Preston Downey - Tyne and Wear I pledge to do a litter pick on my favourite beach and leave a surprise present for people at an office I will be visiting. Alison - East Sussex I pledge to staple a wrapped chocolate to a card saying "Happy World Kindness Day" through every letter box in my (quite long!) street. In that way I hope to bring a small smile to all my neighbours faces and possibly enable them to do some kindness too. :-) I am also doing a small fundraising lunch on Sunday for Cancer Research. Catherine Jones – Berkshire I pledge to say something uplifting to everyone I come into contact with. Abi Garvey, West Midlands I pledge to greet everybody with a smile and random acts of kindness...Sending a friend some flowers, buying a stranger a coffee and paying somebody a compliment   Carol Knibbs, London Make a food parcel for the homeless Emily Wheeler, Sheffield I pledge to go to my the residential care home for older people with my niece and nephew (aged 10 & 9 years old) and spend a few hours doing a sing along session with the residents and we\'ll bring homemade cakes to share round too. Angie - Berkshire I will sort out my clothes and take a sack to the homeless on Kindness Day. Nicole – London To comply with any awkward situation or person, be patient and kind. Rosanne – London I pray for those people and their relatives who are involved in World War 1. Rachel Pearson - South Yorkshire I pledge that I am going to do 30 acts of kindness in November. From paying for someone’s coffee, giving toys to children who have lost their dad in the army, flowers to a neighbour, book tokens, pay for a meal at a drive-thru. I hope people will hopefully see just being kind can really make someone’s day. Charlene – Derby I will take some treats into work and buy someone a bunch of flowers and just be nice/kind :-) Mary – UK I pledge to spread the word throughout my school and encourage staff, children and parents to undertake an act of kindness on this day. Rosanne – UK Never lost your fighting spirit if you are aiming for something which leads towards helping a lot of people and to your fulfilment & purpose. Heather Rosa – London To compliment a look or attitude. Clifford Gee – London, UK I pledge that on Kindness Day I will buy a box of chocolates and give it to an old aged pensioner. John Kurubo – London, UK I pledge to donate blood. A friend of mind recently went into hospital and received some units of blood as part of their treatment, so I now realise how essential this is and I want to help others. Chris Elsdale – London, UK Perform a totally random act of kindness each week. Gary Davison – London, UK I will give a bunch of flowers to a worthy recipient. Mrs. Chamberlains Class - United States I promise that I will be kind to all on November 13th. I will not hurt nor say anything rude mean ect. I will keep to this. Georgina Jones – London/UK I pledge to visit a nursing home for Kindness Day. I'll bring flowers and home-made treats for the residents and spend time with them Time To Change – Bristol We are holding an event on the 15th of November to relate to World Kindness Day. We are holding an event in the Galleries in Bristol, we will have a stall where we will be handing out goodies such as tea bags, pens, jelly babies etc, with the goal of encouraging people to come and speak to us and sign a pledge saying they will do something kind for someone that they think might be struggling. We have a pledge board where we stick all the pledges. Ayr Academy, Ayr We will celebrate Kindness Day by giving pupils a name of someone in their class, they have to perform a random act of kindness for this person within a week – they cannot tell this person what they are doing, it could be something as simple as speaking to someone you don’t normally, smiling at a teacher! Or buying someone a hot chocotlate. Berwickshire High School, Duns We will hold a Kindness Day and the First Year Class will be heavily involved in all the preparation for this. Gairloch High School, Gairloch We will use the Kindness UK pack for secondary schools on Kindness Day. We will introduce a quote each day until Kindness Day on Thursday, 13th November when we will do something related to this, maybe in classes but certainly involving pupils in thinking about their modus operandi. The purpose of the quote would be to have pupils think about how they behave and to inculcate a more caring attitude. Wootton Upper School, Bedfordshire For Kindness Day we will have class activities in PSHE sessions and possibly a focus for assemblies. Westhoughton High School, Lancashire We are meeting our