The knock-on effects of your actions can spread kindness more widely as people read the positive news of what you have done.
When I returned from my holiday in the summer, I was determined to spend more time outdoors – while I hadn’t been up a mountain, I had spent a lot of time in the fresh air and wanted more of that for my non-holiday life. So I love this blog from Julia Hartley, who has […]
“My chronic illness clinic group has a resources board and they were talking about Notion as a helpful tool. I donated them a Notion template that I designed with the help of a disabled friend to be suitable for chronically ill and disabled people.” Sharing your skills and resources is a wonderful act of kindness,
Businesses providing water for dogs is a great example of simple act of kindness that makes a big difference to dog owners. This creative watering hole was spotted at a pub by a non dog owner and sent in to us because they recognised the kindness of it. We’re always looking for more examples of
My Mum and Dad went to their local shopping precinct. An elderly lady got the wheel of her shopping trolley stuck in the paving and my Dad rushed over to help her get it free, despite being nearly 80 himself! I wasn’t there at the time, but I can guarantee he will have done it
I left a bag with a few goodies in it on the train for someone else to find. I don’t know who found it – or even if it was actually noticed by anyone – but it makes me feel good to think that someone must have spotted it and hope they enjoyed it. Hit
I was dashing along to my aerobics class, late as usual, and the teacher stopped to give me a lift (she lives 2 minutes from the venue and had had to pop up to pick up something she’d forgotten). What kindness have you received this week? Get inspired with even more acts of kindness: Friend
“I make collages as a hobby using all sorts of random material left over from other things. A friend recently gave me a carrier bag with a note, ‘hope these might be useful in your wonderful creations’. It was full of beads, bits of ribbon, odd buttons, old wrapping paper and greetings cards, etc. It
“Even in this digital age, I still like my old Filofax which I cling onto for dear life. A friend of mine was having a clear out of stuff that had been pushed to the back of a cupboard and found some packs of blank pages from when she used a Filofax. She held onto
On the train on the way back to Clapham Junction, a small group of people in their 20s were discussing video games they like to play. They started to discuss a really gory one but then one of the group noticed that there was a young child sitting with her mother right next to where
“An elderly man fell over at the theatre the other night and I helped him up. Even though he was very capable of getting himself back up, I was sat like a foot away so I didn’t feel like I could just sit there.” This example of every day kindness was sent in by a
