Unexpected kindness

Unexpected kindness

We’re going to the zoo, zoo, zoo… A few weeks ago, we ran a School Kindness Workshop at West Pennard Primary. The children made beautiful cards for a little girl called Mary, who is seriously ill. After we left, they decided to go one step further. We had...
Overheard…

Overheard…

Overheard in a School Kindness Workshop…In the practical part of our workshop, Greig (who runs all of our workshops) had told the children about a young boy who is seriously ill – they were all busy making birthday cards for him. Then this happened…...
Paragon Fair

Paragon Fair

We spent this weekend chatting about kindness at the beautiful Paragon Junior School in Bath. The children voted for 52 Lives to be their school’s Charity of the Year, so we went along to their May Fair. We loved answering the weird and wonderful questions the...
Prime Minister’s Award…

Prime Minister’s Award…

Our very own Director of Kindness, Greig Trout, received a Point of Light award from the Prime Minister today. The award honoured his 101 Things To Do When You Survive initiative, which aims to give hope to those going through difficult times and promote physical and...
Lottery Funding…

Lottery Funding…

December 2018 School Kindness Workshop Success With Lottery FundingOur School of Kindness, which reaches almost 4000 children every year, will be able to continue spreading kindness far and wide thanks to almost £10,000 in funding from the National Lottery Community...
The Happy List…

The Happy List…

52 Lives and School of Kindness founder Jaime Thurston has been named in the The Independent 10th annual Happy List, which names 50 outstanding people whose volunteering, caring, fundraising, mentoring, charity work or selflessness make Britain a happier place to...