Every year we celebrate the Random Acts of Kindness day.

Our days are happier when we give people a piece of our heart rather than a piece of our mind.
~ unknown

We’ve selected some of your favourite kindness quotes and interspersed with ideas and feedback collected by our Friday Support Circle.

How do we change the world?
One random act of kindness at a time.
~ attributed to Morgan Freeman

Practical help & everyday support we can give

• Support a neighbour who is moving house to get things sorted out.

• Offer a lift to someone when it’s pouring with rain or snowing.

• Stop and let people cross the road in front of me.

• Stop and speak to neighbours, particularly elderly people.

• Feed the birds. Leave water out for wildlife in hot summer months.

• Let people out of turnings when I am driving.

• Be nice to delivery drivers when they deliver items and give them great feedback.

• Give a little gift to Tesco delivery driver after they have delivered to me.

• Leave a sweet treat, or a cool drink in summer, out for the postie!

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment or the smallest act of caring – all of which have the potemtial to turn a life around.
~ attributed to Leo Buscaglia

Kindness can become its own motive.
We are made kind by being kind.
~ attributed to Eric Hoffer

Gifts, treats & thoughtful gestures that don’t cost the earth

• Baking a cake for someone else.

• Bought a gift voucher for someone who has lost a loved one.

• Hand out bunches of £1 daffodils to friends.

• Be present with people and really listen:  we can show kindness by giving our time to show their value.

No act of kindness is too small.  The gift of kindness may start as a small ripple that over time can turn into a tidal wave affecting the lives of many.
~ attributed to Kevin Heath

Creative kindness

• Drawing or painting a picture for someone else.

• Make a bee-drinker for a friend with a window box or garden.

• Making a homemade card or notelet.

• Send someone a postcard or personalised card from Moonpig with a kind note or thank you.

Carry out a random act of kindness with no expectation of reward,
safe in the knowledge that one day someone might do the same for you

You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.
~ attributed to Jane Goodall

Emotional support & relationship kindness

Throw kindness around like confetti!

• Sending regular messages to a friend who is going through difficult times.

• Reached out to someone I find difficult, with the intention of building understanding, to see them as they truly are and treating them with kindness.

Three things in human life are important:
The first is to be kind.
The second is to be kind and the third is to be kind.
~ Henry James

Financial or material help

• Giving someone money to get photocopying done in the library.

• Handout surplus fruit and veg we have grown to neighbours.

Kindness is doing what you can,
where you are, with what you have.

Kindness we’ve received from others

Advice, Information & Advocacy

• Someone spoke up for me when things were difficult in a shop.

• Someone shared information on a course to help me.

• Received advice on how to make a claim for pothole damage from the council.

Kindness is the most rebellious thing you can do in
a world that profits from cruelty.

Practical or material support we’ve received

• Given some items to help me save electricity by a local charity.

• Received seeds from a friend to grow for summer.

The world gets a little brighter every time you choose kindness

We make a living by what we get.
We make a life by what we give.

Kindness is free, but its value is immeasurable