40 Acts of Kindness for Lent
Join us in sharing a little kindness across the village
| Invite someone who is on their own for tea | Create a Giving Jar for your loose change | Introduce yourself to a neighbour | Leave a small gift for a delivery person | Talk to someone you don’t know |
| Smile and say hello to people you pass | Donate something extra to the foodbank | Make a phone call to someone who is on their own | Invite someone to go for a walk with you | Invite some friends to watch a film |
| Contact someone who is in hospital and pray for their recovery | Offer to help someone with their gardening | Pick up a treat with your shopping and give it to someone | Help someone with their shopping | Give some flowers to a neighbour |
| Pay for the drink of the person behind you in a cafe | Send your neighbour a note saying how much you appreciate them | Visit a care home and offer to talk to residents | Pay someone a compliment | Offer to babysit for someone |
| Make some tea for workmen | Send an inspiring quotation to someone | Pick up some litter from the street/footpath | Visit or call someone you know who has been ill | Send a message of appreciation to your surgery |
| Phone a relative you have not spoken to for a long time | Make some cupcakes to share with someone on their own | Say sorry first, even if it is not your fault | Tell someone your best memory of them | Write a letter to someone you have not been in touch with for a long time |
| Offer to look after a neighbour’s plants while they are away | Send a message of appreciation to your local school | Bring a neighbour’s bins in | Praise someone for something done well | Let someone go in front of you in a queue |
| Write a note to someone in public life and say how much you appreciate what they do | Offer to read to elderly person | Say something nice about someone behind their back | Decide which charity to give the money in your Giving Jar to | Which act of kindness will you continue to do? |
