kindness
From befriending helplines to WhatsApp groups, lockdown forced us to confront loneliness in our communities. Here's how to keep it up.
We've seen into each other's homes and private lives, surfing the highs and lows of lockdown together. Is work a kinder place as a result?
The Duchess of Cambridge recorded a message for children, reminding them of the importance of kindness – to ourselves and others – in this pandemic.
This dad creates how-to videos on YouTube, teaching everything from how to jumpstart a car to ironing a shirt. Lockdown was the perfect catalyst for Robert to launch his channel showing people basic skills he thinks everyone should know.
The Manchester United player successfully campaigned for children to get free school meals this summer.
Travelling pianist Davide Martello drove 12 hours to perform for mourners at the memorial for George Floyd in Minneapolis this week. The musician, also known as Klavierkunst, hoped his music would help spread a message of unity and give solace.
Gary King is known as “The Happiness Guy” in St. Petersburg, Florida. After a life of compounding distress and deep depression, Gary put up signs with the word ‘Happiness’ as part of a social experiment, to lift the mood of the city, as well as his own. Seven months and eighty-one signs later, he’s become a local hero.
Alberto Salas arrived in London from Mexico six months ago to work as a Spanish professor at Greenwich University. However, due to coronavirus, his classes were suspended. Stuck in the UK with nothing to do, he offered lessons on a social networking service, to see if his neighbours would be interested in learning. He soon received messages from locals in Lewisham and started teaching them via Skype for free.
This young gardener has been planting flowers, fruit and vegetables with his mother on lockdown. He also started a YouTube channel to teach people some tips for growing their own.
Giving back is a key step in my recovery from addiction. And we need to give back now more than ever.