#Do1NiceThing Challenge
#Do1NiceThing is about loving the person in front of you - serving others and the wider community. It is about being the change, making positive steps to make life better for others (and yourself in the process!). The ideas are generally very simple and require not much thought or pre-planning. If you don't like one of the ideas, do something else!
In 2018 #Do1NiceThing was featured in The Sun newspaper!
Please Tweet about and update your Facebook status as you do your daily challenge - encourage others to join in! Use #Do1NiceThing as a way of pooling all the mentions together...
Engage in conversation with the people who serve you (e.g. shopkeepers)
Say thank you to someone as they work and say how much you appreciate them
Call in on an elderly neighbour - take some cake, have a cup of tea and a chat
Shop locally and support local farmers, local veg growers and local shops
Show some love to your neighbourhood and pick up litter (please wear gloves and use a strong bag) or see if there is anything more you can recycle at home
Hold doors open for those behind you
Smile at people
Be a nice driver - spread road-calm!
Email / write to a local charity you think does a great work and thank them and those who volunteer
Take time to pray for your neighbours
Spread the niceness on Facebook and Twitter - compliment some of your friends
Set up a Blessing Bag - a bag of items you keep in your car that can be used to bless other people or a Blessing Box outside your church building - place in it a few items that will bless others
Write a letter (or use social media) to a local emergency service and thank them for the work they do
Say hello to people
Look at joining or setting up a Neighbourhood Watch scheme
Spot ways of helping people and do it
Go on a thankful walk - see all the positive things you can be thankful for in your neighbourhood
Buy Fairtrade where you can today
Take a single person (elderly person, single mum...) out for lunch
Consider investing some time volunteering - could you give 24 hours over the next year?
Commit to collect used stamps for The Leprosy Mission or other charity
Catch a bus (#Do1NiceThing for the environment) and say thank you to the bus driver
Give a drink to a homeless person or take part in 'Suspended Coffee'
Email / write to your MP and say thank you for representing you and that you are praying for them
Take a prayer walk round your neighbourhood and pray for needs
Take some flowers to mothers and grandmas on your street
Buy seeds ready to create a wildlife garden (or tub or window box!)
Look for ways to volunteer one hour of your time for someone else (look at StreetBank for ideas)
E-Mail your local councillors and say thank you for what they do and offer to pray for them
Take time to discover some new tourist attraction in your area (eg wildlife park, play area, etc)
Give away a book you think is worth reading
Pay for the drink of the person behind you in a coffee shop
Write some inspirational messages on Post-It notes and randomly leave for people to find
Help someone down the stairs or hold open a door for someone with a pram
Look out for a stranger you can chat to - Small Talk Saves Lives (see this powerful video from Network Rail of Sarah's Story to show the impact this can have)
Offer your skills to someone else for free
Write a letter to the boss of someone who has given excellent customer service to tell them so
Clear out unwanted items and give to a charity shop
Organise a free car wash for your community
Thank people for the virtues they have
Send flowers to a friend as a thank you for your friendship
Give a New Testament or inspirational book to someone you don't know
Take a box of chocolates to work and say thank you to your colleagues
Serve someone
Put spare change in a charity box
Visit a local shop you have not visited before or in a while (support locally!)
In 2018 #Do1NiceThing was featured in The Sun newspaper!
Please Tweet about and update your Facebook status as you do your daily challenge - encourage others to join in! Use #Do1NiceThing as a way of pooling all the mentions together...
Engage in conversation with the people who serve you (e.g. shopkeepers)
Say thank you to someone as they work and say how much you appreciate them
Call in on an elderly neighbour - take some cake, have a cup of tea and a chat
Shop locally and support local farmers, local veg growers and local shops
Show some love to your neighbourhood and pick up litter (please wear gloves and use a strong bag) or see if there is anything more you can recycle at home
Hold doors open for those behind you
Smile at people
Be a nice driver - spread road-calm!
Email / write to a local charity you think does a great work and thank them and those who volunteer
Take time to pray for your neighbours
Spread the niceness on Facebook and Twitter - compliment some of your friends
Set up a Blessing Bag - a bag of items you keep in your car that can be used to bless other people or a Blessing Box outside your church building - place in it a few items that will bless others
Write a letter (or use social media) to a local emergency service and thank them for the work they do
Say hello to people
Look at joining or setting up a Neighbourhood Watch scheme
Spot ways of helping people and do it
Go on a thankful walk - see all the positive things you can be thankful for in your neighbourhood
Buy Fairtrade where you can today
Take a single person (elderly person, single mum...) out for lunch
Consider investing some time volunteering - could you give 24 hours over the next year?
Commit to collect used stamps for The Leprosy Mission or other charity
Catch a bus (#Do1NiceThing for the environment) and say thank you to the bus driver
Give a drink to a homeless person or take part in 'Suspended Coffee'
Email / write to your MP and say thank you for representing you and that you are praying for them
Take a prayer walk round your neighbourhood and pray for needs
Take some flowers to mothers and grandmas on your street
Buy seeds ready to create a wildlife garden (or tub or window box!)
Look for ways to volunteer one hour of your time for someone else (look at StreetBank for ideas)
E-Mail your local councillors and say thank you for what they do and offer to pray for them
Take time to discover some new tourist attraction in your area (eg wildlife park, play area, etc)
Give away a book you think is worth reading
Pay for the drink of the person behind you in a coffee shop
Write some inspirational messages on Post-It notes and randomly leave for people to find
Help someone down the stairs or hold open a door for someone with a pram
Look out for a stranger you can chat to - Small Talk Saves Lives (see this powerful video from Network Rail of Sarah's Story to show the impact this can have)
Offer your skills to someone else for free
Write a letter to the boss of someone who has given excellent customer service to tell them so
Clear out unwanted items and give to a charity shop
Organise a free car wash for your community
Thank people for the virtues they have
Send flowers to a friend as a thank you for your friendship
Give a New Testament or inspirational book to someone you don't know
Take a box of chocolates to work and say thank you to your colleagues
Serve someone
Put spare change in a charity box
Visit a local shop you have not visited before or in a while (support locally!)
