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.
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
Share kindness: Let someone in front of you when they’re in a rush. You know that thing when you’re in a supermarket queue and you can just tell that the person behind you is in a rush? They might be bouncing on the balls of their feel, checking their watch repeatedly or huffing and puffing.
Share kindness: Today is Small Business Saturday here in the UK. It’s a great opportunity to #shoplocal and show your support for small businesses in your community. Highlighting small businesses has been really successful over the last 9 years. In fact, on Small Business Saturday 2020: £1.1 billion was spent with small businesses across the
Day 3: Amplify kindness: A joyful story of connection to make us all smile on a Friday afternoon. My friend, Debs, went for her covid booster this morning. She was given the Moderna vaccine. She got chatting to an Italian gentleman in the queue and they were reading through the possible side effects. He laughed
Amplify kindness: Find and follow social media accounts that celebrate kindness. There are lots of them about. I’ve found it’s a great way to spread kindness to others by sharing positivity, as well as giving me a boost. It also gives me new ideas for ways I can be kind to others. Here are some
