Random Acts of Kindness

[fruitandbarley]

After feeling so down about the results of the election yesterday, (and playing knock a door run with a miniture red rose Bush for a labour member that's campaigned her arse off) it's made me want to do more nice things for people.
Would anyone be interested if I set up a group where we all put ideas in and carried out a random act of kindness each week ( or more if you wanted).
I thought we could all do it and report back on how it went etc.

Anyone interested?

Love this idea! There's someone local to me who crochets little hearts, leaves, Christmas trees etc with a tag on saying to keep them as they want to spread the love she then hides them all over the village, I love finding one they are so beautiful and the kids thing they are treasure!
I've been wondering about doing something similar but with letters with Christmas wishes written in then hiding them but not sure if it would be well received?

The next village along from me has started a secret Santa - leaving presents around and a message to pass on and add more. I might start it here and put some on the school run in little gift bags. I have some beauty advent calendar bits that might do and can buy small treats. Will come back and let you know if it works!

Love all your stories.
I've put a few ideas below, perhaps we could all try and do one or two of these or your own within the next week and report back.

Bake a cake for someone
Volunteer with a befriending charity
Buy a book from a charity shop and wrap and post it to someone with a note
Volunteer at homeless shelter or similar
See if any nursing homes need people to read to the residents.
Buy a bunch of flowers with your supermarket shop and give them to the person on the till (and tell customer service or manager on way out so theres no confusion)
Donate blood
Join the organ donation register
Decorate stones with nice pictures or quotes and leave for people to find.
Do a litter pick
Pay for the person behind yous drink in coffee shop.
Offer your postman a hot drink on cold days and let them know if they ever need drink or use of bathroom they can knock (I was a postman on e for a summer, believe me, this would have been much appreciated).
Offer to babysit for someone.
Take mince pies or chocolates into local fire station for them.
If you've had good customer service call the persons manager and let them know.

I'm looking forward to doing some of these.

Have a lovely week everyone xx

I did the stones a couple of times when in Tenerife..we aren’t ones for going out on a night ..so I’d paint them when back in the apartment.
I got the nice flat lava ones and put things like love, good health, happiness etc used acrylic paints and just left them on a low wall and asked people to help themselves.
I infused them with reiki.

A chap on our local town page isn’t able to raise a £1000 for his preferred charity ..only about 3/4 of the amount..so Im giving him a donation as he sounded so disappointed.
I don’t like seeing people disappointed 😂

I love the idea of finding little treasures.
What a nice, joyous thing to do.
I love it when the knitters decorate a little area of their town. Such a king thing to do when they know that eventually all their hard work will be destroyed by the weather.

Kind thing

We have a town "acts of kindness" Facebook group, one of the biggest hits this Christmas is the candy cane trees which have appeared across the town

I love the idea of a town RAK page

Do random acts of kindness if you want but don’t tell everyone about.

Lllot5
I'm doing a lot of mine anonymously where I can, I just thought I'd share ideas on an anonymous forum. What's your problem?
Hide the thread if you dont like it.

The point of the thread is to inspire! I don't know anyone on here...

Two lovely things that strangers did for me when I was pregnant / having a newborn:

At the airport, whilst traveling alone, a strange lady insisted that I should not take my luggage of the conveyer belt myself. She took off al of my 3 heavy suitcases herself.

When I was traveling alone, some guy in his 30’s sat on a priority seat and wouldn’t move despite me standing next to him, heavily pregnant. I wasn’t sure if he needed the seat or not so I didn’t dare to ask for it. The male partner of a pregnant lady who was sitting on another seat, tapped the guy on his shoulder, pointed at my pregnant belly and asked him to move if he had no medical reason to occupy this seat and give it to me. He got up and I got the seat.

When I had a very difficult day (PND) and was sitting in the train home with DS, who was crying very loud and I was trying not to cry myself, a very kind elderly lady sat next to us and sang a lullaby for DS and talked to him in a sweet voice. There were other seats available so I believe she choose to sit next to us and help because she saw I was struggling.

Still feeling very grateful towards these lovely strangers.

It’s a lovely thread. I should like to join. Of course one doesn’t go around bleating about good deeds in everyday life but they can be kept secret here.

I have a fiver in my purse I’m saving for the Salvation Army if I see them playing in town. Failing that I shall put it in a card and post it through their door.
I shall purchase some cat food, toys and treats and take them round to the Cats Protection shop for the local shelter.
I have lots of strong carriers and will take these to another charity shop for them to use.
I don’t have much money to spare but have well stocked cupboards. I’ll sort out a box for the food bank. Too late for Christmas but they will want food for January.
Actually these are more planned than random but I’ll look out for randoms as well.

My friend and I used to collect once per year at the start of autumn, all our old towels and bedlinen of the past year that we deliberately didn’t throw away. We also collected the same goods from family and other friends.

As soon as we had collected everything, we drove to the local animal shelter and gave it to them.
Even inside it could get cold there during autumn, winter and early spring. Our used linen could keep the dogs and cats in the shelter warm. The people of the animal shelter always appreciated the gesture.

Lovely thread. We like to leave boxes of biscuits on doorsteps for people on our road who live on their own at Christmas. And send special ‘thinking of you’ messages to those who have been bereaved for a few years because lots of people are thoughtful for the first year but then forget/don’t realise how awful it is even years later.

Honeybee85, that's lovely.

Thank you to everyone commenting on this thread in the spirit it was started.

I took the local firemen some chocs and mince pies yesterday, they were really chuffed, even asked if my daughter wanted to go in and see the fire engine.

oh yes I love Random acts of Kindness, I remember so many little tiny things which strangers have done for me which made a big difference to me.

I would definitely like to join in

The wonderful thing about acts of kindness is that although you can spend money if you wish, most of the time the things which peole remember are tiny things said or done, just a hand with bags up the stairs, or getting a buggy through somewhere. Distracting a tantrumming child on public transport when the parent is having no luck, a compliment paid. tiny things but they can lift the spirit when you're having a bad day and someone does something small.

This weekend I am making another batch of the chocolates which I give as gifts to friends and family and will be giving them to my neighbours and will set aside some to give as random acts.

I hadn't thought about the emergency services @fruitandbarley thats a lovely idea.

I'd like to join too

For the last week I've been at hospital each day visiting an elderly family member who has a chronic condition needing frequent hospital admission.
I've been Sellotaping £1 and 50p coins to the vending machines in A&E and the on-call unit, as an unexpected hospital trip can lead to a long wait, and it's crap when you can't have a cup of coffee or a packet of crisps to keep you going.
It's only a little thing, but when I've ended to there for hours without change in my purse, I'd have appreciated getting a coffee

Ended up there, not to!

Its lovely hearing all your stories. Thank you.

Was heading into town centre today and there’s a homeless guy sat on the floor outside . It was flipping freezing.
I said I’ve got no English money, ( we’ve just got back from Tenerife)
Oh it’s alright love he said
So I dashed to Maccyd’s and got him some food and drink. I thought thats better than money.
Warm him up a bit.
Couldn’t bear just to run on past him

That’s a lovely idea head like a fucking

I heard a brilliant idea for homeless people recently - Greggs voucher.

I was offered some free coffees from my local cafe and I asked if they ran that scheme where you donated tea and coffees to the local homeless. They said they didn’t but gave me a handful of those stamped loyalty cards to give out (and then gave me another handful as they are lovely).

Lots of my Christmas shopping was online so I put a clear Tupperware full of chocolate bars in the porch with a message for the drivers to help themselves to some chocolate. It all went, but bit by bit, no one grabbed it all. I got the idea from an American RAOK YouTube video.