Today is World Kindness Day and we are here to inspire you with the good deeds of others.
We have 10 stories of great people doing wonderful things in south London.
- A boy went to buy food for his seriously ill aunt and when a concerned member of staff saw him sad, they gave him products free of charge.
- Lee Stevens and his dog Roxy had been living out of a tent near Crayford station before dog groomer Paula Haines opened her home to him and took to Facebook to ask for help.
- When a young girl was shopping in high street store H&M, she started to have an anxiety attack.The manager took Ellie to the staff room to help her recover.
- Thanks to the kindness of a stranger, Marvel-loving toddler Albie Langford was reunited with his beloved tablet after it fell off the roof of the car while his dad was looking after him.
- When a man with Parkinson's fell over in the rain and his wife struggled to help a good Samaritan stopped his car and rushed to their aid.
-When an elderly man's mobility scooter ran out of battery, police officers came to aid the man and help him get home.
- Meanwhile, this policeman went viral after being pictured helping an elderly woman carry her shopping bags.
- They don't even know his name but hundreds of people took to Facebook to praise a hardworking and kind street cleaner in Beckenham.
- You may have heard of the tooth fairy, but how about the Penge conker fairies?
- A local mum lost her purse at the beginning of her day. Noticing this, she knew she had no way of picking her child up from nursery. A kind bus driver let her ride for free. Then later that day she got a call that her purse had been found. And guess who found it?
It’s easy to look at all the bad things happening in the world and forget that there is also an awful lot of good. Granted, we do have Donald Trump and the Kardashians but there are also lots of heroes going unrecognised for their kind acts.
Kindness UK is an independent, not-for-profit organisation that aims to remind people that no matter what, there is still kindness around.
The organisation asks schools, and businesses, as well as individuals to pledge their act of kindness on their website. It is about understanding that it doesn’t hurt to do something nice for someone else, and if it helps them then surely that is a positive thing.
You can take part here: http://www.kindnessuk.com
Tell us in the comments below what are the kindest acts you've seen carried out.
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