Mental Health Collective’s #KindnessByPost project is the UK’s leading random acts of kindness exchange. Spreading goodwill and warmth across the country, it is a movement for connection and hope.
Anyone in the UK can take part in a #KindnessByPost exchange. You sign up for free to send a card or letter with a message of goodwill to someone else, and have someone allocated to send a card or letter to you. It’s like a giant secret santa for kindness! Register for free to be part of it.
Over 12,000 people have taken part in #KindnessByPost so far, and we have had participants from every single county in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Our work has been featured on Channel 5 News, the Metro; The Evening Standard; I newspaper; Zoe Ball’s BBC 2 breakfast show; BBC Radio 2’s Good Morning Sunday; BBC Radio London’s Vanessa Feltz show; BBC Radio London’s InSpirit; Premier; Voice of Islam Radio; and on BBC Hereford and Worcester. You never know who you might be sending a card to – actor Indira Varma, broadcasters Rev Kate Bottley, Anna Richardson and comedian Dave Chawner have all got involved!
Participants have been incredibly imaginative. Cards and letters have criss-crossed the UK with blessings, affirmations, suggestions for songs and favourite books, and simple messages of good wishes and positivity. Seeds that the recipient can plant on their windowsill. Beautiful, poignant, heart-felt letters, with words crafted for someone to hold onto when life is at its bleakest. Funny, silly, cheesy cards, with puns and dancing pineapples. A handful of confetti, each piece inscribed with words of encouragement. A favourite mathematical equation (yes, really!). A card ordered from an online greetings card company by someone who is too unwell to get to the post-box. You can read our full story here.
We take pride in taking a leap of faith together. Whether you receive something yourself or not, joining in with a #KindnessByPost exchange means being part of a movement for connection and hope.
To take part, visit the #KindnessByPost website!