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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)

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)

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)

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)

Sometimes there is nothing harder than asking for help. At the best of times, it takes courage to swallow our pride and at the worst of times we may not even have the strength or awareness to ask. I was blessed by people who took the initiative to help me […]

#thoughtfulthursday 26: Take the initiative

28th June 2018 in General tagged community / help / initiative / Kindness by Heidi Singleton (updated 2339 days ago)

Finding hope, peace and purpose in every broken thing