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This Friday is World Kindness Day, a simple reminder that small acts can make a real difference to someone’s working day.

CSS can be a busy place, and kindness doesn’t have to mean grand gestures. It might be checking in with a colleague, making someone a brew, offering a hand when things are hectic, saying thank you or simply taking the time to really listen.

Kindness is good for us too

There is growing evidence that kindness benefits both the person receiving it and the person giving it.

Research has linked acts of kindness and helping others with greater happiness and wellbeing, stronger social connection and a greater sense of meaning. Kindness may also help reduce feelings of stress and loneliness, while some research has found links with physical health benefits such as lower blood pressure.

So this Friday, we’re inviting everyone across CSS to do one small act of kindness.

It could be something as simple as:

💬 Thanking someone who doesn’t often get thanked

☕ Making a colleague a brew

👋 Checking in with someone

🤝 Offering help when things are busy

⭐ Telling someone they’ve done a great job

👂 Taking the time to really listen

❤️ Or remembering to show yourself a little kindness too

And if someone has made a difference to your day recently, why not give them a shout-out in the comments below? Tell us what they did and let them know it was noticed.

One day. One small act. Pass it on. 💛

Find out more about the science of kindness

• The case for kindness, American Psychological Association
• The art of kindness, Mayo Clinic Health System
• Kindness as a stress reduction and health promotion intervention, research review