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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What does your workplace to do help the environment? This is Tris and Naomi who have been putting their crisp packets in a different box than other recycling in their office so Naomi can take them to a proper place for specialist crisp packet recycling from TerraCycle. It’s great to see colleagues at BioHorizons coming […]
What was the last book someone bought you? Sara shared that her Clinical Supervisor, Jeff Lane, sent her this new book by Joe Wells. She said “This makes me happy. I have occasionally bought books for clients but to have one bought for me feels lovely 🥰; it’s about my tribe; it’s by a stand
Today we’re celebrating the kindness of London cabbies! There are so many stories of London cab drivers refusing money for trips to Great Ormond Street hospital. Having a child in hospital is impossibly hard emotionally and often financially so this kind gesture from London cabbies makes a huge difference to people who are already under
I recently had the opportunity to talk to my friend and colleague, Rachel Eden, about kindness in public service. Rachel has been an elected member of Reading Borough Council since 2010, has stood as a parliamentary candidate in 2 General Elections and is the current Mayor of Reading. She also runs her own finance and
Lots of kindness and community spirit for the Jubilee Street Party where I live today. There were a group of volunteers who got us all organised, put together a list of food items, arranged the gazebos and BBQs. On the day, we all brought along different food items, chatted to neighbours, played with the kids
Sharing what’s helped you is a huge kindness and that’s exactly what Jenna did on our post about Sarah’s needle phobia. Jenna left a wonderful comment explaining her own experience and some suggestions to help Sarah. “I have white coat hypertension and I’m not good with needles either. I used to faint when having blood
This month’s guest blogger is environmental leadership coach, Kath Allen, who shares some tips for ensuring we show ourselves kindness, as a basis for kindness to others. I am an environmental leadership coach and I believe that self-care is an act of environmental activism. When we take exceptional care of ourselves and attend to our
I was on the train into Victoria Station and as we pulled into the station, the driver did the usual announcements and then said that it was his co-driver’s birthday and when we were passing the cab, we might like to say Happy Birthday to her. As we walked passed the cab, that is exactly
Today marks the start of Mental Health Awareness Week 2022. The theme this year is loneliness and the Mental Health Foundation are encouraging people to build meaningful connections. One way to encourage connection building is to get out for a walk together. I love taking a walk round the beautiful lake in this photo, often
Lots of kindness on display during a family Easter day trip to the Tower of London yesterday. A passenger on the Tube giving their seat to someone else who needed it more Miss B pointing out the seat-giving to me because she knew I would want to mention it here (she drew the line at
