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Have you ever received an act of kindness?
Chloe_Scope
Scope Posts: 10,662 Disability Gamechanger
Today is International Day of Charity, a day which is celebrated every 5th September.
Every
year, charities all over the world help to save and improve people’s lives,
fighting disease, protecting children, and giving hope to many thousands of
people.
To honour the important work that these many charities do, in 2012 the United Nations decided to nominate an annual International Day of Charity as an official day of recognition and celebration.
To celebrate this special day every year, the work of different charities all over the word is publicised and celebrated, and people are encouraged to donate money and time, to carry out charitable works, and also to educate people and raise awareness about the many charitable issues worldwide. Education and giving are the essence of this special day.
To honour the important work that these many charities do, in 2012 the United Nations decided to nominate an annual International Day of Charity as an official day of recognition and celebration.
To celebrate this special day every year, the work of different charities all over the word is publicised and celebrated, and people are encouraged to donate money and time, to carry out charitable works, and also to educate people and raise awareness about the many charitable issues worldwide. Education and giving are the essence of this special day.
When looking at the history of Scope, the charity has been supporting people for a long time. It was founded in 1952 with the aim of giving disabled children equal access to education. It was then in 1957 that employment support started and 1970 saw the launch of our first charity shop! Here is the full timeline of Scope's history.
This year the focus of International Day of Charity is on giving. It's not only charities that can give, and this is what we would love to hear about.
Have you ever received an act of kindness? Have you ever done a good deed for someone else? Let us know in the comments below!
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If I have experienced a difficult time and have found a solution, then I really want to help someone else get the same relief. When I befriend someone, I give them my all..
In both, people are really kind.
Some taxi drivers (not all) open the door, help me in, fasten my seatbelt.
On the bus I am reeeaally slow getting out of my seat and moving along the bus. Other passengers often wait /help.
Always makes my day
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TK
My daughter (sceptical
I like to believe they are being kind.
Last year our electric had to be cut off for the day due to repairs.
Kind neighbour came round with three flasks. One coffee, one tea and one hot water.
She went to the loo and noticed that part of the landing carpet was sticking up at the edge. She asked for a hammer and actually got on her hands and knees and fixed it!!
How's that for service?
I feel that you were "getting at" @Topkitten a bit there or is it just me?
No sorry it's me , I misunderstood.
Whoops
We have our own Facebook group and it's brilliant. Nothing really disability related apart from checking on the old folk but amazing nonetheless...
People will post if someone's left their car lights on or left a window open. I've seen many 'we've got an extra bin, is it yours?' posts. If some of us have a power cut, the others offer tea or use of a microwave for baby bottles.
My personal favourite was a few months ago when our oven broke. We had defrosted a whole chicken but had no oven. I posted a message asking if anyone wanted it as didn't want it to go to waste.
The reply I got was 'bring it round at 2 and I'll cook it for you'
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A few days ago, I was at a local pub with the family for dinner. As I was leaving, I could not push my son's wheelchair through their entrance/exit doors. So one member of staff who was working at the bar that night came to assist me in getting out. It was kind of embarrassing but funny.
I'm glad someone was there to help @April2018mom!
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