spread kindness

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

7 August 2023

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

six people stood in a car park. Two wearing blue Maidenhead Utd coats, two wearing black Maidenhead Utd jumpers

Maidenhead United show kindness to young fan.

4 August 2023

“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

31 July 2023

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

21 July 2023

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:

text reads "thank you Miss Jones of Chaddesden Park Primary School." Caroline

Teaching assistant from Chaddesden Park Primary School makes an impact with kindness.

16 July 2023

“Miss Jones from Chaddesden Park Primary School has been the most amazing 1:1 support to my son Caleb and a fabulous teaching assistant for the last nine years. Miss Jones has been successfully promoted and will be leaving the school. We are so proud of you, thank you for all of the support and kindness

a flyer for St Athan Clothes Bank with a photo of 6 volunteers wearing matching red tops all giving the thumbs up. Below are details of where the clothes bank is and what it does.

The kindness of clothes banks

14 July 2023

Clothes banks are a great demonstration of kindness in action, as the St Athan Clothes Bank shows. They allow people in the local community to donate clothes which are then given away for free to those in need locally. Drop the details of your local clothes bank in the comments so more people can find

A wooden box with striped red and green roof. Held in front of it is a small painting of orange and red flowers on some green grass with a blue pond to the side on which the words "let kindness bloom" are written.

Kindness houses filled with kind messages

11 July 2023

Karyn Ross has been painting pictures with Little Messages of Kindness to add to her Kindness House! She posted “Kindness and creativity go hand in hand!” Which is something I absolutely believe in too. In very exciting news, The Love and Kindness Project has microgrant funds to give to support people who would like to

Let’s fill social media with kindness this #SocialMediaDay

30 June 2023

Share your stories of kindness this #SocialMediaDay and let’s fill social media with goodness and focus on the kind things that humans are doing all the time! Make sure you tag us in your posts and we’ll re-share them too. You can find us on: On Facebook. On Instagram. On LinkedIn.

Steve and EMma take a selfie standing in front of some blue busses. They are both wearing hats and smiling at the camera.

Bus passengers in Northern Ireland club together to pay for tickets.

29 June 2023

“On holiday in Northern Ireland we took our first bus, we got on and asked for 2 singles to coleraine, “that’s £3.60” I got out my card, only to be told, “we don’t take cards on buses in Northern Ireland.” We scrambled through our pockets and gathered £3, and asked “how far can we travel

A row of 9 people standing with their backs to the camera. They are all wearing black tops with the words Kindness in Biscuit Form printed on the back and are pointing over the shoulders to the words. They stand in front of The Biskery bakery building.

What if… we use our businesses to spread kindness

28 June 2023

This month’s guest blog is likely to make us all feel peckish! I’m delighted to welcome Lisa Shepherd, Co-Founder and Director of The Biskery, a bakery that is “spreading kindness one biscuit at a time”. Lisa shares with us their story of a campaign that started during the pandemic and has become a weekly celebration

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