A collection of posts that show how we are part of a bigger #teamkind when we act with kindness. These stories tell us about the positive things that people do to be kind to others.
I’m delighted to welcome our latest guest writer Ellie Wallbank from education recruitment specialists, Spencer Clarke Group. In this blog she shares insight into how schools encourage kindness in students and what they can do to celebrate Random Acts of Kindness Day. Marked annually on February 17th, Random Acts of Kindness Day, celebrates love, positivity […]
It seems to me that the leaders we most often hear about (particularly in politics and in business) are the ones that follow what I think of as the ‘scary monster’ mould. They are very often loud, aggressive, tough, ‘strong’. These types of leaders scorn anything that they perceive as weakness. And kindness is something
We saw several examples of kindness at Viv’s Cafe while we were waiting to watch our daughter play a football match at a club we hadn’t been to before. A coach from the other team told us that although they didn’t have a café on site, there was somewhere we could get takeaway coffees 5
“I had a busy health week with a specialist appointment followed by a GP appointment the following day. The specialist prescribed me some medications and put a note on it to rush the prescription so that I could pick it up the next day at my appointment. When I went in the second time and
“My team mate has just moved house and as she now lives nearer to me, she offered to give me a lift to and from training to save me cycling in the dark and the cold. When the weather improves, we’re going to be cycle buddies on training day.” What a wonderful team mate! We
We are surrounded by stories about leaders every day. In the media (mainstream and social), at work, in conversations with friends and family. In theory, this means we are aware of what leadership is supposed to look like. But the ones that make it into the media are almost always what I call the ‘scary
Two friends sent me flowers to say ‘congratulations on your new job’. I love fresh flowers (and my friends)! What brings you joy? More examples of kindness from everyone from friends to strangers: Best friend buys just because Dungeons and Dragons t-shirt. Welcome box at new job. Lidl staff let customer know phone torch is
“Someone put in our road WhatsApp group that they had lost their bin, it wasn’t returned after bin day. Several neighbours responded to say where they had seen abandoned bins at various points around our road and then the missing bin was located and returned.” What kindness have you noticed in your local area this
When I arrived at my desk on the first day of my new job, I was greeted by a Welcome box. It had some pens, pencils, a couple of notebooks, a cup, some teabags and some milk sachets, some wrapped biscuits, as well as campus maps and information. It was such a lovely welcoming gesture!
We love to shout out other places you can find positivity and, Kristi Trader, from the Global Kindness group I’m in recommended one to me recently, so I’m sharing it with you. The Kind Community Project run a free online space to connect people around kindness and share uplifting stories. You can learn more about
