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It’s International Volunteer Day today – a huge shout out to all our amazing volunteers. You make a difference in the lives of every person who steps through the door for a Peaced Together course. What volunteers do is priceless – but the social and economic contribution they make is […]

The priceless value of volunteers

5th December 2019 in General tagged care / connection / giving / help / time / volunteering by admin (updated 1814 days ago)

This week we have the first of our Guest blogs from Julia Tizzard, our Peaced Together Location Support I was listening to the Simon & Garfunkel song “I am Rock (I am an Island)” this morning. If you don’t know it, the lyrics are from the point of view of […]

#thoughtfulthursday: Rock or Tree?

7th February 2019 in General / Hope / kindness tagged care / Choice / community / connection / Courage / encouragement / help / Hope / Kindness / loneliness / Love / Purpose / relationship / Strength / Transformation by Heidi Singleton (updated 2117 days ago)

Sometimes we have no idea how far the impact of our kindness will travel. When people receive kindness, they feel prompted to pass it on. We see the ripples that kindness can have as we share it and inspire others to do the same. Many years ago when my friend and […]

#thoughtfulthursday: The ripple effect of kindness

31st January 2019 in Hope / kindness tagged care / community / connection / giving / Hope / Kindness / Love / relationship / Sharing by Heidi Singleton (updated 2122 days ago)

Throughout 2018 Jaime Thurston’s book, Kindness: the little thing that matters most was the inspiration for our blog. It has been good to reflect on the many ways we can show kindness to our friends, families and local communities. It has made me more deliberate about being kind and quicker to notice […]

#thoughtfulthursday 51&52: Make kindness a thing

10th January 2019 in Hope / kindness tagged care / celebration / community / connection / family / help / Hope / Kindness / Thankfulness / volunteering by Heidi Singleton (updated 2145 days ago)

When a loved one is sick, you can feel a bit helpless. You want to make things better for them, but aren’t sure what to do. But you can do something very important for them – be kind. “Your kindness can act as a medicine. Research has revealed that people shown […]

#thoughtfulthursday 47: Heal with kindness

29th November 2018 in General tagged care / family / healing / illness / Kindness / priorities by Heidi Singleton (updated 2185 days ago)

It’s not always easy to know how to help when someone is going through a crisis. My rule is that doing something is always better than doing nothing. It might be a risk – you might say or do the wrong thing! But doing nothing because you are afraid of […]

#thoughtfulthursday 38: Be kind in a crisis

27th September 2018 in General tagged care / crisis / emotional / Love / practical / support by Heidi Singleton (updated 2251 days ago)

Rushing through life, no time to stop, to consider, to notice, swept up in a whirlwind of busyness. Does this feel familiar? It is easy to be so caught up in the busyness of life that we miss out on the opportunities all around us to be kind, to choose […]

#thoughtfulthursday 34: Beware of busyness leading to unkindness

23rd August 2018 in Hope / kindness tagged care / Choice / community / connection / Hope / Kindness / Life / loneliness / Love / relationship / Sharing / Suffering / Transformation by Heidi Singleton

It is very easy to put the people in our lives in boxes. For example, we might only ever speak to a colleague about work, without finding out about the rest of their world. We need to connect with people on a human level, not just a functional one. […]

#thoughtfulthursday 30: Embrace curiosity

26th July 2018 in General tagged care / connection / friendship / interest / relationship / value by Heidi Singleton (updated 2319 days ago)

One of our children had a bad experience this week – another child at school had been very unkind to them. The teacher dealing with it mentioned to our child that the person who had upset them was going through a difficult time at the moment. The teacher wasn’t excusing […]

#thoughtfulthursday 28: Give people the benefit of the doubt

12th July 2018 in Hope / kindness tagged care / Choice / connection / Courage / Forgiveness / Freedom / Kindness / relationship / Restoration / Sharing / Transformation by Heidi Singleton (updated 2326 days ago)

The concept of buying a suspended coffee is becoming increasingly popular. People buy their own drink and pay in advance for a coffee that can be claimed by someone in need. It is a simple way to help someone we might never meet. It also enables our local coffee shops to […]

#thoughtfulthursday 25: Pay for two

21st June 2018 in General tagged care / community / connection / Foodbanks / Kindness / Sharing by Heidi Singleton (updated 2346 days ago)