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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.

The ArtCan and Time for Kindness logos both in white circles towards the centre. To the left, balloons in ArtCan and Time for Kindness colours. Text below reads "virtual art gallery."

Virtual kindness art gallery 2

🐴 Louis of Cadbury Lane is a pony who lives alone in a field full of dandelions and other weeds near us at the end of a track in rural Wiltshire which my son named when he was about 5. Louis is always there – I don’t remember a time when he had been taken […]

Rogue Waves 7a, a screen-print shown mounted and framed. The image is an abstract of a repeating wave pattern with colours ranging from the top from yellow, orange down through pinks and green to darker pink and mauve at the bottom. Image 2: A close-up detail of the screenprint Rogue Waves

“We are waves of the same sea” quote inspires kindness artwork.

“My work is inspired by a quote from Roman Stoic philosopher Seneca: “We are waves of the same sea”. It’s a phrase that I came across via the initial outbreak of Covid-19 when it was written on boxes of face masks delivered to Italy by the Chinese company Xiaomi. These were sent as an act

a plastic tub with several slices of watermelon in it being held by someone. Beside them someone else is sat holding a half eaten piece of watermelon.

Neighbour shares watermelon

I was sitting in my garden chatting to my friend in the sunshine and my lovely neighbour handed us a pot of watermelon over the fence. She was cutting some up for her daughters and had more than they could eat. More stories of kindness from neighbours: Neighbour uses Facebook to thank others for beautiful

Screenshot of a YouTube video with Jeannie, an lady with shoulder length grey hair, looking up.

ASMRtist uses platform to find help for subscriber.

“YouTuber Jeannie B had a viewer email about their struggles of being in an abusive relationship – Jeannie used her platform to ask for support and advice to be emailed to her so she could send on to that person and to anyone else who contacts her with a similar problem.” What a kind and

The image is a photo of a mixed media art work using acrylic paints, watercolours and collage. The word hope dominates the centre of the painting with a woman’s face looking up from the bottom left hand corner and a cherub looking down from the top right hand corner. The colours are bright, shiny and joyful.

Kindness, creativity and a collaboration!

The connection between creativity and kindness is something I think about a lot because I am an amateur artist. I’ve decided to share this piece of my art to launch an online exhibition in collaboration with artists’ support charity, ArtCan, for several reasons: It has been exciting and fascinating to see the submissions coming in

A news article with the headline "More than 500,000 people in uk visited 'warm rooms' during the winter".

Warm Welcome 2023 launch!

The Warm Welcome campaign is such a wonderful example of kindness – they provide warm spaces for people during the cold months. It was launched in response to the cost of living crisis and is holding it’s launch event for 2023 on Wednesday 4th October from 7:30pm – get all the details here. Top tip:

the charity freelancer chat logo; the words sit in overlapping orange and blue circular shapes.

Charity Freelancer Chat is filled with kindness.

“For anyone who’s ever been to a Charity Freelancer Chat – thanks so much ❤. I’ve been heartened by just how willing people are to get involved and help out: In our first session, Lauren Baxter created the directory for everyone to contribute to – not just our names, services, and LinkedIn profiles, but other

A Lidl show viewed from outside. The car park is visible beyond the doors with people walking to and from their cars.

Lidl employee shows kindness to shopper.

A shop assistant in Lidl asked the person in front of me ‘did you mean to pick up 2 bags?’ as there were 2 carrier bags stuck together. I thought it was kind to make sure before they charged them. What small kindness have you seen this week? More stories of supermarket kindness: Lidl customer

four stories from the Thanks and Praise website. One reads "To: Amy in Reception, Grove Medical Practice, St Ives. I have recently had to call in at the Practice twice, once for an emergency UTI and the other for a correction to my medication. On both occasions Amy was kind and efficient at dealing with my problems and on both occasions it was very quickly sorted out! Thank you to the team! Penny Leigh-Brown" The second says "To: Indiana Minien, Grove Medical Practice, St Ives Indiana was so very kind, professional, and very caring .. a credit to the NHS .. putting my mind at rest with her help, and guidance to care for my brother .. I know if I need help for my brother she is at the end of the phone.. an amazing lady.. I can't praise her enough.. !!! Marie (for Horace Lewin) Brookes" The third reads "To: Mr Jenks, Al Ain English Speaking School, Abu Dhabi Thank you so much for your never-ending and encouraging support to Clarke. He has grown leaps and bounds this year because of you. We wish you all the best for your future endeavors. Arno Willemse" And the final one says "Thanks for always being positive and being with Isaiah from the beginning. We appreciate your kindness and patience and for just being the constant routine he needs at school To: Mrs Wakefield, South Failsworth Primary School, Manchester. From: Charlene Greenwood"

Thanks and Praise – a kindness hub

I love the kindness shown both by Thanks And Praise and all the people posting their thanks and praise on the platform – it truly is a hub of kindness. It’s so wonderful to see so many messages posted there and really proves that there is a lot of kindness in the world already. You

A kind note for team recognition naming Jon for "always showing heart - both to our donors and the team. Thank Jon." Overlaid are some blood donation graphics.

A kind note at work

Thank you Jonathan for sharing this wonderful kind note you received at work. What kindness have you seen at your workplace today?