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.
!["What I want [people in power] to do is create the conditions for people to live their own life story in ways that they value. Isn't that a worthwhile goal?" So, so powerful. That's absolutely what I want people in power to be doing.](https://timeforkindness.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/1668179556865-819x1024.png)
We had a great time at KindFest – so hopeful, informative and inspiring. Here’s just a few of the things we loved from some of the incredible speakers that some of the team tweeted. “We’re all part of one society.” In my view, this is at the heart of the connection that kindness builds between […]
It’s 2 years since I started Time for Kindness. Despite being a short time compared to other things I’ve worked on, it is already up there on the list of things I am most pleased to have done. From the beginning my aim has been to highlight the kindness that I believe exists in the
They might say kids are cruel but kids are often very kind. In fact since September two of Kezia’s friends have been helping a new kid at school to find the classrooms for his lessons. It’s a big secondary school with several buildings on the site and must be confusing to find your way round
On hearing a friend was facing eviction, an anonymous kindness champion loaned him some money to stop that happening. What a huge kindness that made such a big difference to his life.
Stef has some wonderfully kind colleagues, specifically one who brought in some gluten free custard creams because she remembered Stef was gluten free. And one on reception who opens the doors automatically when he sees her coming. How kind is your workplace?
“We were camping on a farm and the farmer let my 12 year old have a go driving the little farm truck around the field. It made his day.” Thank you Ellie for sharing such a lovely kindness from her holiday.
Do you find joy in singing? Here’s a kindness for you – letting yourself do things that bring you joy, even if you’re not “good” at them is such a powerful self kindness. And the amazing Tuneless Choir has an online group which allows you to ‘sing like no one is listening’ from the comfort
How do you celebrate kindness at work? Julia Levy has started a kindness at work honour roll to celebrate those doing kind things from paying for a colleague’s groceries during a difficult time to mentoring a colleague to help them get a promotion, to driving a colleague to a doctor’s appointment, to spending time helping
Does your local community have garden plots? In Stephenville, their Lions Club has community garden plots, a community garden and community market working to address food security. The Lions Motto is “We Serve” and clearly they do a great job serving both the community and the environment. If the Food First NL has inspired you,
Which fitness folks make you feel amazing? For me it’s my Zumba and aerobics teacher, Sedge Gooding. She’s one of the kindest people I know. I’ve always loved her classes – they are fun, varied and she makes us smile as well as work hard. When we were all stuck inside she went above and
