{"id":11735,"date":"2017-02-17T08:30:57","date_gmt":"2017-02-17T08:30:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/?p=11735"},"modified":"2017-02-15T11:18:19","modified_gmt":"2017-02-15T11:18:19","slug":"are-you-ready-for-random-acts-of-kindness-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/2017\/02\/are-you-ready-for-random-acts-of-kindness-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Are You Ready For Random Acts Of Kindness Day?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/16-Random-Acts-of-Kindness-Day.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11741\" src=\"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/16-Random-Acts-of-Kindness-Day.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/16-Random-Acts-of-Kindness-Day.png 1500w, https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/16-Random-Acts-of-Kindness-Day-300x130.png 300w, https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/16-Random-Acts-of-Kindness-Day-768x333.png 768w, https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/16-Random-Acts-of-Kindness-Day-1024x444.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/16-Random-Acts-of-Kindness-Day-1200x520.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On February 17<sup>th<\/sup> it is Random Acts of Kindness Day. The idea is to do something lovely for someone in a random kind of a way! This isn&#8217;t about cooking a tasty meal for your partner or giving your kids extra pocket money. That&#8217;s just not random enough.<\/p>\n<p>Your act of random kindness doesn&#8217;t have to cost you money nor does it have to be a huge gesture. Just something small that you know will make someone smile.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re stuck for ideas, here are some suggestions&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re picking up a sandwich for lunch, buy two and give one to a homeless person.<\/p>\n<p>Let someone go ahead of you in a queue.<\/p>\n<p>Send someone a letter or a small gift in the post. Perhaps an old friend who you don&#8217;t keep in touch with as often as you should.<\/p>\n<p>Take cakes into work.<\/p>\n<p>Give someone a copy of your favourite book. This could be a total stranger!<\/p>\n<p>Compliment a stranger. It could be on the dress they&#8217;re wearing, or perhaps on how well behaved their child is.<\/p>\n<p>Give up your seat on the bus.<\/p>\n<p>Order one of our Speedy Reg gift vouchers and give it to someone.<\/p>\n<p>Is there a patch of wasteland near your home? Plant some flowers on it.<\/p>\n<p>Cook a meal and take a plateful round to an elderly neighbour.<\/p>\n<p>Clear out your wardrobe, or your kids clothes and toys and give them to someone who you know will appreciate it.<\/p>\n<p>Join a group for giving away unwanted items and give away some of that stuff that you never use.<\/p>\n<p>Call a friend just for a chat.<\/p>\n<p>Hold doors open for people and help people with pushchairs.<\/p>\n<p>Give bigger tips than usual when you eat out.<\/p>\n<p>When you get that annoying junk phone call, don&#8217;t shout and hang up. Take a couple of minutes to say no politely.<\/p>\n<p>Volunteer your time. You could visit an old people&#8217;s home, help out at a pet rescue centre or join in a beach clean up.<\/p>\n<p>Leave a lovely comment on a blog.<\/p>\n<p>Send a thank you card to a store or restaurant where you&#8217;ve had great service.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re leaving a car park before your ticket has expired, leave it on the machine for the next person to use.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 On February 17th it is Random Acts of Kindness Day. The idea is to do something lovely for someone in a random kind of a way! This isn&#8217;t about cooking a tasty meal for your partner or giving your kids extra pocket money. That&#8217;s just not random enough. Your act of random kindness doesn&#8217;t [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123457,"featured_media":11741,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[136],"tags":[1102,7,1103],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11735"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/123457"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11735"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11735\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11742,"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11735\/revisions\/11742"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.speedyreg.co.uk\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}