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.
A quick kindness quiz for you. When Debs went to her local shopping centre in Lewisham she noticed only one set of automatic doors operational. An older lady was waiting to come through with one of those walking frames that has a seat. People were streaming through and the older lady was waiting and waiting, […]
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
Each of us has a greater or lesser need to be part of a team. Sometimes the level of connection we have with others is driven by our own internal needs. Sometimes there are external factors which affect the contact levels we have. But for most of use there will come a time (or many
Earlier in the year, I met a wonderful person called Akua, who wrote a blog for me about the kindness of volunteering. During our conversation about the piece that she wanted to write, she told me about the events that she has been involved in as a volunteer. These included Cancer Research UK’s Race for
Channel your inner Mma Ramotswe from the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series of books. She is an incredibly kind lady and always thinks about the impact of her actions on others. You could take today to think about what will make other people happy in the actions that you take. Here’s a few quick
Amplify kindness by instigating conversations about kindness with your friends and family. Don’t get sucked into focussing on what’s going wrong in the world over the dinner table. You could: share your favourite kindness story from this website, talk about a kindness you saw earlier that day or tell them a good news story you
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
Share kindness: Give a friend a lift to a hospital appointment Or doctors, or psychiatrist, or physiotherapist, or counsellor, or blood test, or vaccination, or..! Going to an appointment in hospital can be worrying enough. If you then have to worry about choosing the best route, where to park your car and how to pay
Share kindness: Lend your neighbour a tool for their DIY A couple of months ago we needed to get into our loft for a plumbing-related reason. Most people (it turns out!) have those pull-down ladder things from their loft hatch. Or at least they have a step ladder in the garage or the shed. So
Share kindness: If you’re tall, help someone in the supermarket reach the pasta on the top shelf. I’m 5’10” so this happens to me all the time. Over the years I’ve helped people reach hats and T-shirts on high hooks. Books and papers on high shelves. My most recent was to help an elderly lady
