The BIG Hug World Kindness Week culminates in “THE BIG HUG” on Bondi Beach on Sunday 13th November at 10am providing free breakfast on offer for participants, its promising to be well attended. Lifeguards from Bondi Rescue and students, parents and teachers staff from organisations and the international community will be literally on hand ensuring beach goers participate in a symbolic joining of hands and random hugs. We are encouraging everyone to perform simple Random Acts of Kindness appointing Goodwill Ambassadors from the Classroom, to the Boardroom and within our corridors of Government.  COOL TO BE KIND AWARDS We are celebrating the goodwill of a community engaged in positive initiatives with the launch of the “2012 Cool To Be Kind Awards” at the Westin Sydney Hotel on the 5th of November 2011 for Neighbours, Schools, Community Groups, Business, Government and of course students. So Don’t Deliberate, Celebrate! Book a table for your organisation or just a group of your favourite people who you feel have helped make our world a little Kinder. 
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The BIG Hug

World Kindness Week culminates in “THE BIG HUG” on Bondi Beach on Sunday 13th November at 10am providing free breakfast on offer for participants, its promising to be well attended. Lifeguards from Bondi Rescue and students, parents and teachers staff from organisations and the international community will be literally on hand ensuring beach goers participate in a symbolic joining of hands and random hugs. We are encouraging everyone to perform simple Random Acts of Kindness appointing Goodwill Ambassadors from the Classroom, to the Boardroom and within our corridors of Government. 

COOL TO BE KIND AWARDS

We are celebrating the goodwill of a community engaged in positive initiatives with the launch of the “2012 Cool To Be Kind Awards” at the Westin Sydney Hotel on the 5th of November 2011 for Neighbours, Schools, Community Groups, Business, Government and of course students. So Don’t Deliberate, Celebrate! Book a table for your organisation or just a group of your favourite people who you feel have helped make our world a little Kinder. 

Kindness Day UK will be asking the nation to send at least one ‘kindness’ text on World Kindness Day, to acknowledge the importance of kindness.  A few examples of what you could text are: A text thanking someone kind in your life Sending your favourite quotation about kindness Texting about an ‘act of kindness’ you have seen performed Kindness Conference to celebrate Kindness Day UK Leading kindness campaigners meet to debate compassion in city ahead of World Kindness Day Kindness Day UK co-founder Louise Burfitt-Dons will be one of the principle speakers at a mini-conference to be held at Somerset House in London on 10thNovember. In the lead up to World Kindness Day on November 13th, prominent community leaders and kindness campaigners will ask what steps Londoners can take to revive our instinct for kindness. An invited audience will discuss these issues with a panel consisting of Steve Moore, CEO of Big Society Network; Dan Thompson, organiser of London Riot Clean Up and Dr Paula Boddington, Senior Research Fellow in Ethics and Lecturer at Oxford University, James Max of LBC and Mark Williamson of Action for Happiness.  Chaired by Judith Perle, co-author of The Network Effect, other speakers include George Monk, CEO of Clean Up UK andDeborah Wharton, director of ID Choices. `Since the alarming scenes last August, many people are asking ‘What has happened to London?’ says Louise Burfitt-Dons. `Reports of neglect in hospitals, rude behaviour in public places, and mis-selling of goods and services are in the press daily. But is that an accurate picture, when recent research by the Young Foundation suggests that most British people care about and have had positive experiences of civility?’ The mini-conference is organised by the UK Kindness Movement in association with the Big Society Network and the RSA Women Speaker Network For further information please contact the UK Kindness Movement on 0208 995 9500 or emailkindnessdayuk@ukkindnessmovement.org
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Kindness Day UK will be asking the nation to send at least one ‘kindness’ text on World Kindness Day, to acknowledge the importance of kindness. 

A few examples of what you could text are:

  • A text thanking someone kind in your life
  • Sending your favourite quotation about kindness
  • Texting about an ‘act of kindness’ you have seen performed

Kindness Conference to celebrate Kindness Day UK

Leading kindness campaigners meet to debate compassion in city ahead of World Kindness Day

Kindness Day UK co-founder Louise Burfitt-Dons will be one of the principle speakers at a mini-conference to be held at Somerset House in London on 10thNovember.

In the lead up to World Kindness Day on November 13th, prominent community leaders and kindness campaigners will ask what steps Londoners can take to revive our instinct for kindness. An invited audience will discuss these issues with a panel consisting of Steve Moore, CEO of Big Society Network; Dan Thompson, organiser of London Riot Clean Up and Dr Paula Boddington, Senior Research Fellow in Ethics and Lecturer at Oxford University, James Max of LBC and Mark Williamson of Action for Happiness.  Chaired by Judith Perle, co-author of The Network Effect, other speakers include George Monk, CEO of Clean Up UK andDeborah Wharton, director of ID Choices.