student council this morning with the intention of discussing a 'Kindness Week' - this will be held on the last week of term. The intention is for each year group to raise money for their own year charity on one set day with their own activities. The students will also engage in some fundraising with Sainsbury's at our local store with proceeds going to the 'Hand on Heart' charity: in this way each year group will have their own Kindness Day during Kindness Week Putney High School, London We will have a clear message of kindness in lessons. Staff & pupil ‘Random Acts of Kindness Day’ e.g. relieve someone on lunch duty in front of the queue, offer to take 5mins of a colleague’s lesson, smile and say hello to everyone, escort a colleague to a lesson carrying their belongings, offer to help the girls put their trays away... Ratton School - East Sussex/UK We pledge that each tutor group will take a kindness challenge Ferndown Upper School - Dorset/UK We will hold special assemblies and launch activities from Kindness UK’s pack for secondary schools Enfield County School – Enfield/UK We pledge to celebrate Kindness Day, 13th November Hodge Hill Girls’ School – Birmingham/UK Will try and arrange a ‘Kindness Day’ or ‘Kindness Week’ Skegness Grammar School – Lincolnshire/UK We will make plans for Kindness Day UK and do an assembly Altrincham College of Arts, Cheshire On Kindness Day UK we will do an assembly and have related info on plasma screens. St Joseph’s R.C. High School, Newport We will be promoting tolerance, understanding and compassion in what we all do and say. Waddesdon Church of England School, Buckinghamshire We will deliver an assembly on kindness and do some activities in PSHE and create a Kindness Day message board in the library. Kirkbie Kendal School, Cumbria On Kindness Day UK, 13th November, we will be doing a kindness themed ‘Thought for the week’ activities in form time. It is Kindness Day everyday! Frogmore Infant School, Surrey We will be doing a range of activities – giving compliments, friendship games etc. Ayr Academy, Scotland We will celebrate kindness day by giving pupils a name of someone in their class, they have to perform a random act of kindness for this person within a week – they cannot tell this person what they are doing, it could be something as simple as speaking to someone you don’t normally, smiling at a teacher! Or buying someone a hot chocolate. Ulidia Integrated College, Co. Antrim We will certainly make use of some of the activities in the Kindness Pack for Secondary Schools in our whole school and year assemblies and during form time on Kindness Day. St Columba’s College, Co. Down We will aim to do a kindness week at school running into anti bullying week (17th November). Madeley Academy, Shropshire We pledge to broadcast a special feature on Kindness Day UK relating to kindness. The Burgate School & Sixth Form, Hampshire We are hoping to use several of the resources, in Kindness UK’s Pack for Secondary Schools, on Kindness Day in November and make it a focus for our PSHE that week. St Peter’s Academy, Stoke on Trent We are going to have a ‘Kindness Week’ in school, beginning on 10th November and are currently planning activities through lessons/year groups. River View Primary School, Salford We are having a community supper at school on Kindness Day, 13th November. We will have a whole school push on kindness that week building up to the community supper and linking it with our parents and the wider community on that day. Ossett Academy & Sixth Form College, West Yorkshire Week Commencing 10th November, for the whole week, the theme around the Academy will be kindness. We will be using the resources in the Kindness UK pack for secondary schools. Form tutors will use the resources from the pack to deliver form tutor time activities. Also all students will be made aware of Kindness Day on 13th November. Mackie Academy, Kincardineshire We will have activities based around Kindness Day, 13th November, in tutor time for the week. Wymondham College, Norfolk We will have a kind language day. Victoria College, Belfast We will be doing an assembly on Kindness Day, 13th November. Fitzalan High School, Cardiff We will have assemblies in the upcoming days (10th – 13th November) on kindness. Ellon Academy, Aberdeenshire We will have assemblies to highlight ‘KINDNESS’. Loudoun Academy, Galston We will be fundraising for Children In Need! Swallow Hill Community College, Leeds For Kindness Day UK we will do a display, assembly and tutor time. St Paul’s College, Kilrea We are hoping to have a drama project, art competition and