The knock-on effects of your actions can spread kindness more widely as people read the positive news of what you have done.
“I love finding these painted rocks, there’s a Facebook group for them in Llantwit because they’re such a big thing. Everyone’s excited to find them.” How beautiful to have a whole community excited and connected by something as small as painted rocks. No kindness is too small and this story from Caz proves the power […]
Happy employee appreciation day – when did you last tell your employees how amazing they are? Showing appreciation for your employees isn’t just an act of kindness, it’s also good business sense. People who feel valued will put more effort in and remain loyal to your business. How will you show your employees that you
1) Share your equipment with local community initiatives & charities.Printers, office supplies, kitchen equipment and many other things your business has can be made use of on the weekends, evenings and holidays by good causes local to you. 2) Recommend others when you can’t take on, or aren’t the best person for the job.Have a
Isabel shared an act of kindness towards her recently, “being helped with a printer problem AND not being made to feel stupid when I could not resolve it myself.” This is so important to keep in mind when helping people. Do you remember a time someone helped you without making you feel stupid?
We all have expertise in something. It may be a work skill, a hobby or a life skill. You may have detailed knowledge of your favourite book or film. You may have expert understanding of what makes others tick. Or of what makes you tick. But we can’t all be experts in everything. Sharing our
Have you watched Becky Goddard-Hill TEDx talk on raising kind kids? I absolutely loved it! From the story she told at the start to sharing how she learned to be kind from her mother and the importance of kindness to the emotional wellbeing of our children, Becky is a kindness superhero. Do give it a
#ProjectAmplifyKindness and Time for Kindness started as a bit of an idea in late 2020. I wanted to change the balance of the narrative and celebrate the kindness that I believe exists in the world but which we rarely seem to talk about. In January 2021, the little idea became an Instagram account, with the
Share kindness by helping a stranger pick up something they dropped. One of my firm beliefs about kindness, is that the vast majority of us would help someone in the street if they dropped their shopping. The pandemic and lockdowns over the past couple of years have made it trickier in practice. But the urge
Celebrate kindness – What act of kindness, big or small, did you do this week? Many of us do small acts of kindness daily without even thinking – picking up the purse that the person in frontdropped and handing it back to them, holding the door open for someone, smiling warmly at the stranger withthe
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
