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.
As we count down to the end of 2021, let’s celebrate, amplify and add to all the kindness in the world. I’ll share something each day to inspire you and make you smile. Feel free to join in and share the kindness vibe more widely. Day 1 – Watch films about kindness and recommend them […]
A wonderful example of kindness from a friend who lives in the North East of England. During Storm Arwen her neighbour’s back yard wall was blown down. They put out a call on the street WhatsApp group for a hammer to help with the clear up. Not only did they receive a loan of a
I was delighted to read this story of kindness from fans of Derby County Football Club. The Championship club had to go into administration in September with debts totalling more than £80m. On Monday this week it came to light that amongst those owed money by the club was the charity, St John Ambulance. The
Sprout-related kindness – who knew?! In the supermarket last week my husband and I looked in vain for some sort of bag to put our sprouts in. Failing to find anything, we put 10 individual sprouts on the weighing scales and then into the trolley. (Clarification: we weighed them as a group, not individually 😆) Half-way
My lovely Mum spent hours yesterday re-covering the chairs in my kitchen 😍 We had a new kitchen installed over the summer and although we love our table and chairs, the covers were looking shabby next to the shiny new cupboards. I bought some new fabric to go with the tiles, but I’m hopelessly impractical!
Day 7 – Help out This week my year 9 daughter and a couple of her friends helped out at an inter-schools football competition for younger kids. They were originally asked to get involved to help keep score. But it turned out that one of the schools didn’t have a PE teacher to help them.
Day 6 – bike maintenance I love my bike! As a non-driver, it is one of my main modes of transport (along with walking and getting the train). Now that I am starting to get in-person meetings with clients back in the diary, I’m cycling more again. On Wednesday this week, I needed to go
Day 5 – pay for their parking I had already planned for today’s kindness story to be about paying for someone else’s parking. It was inspired by a business contact I was talking to at the beginning of the week. The person in front of them in the queue for the station parking meter had
Day 4 – donated quality clothes Last weekend Visit Banbury Community Interest Company undertook the distribution of lots of wonderful donated items from local people to others within their community in #Banbury. This was part of the #100WinterCoats project. They had made lots of partner organisations aware and shared info on social media and local
I am delighted to share with you this month’s guest blog from web designer and global inclusion specialist, Danbee Shin. I heard her speak at a conference last month about the ways she welcomes her clients into her business with kindness. In this blog she shares her simple tips for making everyone feel welcome, supported
