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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.

Text reads “Whose natural kindness impacts your life and how?” below the text is the Time for Kindness logo and a graphic of two children; one has fallen down and scraped their knee, the other is holding their hand smiling gently to help them up.

Whose natural kindness impacts your life and how?

Whose natural kindness impacts your life and how? ”I’ve had a triple helping of kindness this week from Lydia Neave – lifesaver and all round calm person when I’m fizzing!” Big thanks to Lynda Thompson for sharing this with us. More stories of kindness to brighten your day: Illustrator creates My Emotions Activity Book and […]

A queue of five people waiting for an elevator. Text overlaid reads “I welcomed a visitor with a personalized sign inside our elevator.”

Personalised sign brightens visitors day.

”I am happy to share that I welcomed a visitor with a personalized sign inside our elevator. Nice surprises like that are free and impactful.” We couldn’t agree more Clare, thank you so much for sharing! Share your own story of kindness with us just like Clare did.

A hand about to plug a charger into a phone. Text overlaid reads “I lent my phone charger to one of the volunteers at the repair cafe.”

Repair cafe attendee lends phone charger to volunteer.

“I lent my phone charger to one of the volunteers at the repair café because their battery was running out.” I think we can all agree this is a small kindness that feels like a lifesaver! More acts of kindness to inspire you: Kindness contributes to football club fun day win! A small wave makes a small

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What if … we practise the skill of thinking kindly?

My guest blog this month comes from the wonderful Rachel Stewart, a coach for career redesign. It’s a fascinating read of how we can take skills from one area of our life and apply them in a different context – in this case, the skill of thinking kindly. As a coach, my engagement with my

A photograph of a selection of goodies such as a children's activity book, a pen, a fidget spinner, a wellbeing handbook and some balls.

NHS Lothian give goodies to child at train station.

“As I waited for the train to visit my family during the half term break, a friendly man from NHS Lothian approached me. He was chatting with people about mental health and handing out some goodies. My daughter was feeling down about leaving her dad behind at the station, but this kind gentleman managed to

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Neighbours provide bin bags for local who ran out.

Kindness doesn’t have to be glamorous but it does make a big difference! “A neighbour put a message on our WhatsApp road group asking if anyone had any spare bin bags – we have to use a particular type and she was running out. You can buy new ones from the library but she didn’t

a woman with bright red hair tied back but stretching over her shoulder, wearing a black jumper. She is sat on a chair and smiling having received a random act of kindness.

Random Acts of Kindness

“Random acts of kindness feel like magic. My mum and I both experienced that magic recently. While I was out running, an older gentleman I often say good morning to on my route clapped as I ran past and told me I’m an inspiration to him. I spent the rest of my run smiling. His

A hand with painted nails, holds a striped white and blue pen and writes a letter on lined paper.

Charity fights loneliness epidemic in the elderly with letters filled with love.

We want to shout about Love For Our Elders who are fighting loneliness with love, one letter at a time. They organise and encourage people to send letters to the elderly in their local communities and now have 50,000 volunteers across 70 countries – that’s quite the kindness ripple effect! If you’d like to spread

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Teenager saves garden fence in storm.

During a recent storm, the fence in our back garden was swinging wildly in the wind. We weren’t at home at the time, but our 16-year-old neighbour noticed the problem. He saw that the issue was one of the fence posts, so he carried over their rotary washing line (which has a heavy block of

A digital kindness ambassador badge with the words wrapped around an illustration of 2 arms and hands encircling the world and the Time for Kindness logo in the corner

Kindness Ambassador shares the joy she gets from it.

“A great tip to get you started on how to be kind, is to notice the kindnesses that happen to you. We always remember when somebody lets a door go in front of us and we have a moan about it, but we forget about when someone opens the door for us and keeps it