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The knock-on effects of your actions can spread kindness more widely as people read the positive news of what you have done.

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Become a kindness ambassador

Debs is a wonderful Kindness Ambassador and she has kindly shared why she loves it to inspire you to get involved too. Become a Kindness Ambassador yourself and experience all the benefits – get all the information you need here. With thanks to Debs and Nicolas Laborie.

A hospital corridor with a large yellow circular sticker stuck on the floor. The sticker has a smiley face on it and reads “look up and smile. #BeAHelloHero. Brighten a day and say hello.”

Be a hello hero!

“Positive patient experiences start with small acts of kindness. The simple act of a sharing a smile as you pass someone in the corridor, and an acknowledgement by saying hello cultivates a positive culture and caring environment. This month during Patient Experience Month at Albury Wodonga Health we are asking staff to #BeAHelloHero. The challenge

a toddler in a pushchair holding a small toy and smiling at the camera. Text overlaid reads "Strangers team up to help get pushchair down stairs.”

Strangers team up to help get pushchair down stairs.

“A nice man carrying a bulky parcel, offered to help a women carry her pram down the tube steps. Parcel in one arm, the other clutching the base of the pram, they slowly got to the bottom step by step. What a gent! But as they turned the corner, they faced another set of stairs,

Sarah talking to a man with dark skin tone at Reading Community Festival. Behind them are people milling around the Time for Kindness stand and a large whiteboard with post it notes and drawings all over it.

We’re at Reading University Community Festival 2024!

Time for Kindness will be at the University of Reading’s community festival again this year. Put the date in your diary: 🗓️Saturday 18th May. We can’t wait to chat to you about the role kindness plays in your life and hear all your kindness stories. Check out some of the stories from the last festival: Kindness

Close up of part of a black post with a sticker on it. The sticker reads “hello stranger, just checking in. I wanted to remind you that you’re doing great! Don’t let anyone dull your sparkle.” At the end is the Instagram logo beside MessagesOf.Hope.

Messages of Hope sticker brings a smile

“While out and about in Barry I spotted this sticker on a lamp post. It’s such a small thing but it brought a smile to my face.” We love this! Messages Of Hope do such great work (check them out on Instagram and their website) and this is a clear example of the difference a

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The Big Help Out is back!

With The Big Help Out’s big announcement today we’re so excited to hear all the stories of kindness that come from this year’s event. We just love the The Big Help Out for so many reasons, one being that it’s a great showcase for kindness; we’ve already spotted Community Asda Ellesmere Port on Instagram doing

Text reading “Barry Winbolt’s podcast. Sarah Browning. Time for Kindness.” Under it are photos of Barry, a man with light skin tone, grey hair and beard, wearing glasses and a white top with a blue shirt over it, and Sarah, a woman with light skin tone and blonde hair, smiling broadly.

Get a Better Handle on Life podcast with Barry Winbolt and Time for Kindness

I’m on the Get a Better Handle on Life podcast with Barry Winbolt and you can listen to it now on your favourite podcast app or right here: https://www.podbean.com/ep/pb-wejgi-15d2566 . We had such an enjoyable chat about kindness – I’d love to hear your thoughts when you’ve listened to it.

A small white fluffy dog lays on a train platform. Some passengers are visible standing in sunshine on the other platform.

Couple gives person lift to work after train is cancelled.

“Thank you to the couple who where travelling to Bridgend on the 6.22 train this morning which didn’t run. You gave my son a lift too Bridgend, which meant he wouldn’t be late for work. He was really grateful. Thank you again.” I spotted this in a local Facebook group and it made me smile

the back of a head with long blonde hair brushed back and looped up into a bun with extra hair wrapped round it and pinned in place with blue and white decorative hair pins.

Friend does hair and sews up dress before wedding.

“I was going to a wedding and needed help with my hair and my dress was gaping and I wasn’t sure how to fix it. My friend did my hair for me and sewed up the gaping bit on the dress so I could wear it confidently.” How wonderful that your friend used their skills

3 wooden steps and a large concrete post beside them in the foreground. Behind them is a large section of sloping, very wet mud, and tree roots. Two pairs of legs tentatively negotiate the mud.

Stranger helps walker stuck in mud.

“Out walking my dogs I saw someone get stuck because it was so muddy at Porthkerry country park over Easter weekend. I couldn’t really help because I had one dog on my back and another off lead but someone came walking across the field and clambered up to them and helped them get down safely.”