Watch this video as the camera tracks an act of kindness as its passed from one individual to the next and manages to boomerang back to the person who set it into motion.
Call a friend that you haven’t spoken to for a while
Send a letter to a grandparent
Send flowers to a friend
Offer to pick up some groceries for your elderly neighbour
Send someone a handwritten note
Donate food to a food bank
Walk your friend’s dog
Tell your family members how much you love and appreciate them
Help your parents with household chores
Help a friend get active
Make someone laugh
Offer to cook for a friend or family member
Make a cup of tea for a friend or family member
Help with a household chore at home or for a friend
Hold the door open for someone
Tell someone you know that you are proud of them
Tell someone you know why you are thankful for them
Send a motivational text to a friend who is struggling
Send someone you know a joke to cheer them up
Send someone you know a picture of a cute animal
Send an inspirational quote to a friend
Send an interesting article to a friend
Put a surprise note or drawing on someone’s desk
Contact someone you haven’t seen in a while and arrange to meet face to face
Engage in conversation with a shop assistant when paying at the till
Spend time playing with your pet
Sign up to do voluntary work in your local community
Reach out to spend time with a friend, family member or neighbour who is experiencing loneliness
Have a clear out and take items to a charity shop
Make and send a care package to someone who needs it
Make a donation to a charity
Plant something
Make a cup of tea for someone
Get to know the new pupils
Lend your ear - listen to your peer who is having a bad day
Say good morning
Bake a cake for your peers
Give praise to your peer for something they’ve done well
If it’s raining – lend someone your umbrella
Take someone out for lunch
Give up your seat to an elderly, disabled or pregnant person
Let someone jump the queue at the supermarket
Take a minute to help someone who is lost
Have a conversation with someone who is experiencing homelessness
Help a mother carrying her push chair down the stairs or hold the door for her
Let a peer past you in the corridor
Pick up some rubbish lying around in the street
Smile and say hello to people you may pass every day, but have never spoken to before
Return a lost item to its owner
Pop into a coffee shop and ask to pay for a coffee for them to give to someone later that day for free