launch an anti-bullying poetry competition. St Andrew’s R C High School, Kirkcaldy We will be doing appropriate activities from the Kindness UK pack for secondary schools. St Anthony’s Girls’ Catholic Academy, Sunderland We will be preparing “shoe boxes” to distribute at Christmas, praying for those less fortunate and raising money for chosen charities in each Year group. The Bewdley School and Sixth Form Centre, Worcestershire Hopefully publishing writing on Kindness! Bishop Justus C of E School, Kent During our (whole school) tutor group worship we will focus on happiness. We will ask all students to do a random act of kindness during the day. Kings Langley School, Hertfordshire We will hold fundraising activities as a way of showing kindness. Money raised will be donated to charity as a sign of kindness. Students challenges will include performing a random act of kindness and donating their time. Chatham & Clarendon Grammar School, Kent We will have PSHE lessons on kindness during the week and house charity events. Lipson Community College, Devon We will be doing curriculum based activities from the Kindness UK pack for Secondary Schools, special assemblies and tutorial activities. Saltergate Infant School, North Yorkshire We will link kindness into our collective worship. Danegrove Primary School, Hertfordshire Buddying up for break time games. Fane Street Primary School, Northern Ireland Being kind and friendly in school. Ballycastle Integrated Primary School, Northern Ireland Planning to hold a Kindness Week again. Children have to complete a Great Kindness Challenge. Each year group will be learning about a famous/historical person who impacted our world by their kindness and often heroic actions. Berkerley Junior School, North Lincolnshire On Kindness Day UK we pledge to do a Kindness Assembly – reinforcement of a school ethos. Chudleigh Knighton CofE Primary School, Devon On 13th November we will award certificates for the 4 most appreciated and effective acts of kindness, in our assembly, as well as focusing on ‘kindness’ in all 5 classrooms. Goosnargh Whitechapel Primary School, Lancashire 13th November Assembly focus on kindness. St Joseph’s RC Primary School, Falkirk Hold a Kindness Assembly and ask each child to carry out an act of kindness. Huttoft Primary School, Lincolnshire Our week’s work in PSHE for the whole school will be centred on kindness – at home and at school, to our friends, families, pets, garden birds, wild animals around us. St Mary’s CofE (VC) Primary School, West Midlands Link the day with our chosen charity. Meanwood Church of England Primary School, West Yorkshire Each class will be trying very hard to be kind all day to each other and doing some of the activities from Kindness UK’s pack for Primary Schools. East Ayton Community Primary School, North Yorkshire Classes will focus on a linked theme on Kindness Day UK. Kindness certificates will be issued at the end of the week. Hollingworth Primary School, Cheshire We will do an Assembly and circle time on Kindness Day UK. St Michael’s Church of England Voluntary Aided Primary School, Essex 488 individual acts of kindness. Carniny Primary School, County Antrim We will do a Kindness Boomerang. Highgate Infant School, Norfolk Highlight the importance of kindness. Blacklands Primary School, North Ayrshire We are having a special Assembly on 13h November everyone wearing something yellow and donating £1, we will have various kindness activities and the local papers will be invited. Thank you for picking our school for the Kindness UK Award of Kind School of the Year 2014. We will announce this wonderful achievement to our pupils at our Kindness Day Assembly. Cookstown High School, Northern Ireland We will have cross-curricular events/ideas in subject departments and in Pastoral teams. Portesham CofE VA Primary School, Portesham We would very much like to be involved in the Kindness Day on November 13th. Our reception class and nursery have already decided that we will make kindness tokens to give to other children who show them kindness throughout the day. The Wavell School, Farnborough I would like to put up a display in our school to promote World Kindness Day. St John’s School & Sixth Form College, A Catholic Academy, Durham On Kindness Day we will be delivering assemblies, covering this topic in our daily act of worship along with activities in our pastoral programme. Minsthorpe Community College, West Yorkshire We pledge to do a whole week of charitable activities to raise money for local and national charities and to be kind to each other all day on Thursday 13th Nov.