindness you saw earlier that day or tell them a good news story you […]
My next door neighbours have just had new windows fitted. Since we live in 3-storey houses, they had to have scaffolding put on the back of the house so that the window fitters could reach the top floor! So what’s that got to do with kindness? Well, the scaffolding has blocked the signal to our
When something is kind, call it kind. A small but simple way to amplify kindness is to use the language of kindness. If you see a kind act, name it as such, either just to yourself or to the people you’re with. Bonus points if you share it with us so we can share the
Today is the shortest day in the northern hemisphere – a day many of us need a little extra kindness. Whether you’re celebrating the Solstice or wishing for the end of SAD season, let’s spread some extra kindness today and bring some light into someone’s life. Like my friend, Nicky, who took some chocolates for
Share kindness by smiling at someone in the street. “If you see someone without a smile, give ’em one of yours!” This is a well-known quote from country music star and all round legend, Dolly Parton. If it’s good enough for Dolly, it’s good enough for us!
This morning I went for my Covid booster jab. Since I had my first and second vaccines, the vaccination centre in my town has moved to a different location. But it’s still just as organised and efficient. It really is mind-blowing how such a mass programme of logistics is being undertaken, in such a quick
Amplify kindness: Recognise and reward the children in your life when they do something kind. How do you reward the children in your life when they do something kind? Recognising and rewarding kindness builds the kindness muscle in children and helps them grow into kinderadults. You don’t need to spend money to reward children either,
Share kindness: Give a friend a lift to a hospital appointment Or doctors, or psychiatrist, or physiotherapist, or counsellor, or blood test, or vaccination, or..! Going to an appointment in hospital can be worrying enough. If you then have to worry about choosing the best route, where to park your car and how to pay
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
