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 love this story I saw on Facebook recently, from Winter Night Shelter MK, a charity supporting the homeless, vulnerable and those with mental health struggles in Milton Keynes “We wanted to say a huge thank you to Steadman Farley from Farley’s Heating and Plumbing Services. “Steadman contacted us offering his services for free to […]
When I turned down the offer of a carrier bag at my local Co-op shop this afternoon, the lad on the till clocked that I had my bike helmet in my hand and repeated the offer, saying he wouldn’t charge me for the bag because I was on a bike. I still said thanks but
This week is #SmallCharityWeek. It’s a chance to celebrate all the things that small charities up and down the UK are doing in a bid to create a kinder world. I’ve been involved with charities of all sizes over the years, both as a trustee and as a communicator and kindness cheerleader. The work that they
There are lots of people doing amazing things in their communities, without fuss or drama, just getting on with it. From school governors to community action groups, from checking in on elderly neighbours to volunteer drivers taking vulnerable individuals to hospital appointments, from Covid vaccinators to sorting through donations at charity shops, from doing a
Did you know that charity trustees are volunteers? I was surprised how many people asked me if it was a paid position when I was interim Chair of trustees last year. Today’s #VolunteersWeek2021 thank you goes to all my fellow trustees across the sector, enabling our organisations to do amazing work, support our communities and change lives
Today’s kindness story for #VolunteersWeek2021 is a thank you to all the volunteers involved in youth football. From coaches to referees and people running the line, from football club trustees to safeguarding officers and membership clerks. There are huge numbers of people who give up their time so that young people can play sport and
This month I welcome social media guide, Alexis Bushnell, to the blog. She shares some wonderful insight into the power we all have to create feeds that will breed kindness and make us smile. What if I told you that you have more power to control what happens on social media than Mark Zuckerberg? I
Kindness that made a little boy smile (& may have brought a few tears to my eye 😉) This message appeared on a local FB group this morning: “Does anybody happen to have a Skylanders Imaginators portal for Xbox 360 that we could either borrow or you no longer use please? We bought the game
It’s local election day here in the UK and I’ve just been to cast my vote. It strikes me that there is plenty of kindness involved. Most obvious is the kindness of the volunteers who run the polling stations. Without them giving up their time it wouldn’t be possible to have elections at all. And
I was struck by the kindness in a LinkedIn connection request I received today. Kind words about what this person likes about my work and enthusiasm about how that could connect us. “I wanted to connect as your approach resonates with me 🙂 I occasionally get contacted about internal-facing comms projects and it’s great to
