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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)

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)

With Christmas coming up, many of us are spending lots of time planning, buying and wrapping gifts in the whirlwind of December. I can barely get into my spare room as it is so full of gifts waiting to be wrapped! When we give a present at this time of […]

#thoughtfulthursday 49: Give without expectation

14th December 2018 in General / Hope / kindness tagged charity / community / connection / giving / help / Kindness / Love / Sharing by Heidi Singleton (updated 2169 days ago)

Time is so precious and how you spend it can make a big difference – both in your life and the lives of others. My local community Hub is run almost entirely by volunteers. They have about 45 people who give up their time to volunteer every week. They deliver […]

#thoughtfulthursday 45: Volunteer

15th November 2018 in General / Hope / kindness tagged community / connection / giving / Hope / isolation / Kindness / Life / loneliness / Purpose / relationship / Sharing / skills / volunteering by Heidi Singleton (updated 2199 days ago)

This blog has looked at giving kindness in many different ways, but we’ve not really talked about receiving kindness. It is as much a choice to receive kindness as it is to give it. I know from experience that it can be so hard to admit that you need help. […]

#thoughtfulthursday 40: Let kindness in

11th October 2018 in General tagged care connection / giving / help / Kindness / receiving / relationship by Heidi Singleton (updated 2234 days ago)

This week’s prompt from the book ‘Kindness the little thing that matters most’ (Jaime Thurston 52lives) is something quite close to my heart. As a former primary school teacher, I know how hard schools work to meet the needs of their pupils, but this was never supposed to be in […]

#thoughtfulthursday 8: Give a gift to a local school

22nd February 2018 in General tagged community / giving / Kindness / responsibility / schools / supporting by Heidi Singleton