Random Acts of Kindness

So, what could you do to make a difference this Random Acts of Kindness Week?
We’ve put together a few suggestions:

• Scroll through your phone book until you find someone you haven’t spoken to in at least six months. Drop them a message to say you’re thinking of them, and asking what they are up to these days
• Take a treat into the office for your colleagues, like a box of doughnuts or a platter of fruit
• Give up your seat for someone on public transport
• Go through your kitchen cupboards and clear out all the unopened, in-date tins and packets that you’re probably never going to use. Donate them to a local food drive
• Make a playlist for someone on Spotify of all yours and their favourite happy songs
• Let someone with fewer items than you go first in the supermarket checkout queue
• Write your partner a list of things that you love about them
• Offer to dog or cat-sit for a friend or family member with pets
• Volunteer at a local senior citizens home or hospice, to keep people company – or entertain them by playing board games or reading to them
• Pay compliments to five different people during the course of one day
• ‘Pay it forward’ when you buy a takeaway cofee by paying for two, so the coffee house can donate a cup to someone in need
• Clean a family member or friend’s car for them while you’re cleaning your own

Whatever you choose to do, enjoy the warm feeling that being kind to someone else gives you – that’s the best part of Random Acts of Kindness Week!

What’s the nicest random act of kindness you’ve carried out – or received? Share your stories on our Facebook page.