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So often when we see a need or a problem we can think the answer is to throw more money at it but as Jaime Thurston says, “Sometimes what people need is assistance rather than things. Spread some kindness by donating a skill” (from ‘Kindness the little thing that matters […]

#thoughtfulthursday 4: Do something for nothing!

25th January 2018 in General tagged Kindness / skills / volunteering by Heidi Singleton (updated 2572 days ago)

In a country with so much food waste how come we see so much hunger, poverty and homelessness? It is very easy to think, “Well I’m OK, this issue doesn’t affect me.” Yet most of us are only a couple of pay cheques away from hunger or homelessness; circumstances can […]

#thoughtfulthursday 3: Share your Food

18th January 2018 in General tagged Courage / Foodbanks / Hope / Kindness / Sharing / Thankfulness by Heidi Singleton (updated 2579 days ago)

Well it’s only the second session of this kindness series and already it is challenging in places that don’t feel comfortable. Everything in us as humans wants to repay unkindness with unkindness! So, what happens if we turn this on it’s head and repay unkindness with kindness? Jaime Thurston […]

#thoughtfulthursday 2: Be Kind to unkind people

16th January 2018 in General tagged Courage / Forgiveness / Hope / Kindness / Peace / Thankfulness by Heidi Singleton (updated 2579 days ago)

Rummaging through the sales in a book shop yesterday a little book caught my eye: ‘Kindness, the little thing that matters most’ by Jaime Thurston (Founder of 52 Lives). She was moved by compassion to help someone in need and got her friends and family to help. This triggered the […]

#thoughtfulthursday 1: Give kind comments

16th January 2018 in General tagged Courage / Forgiveness / Hope / Kindness / Peace / Restoration / Thankfulness / Transformation by Heidi Singleton (updated 2579 days ago)

We asked Dagenham trainer Ginny why the forms we get people to fill in at the beginning and end of each course are so important – and compelling. Ginny, you have spent a long time looking at your computer screen recently – can you tell us why? Heidi asked me […]

Measuring Impact – more than just paperwork

5th December 2017 in General tagged Data / evidence / Freedom / Journey / Measuring impact by admin (updated 2637 days ago)

women doing craft — Brokenness is cross-cultural. No matter where you go, you will find people who have experienced brokenness and need mending. This is the heart of Peaced Together – to enable people to take their first steps towards a future of hope, and maybe a few more steps on that journey. Tina […]

Taking Peaced Together to the Caribbean

22nd May 2017 in General tagged adventure / Brokenness / Caribbean / craft / Hope / international / Restoration by admin (updated 2579 days ago)

Last night was such an exciting night for us at Peaced Together as we won a gold award for ‘best replicable project’ at the Christian Funders Forum awards for 2016. This morning as I reflect on it I am taken back five years before I started this project to a […]

Journey to hope and peace

18th November 2016 in General tagged Beauty / Broken / Hope / Journey / Purpose / Thankfulness by Heidi Singleton

Why is it that we women spend so much time wanting to be more beautiful? Fatter, thinner, straighter, curvier, more tanned, less tanned! We look in the mirror and are dissatisfied. A recent study carried out by ‘Dove’ discovered that only 4% of women around the world consider themselves beautiful […]

Finding hope, peace and purpose in every broken thing