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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 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?

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Maidenhead United show kindness to young fan.

“Recently my year 10 daughter needed to find some work experience as part of a careers week at school. Football is her thing and she was keen to spend her work experience learning about how a football club is run, particularly in relation to women’s football. She contacted Maidenhead Utd football club, where she is

Sarah smiling broadly wearing headphones with a large mic in front of her.

Kindness and higher education on the Radio 210 podcast

I’m working on a client project that is involving lots of conversations about the future of universities and Higher Education. It’s really fascinating to think about how HE institutions need to prepare for a fast-moving future where the purpose of education will relate to roles and jobs that look completely different to what we have

a black board with notes in different coloured writing on it reading "you will be ok," "you will always be enough," "you are enough," you are valid and you can do this," spread love," you are loved," "never give up, just try your best," do not worry about tomorrow for tomorrow will worry about itself," you look very pretty," "have a happy and safe Pride from B Radio," "you are doing so well."

Kind notes at Reading Pride

At Reading Pride No 5 Young People put out a blank chalkboard and asked passersby to leave a note for strangers to read! The notes left were full of encouragement, hope and kindness from one stranger to another. We have some other wonderful stories of kindness in and to the LGBTQIA+ community, check them out: