I walked the walk!

Just a quickie – last night I walked the Sleepwalk for St. Andrew’s Hospice Grimsby. Over 560 women turned out in their pyjamas to walk twelve miles around our town. It was an absolutely fantastic night, so much energy buzzing round. Anyway here’s a photo of our team just after we crossed the finish line [...]

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Season of Goodwill (Part Four)

 Hugs are not just for Christmas
Just a quick one for Sunday – Juan Mann and the Free hugs campaign. He’s an Australian guy who gives out free hugs on a Thursday afternon. This video still makes me go all sniffly.

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Season of Goodwill (Part Three)

Twenty-five days to make a difference.
On the theme of kindness and showing the world that we can make a difference through our actions, I’d like to feature Laura’s Blog. Reading all the positive things on this blog almost makes me miss teaching the younger kids (almost!). Well done Laura and all the classrooms around the [...]

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Season of Goodwill (Part Two)

Kindness at Work 
For part two of this series, I’d like to share a story which will restore your faith in humanity. This is a copy of an email sent on our intranet at work.
“Bit of an unusual request this one but here goes! I am sure that many of you know “Jack” who has worked here for [...]

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Season of Goodwill (Part One)

Throughout December, I will be posting on the theme “Season of Goodwill”. Rather than ranting about how commercialised our holidays have become, I would like to focus on the many acts of kindness that take place and remind us what we’re really about as human beings. 
Paying it Forward.
This post on Zen Habits, has recently rekindled my belief [...]

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