`Since the alarming scenes last August, many people are asking ‘What has happened to London?’ says Louise Burfitt-Dons. `Reports of neglect in hospitals, rude behaviour in public places, and mis-selling of goods and services are in the press daily. But is that an accurate picture, when recent research by the Young Foundation suggests that most British people care about and have had positive experiences of civility?’

The mini-conference is organised by the UK Kindness Movement in association with the Big Society Network and the RSA Women Speaker Network For further information please contact the UK Kindness Movement on 0208 995 9500 or emailkindnessdayuk@ukkindnessmovement.org

World Kindness Concert

The World Kindness Concert celebrates its 11th year by gathering world class performers to celebrate and promote the messages of kindness, compassion, love and peace, and to touch the hearts of people across the world.  

Join us on November 4, 2011 to see some of the biggest names in music, alongside some of the most inspiring and powerful ‘up & coming’ talent will gather at The Centre For Performing Arts in Vancouver, Canada for a one of a kind concert. It promises to be a most memorable evening where everyone will be touched by a simple and yet most powerful message — kindness.

This year’s concert expects approx 1800 attendees. For General Information about The World Kindness Concert contact us at: theworldkindnessconcert@gmail.com

Say thanks, make someone’s day.

Singapore Kindness Movement will continue to use the symbol of the yellow gerbera daisy to affirm the kind Singaporeans around them.

Some 500 volunteers will be distributing yellow gerbera daisies in the heart of Singapore at Orchard Road.

A television commercial, print advertisements and collaterals revolving around the daisy have been developed for World Kindness Day. School assembly programmes inculcating the values of affirmation will also be conducted. 

Textwave for Kindness - 13th November 2011

Kindness Day UK

Kindness Day UK will be asking the nation to send at least one ‘kindness’ text on World Kindness Day, to acknowledge the importance of kindness.

A few examples of what you could text are:

  • A text thanking someone kind in your life
  • Sending your favourite quotation about kindness
  • Texting about an ‘act of kindness’ you have seen performed

 Kindness Conference to celebrate Kindness Day UK

Leading kindness campaigners meet to debate compassion in city ahead of World Kindness Day

Kindness Day UK co-founder Louise Burfitt-Dons will be one of the principle speakers at a mini-conference to be held at Somerset House in London on 10th November.

In the lead up to World Kindness Day on November 13th, prominent community leaders and kindness campaigners will ask what steps Londoners can take to revive our instinct for kindness. An invited audience will discuss these issues with a panel consisting of Steve Moore, CEO of Big Society Network; Dan Thompson, organiser of London Riot Clean Up and Dr Paula Boddington, Senior Research Fellow in Ethics and Lecturer at Oxford University, James Max of LBC and Mark Williamson of Action for Happiness.  Chaired by Judith Perle, co-author of The Network Effect, other speakers include George Monk, CEO of Clean Up UK and Deborah Wharton, director of ID Choices.

`Since the alarming scenes last August, many people are asking ‘What has happened to London?’ says Louise Burfitt-Dons. `Reports of neglect in hospitals, rude behaviour in public places, and mis-selling of goods and services are in the press daily. But is that an accurate picture, when recent research by the Young Foundation suggests that most British people care about and have had positive experiences of civility?’

UKKM

The mini-conference is organised by the UK Kindness Movement in association with the Big Society Network and the RSA Women Speaker Network For further information please contact the UK Kindness Movement on 0208 995 9500 or email kindnessdayuk@ukkindnessmovement.org

DEVELOPING A KINDER WORLD: CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS

Kwara State Youths Symposium & Drama Presentation

Stella Obasanjo Multi-Purpose Hall, Sunday 15th November, 2011

Facilitated By Kwara State Ministry Of Women Affairs.

Chief Host: Her Excellency Omolewa Abdulfatah Ahmed,1st Lady Kwara State

Co-Host  :Hon. Commissioner For Women Affairs, Kwara State    

 More info: www.pafrec.org

Louise Burfitt-Dons and Kathy Lette discuss Kindness Day UK on BBC Breakfast TV

BONDI BEACH
MASSIVE HUG FEST
Celebrate World Kindness Day
10am on the 13th November

Join hands with the Lifeguards of Bondi Rescue and help set the Record to make Bondi Beach the Kindest  beach in Australia

Register Online here meet at Lifeguard Tower 9:45am
Courtesy of Waverley Council

and Then on To Watsons Bay For A Picnic In The Park 12 noon
All Schools Welcome Support  to Fly Their Colours

Courtesy of Woollahra Council