Practise kindness this March <3
The Good Heart have put together a fantastic schedule for the 2024 Kindness Festival, running this year from Saturday 16th – Friday 22nd March. Each day has a different theme, but all come down to the same core values of kindness. Below is a rundown of all Kindness Festival events – click on each one to find out more!
Saturday 16th March
Theme: Kindness and Community
- Kindness Festival market stall: 9am – 3pm at Frome Saturday Market
- Dr Bike, Bike Sale and Active Travel Information: 9am – 3pm at Frome Saturday Market
- Skip, Swing and Stitch: 10am – 12pm at Victoria Park – PLEASE NOTE: THIS EVENT IS NOW TAKING PLACE ON SUNDAY 24TH MARCH FROM 2PM – 4PM
- Active Empathy: Listening to Your Heart & Mind: 10am – 3pm outside Frome Library
- Frome Town Band: 1pm – 1.45pm at the Boyle Cross
- Guided Kindness Tour of Frome: 2pm – 2:45pm meet outside Frome Library
- Tea Dance for Young & Old: 1pm – 3pm at Rook Lane Chapel
- HOPE / НАДІЯ: A Community Celebration: 6.30pm – 9.30pm at Rook Lane Chapel
Sunday 17th March
Theme: Kindness to Ourselves
- Boundaries – How to say No! with Mark Walsh: 10am – 12pm at The Silk Mill
- Practical Ways to Be Kind to Yourself – Workshops: 1pm – 5pm at The Silk Mill
- Group Bike Ride: 10am – 1pm at Victoria Park
- The Touch of Kindness: 10:30am – 12pm at Pure Moves
- Kindness Assembly for Families: 2pm – 3pm at The Bennett Centre
- Keys to Kindness: A Children’s Piano Concert: 2.30pm – 3.30pm at Christ Church
Monday 18th March
Theme: Kindness and Social Change
- Babies and Children Clothes Exchange: 9.30am – 11am at Wesley Methodist Church
- Talking Kindness Café: 10am – 11.30am at The Cheese & Grain Café
- Listening Circle – Change In Frome: 11am – 12.30pm at The Cheese & Grain Meeting Room 3
- An Introduction to Restorative Justice: 2pm – 3.30pm at Frome Town Hall
- The Old Oak – screening and discussion with director Ken Loach: 7pm – 9.30pm at Badgers Hill Stadium
Tuesday 19th March
Theme: Kindness at Work
- Working With (And As) Nature – A Tour of 42 Acres: 9.30am – 12.30pm at 42 Acres
- Seedy Lunchtime Social: 12pm – 1.30pm at Frome Library Garden
- Kindness in the Classroom: 4.30pm – 5.30pm at Frome Town Hall
- Practising Kindness In Nature: 6.30pm – 8pm at Heal Somerset
- Kindness in the Workplace: 7.30pm – 9pm at Frome Town Hall
Wednesday 20th March
Theme: Kindness, Health & Wellbeing
- Toddler Tantrums and Other Big Feelings: 11.45am – 1.15pm at Frome Town Hall
- Mindfulness – A Kinder Way to Health: 1pm – 2.30pm ONLINE
- Dying Matters: Kindness in the Face of Grief: 1pm – 2.15pm at Frome Medical Practice Boardroom
- Holding in the Light – A Practice of Caring: 4.30 – 5.30pm at The Good Heart
- 40 Years of Building Bridges for Peace with Jo Berry: 7pm – 9pm at Frome Town Hall
Thursday 21st March
Theme: Kindness to the Planet
- Great British Spring Clean in Frome: 10am – 12pm meet at Boyle’s Cross
- Frome Community Bike Project Open Day: 10am – 4pm at Frome Community Bike Project
- Talking Kindness Café: 1pm – 2.30pm at Coffee #1
- Green Connectors: 1pm – 2pm at Frome Medical Practice
- Afterschool Toy Swap: 2pm – 4.30pm at The Silk Mill
- Blue Carbon – climate science documentary: 7pm – 10pm at Rook Lane Chapel
Friday 22nd March
Theme: Kindness Festival Finale
- Talking Kindness Bench: 11.30am – 12pm at Frome Library
- Scallop Shells Children’s Choir – Songs of Kindness: 4.30pm – 5.30pm at Christ Church
- Festival Wrap-Up with Frome Street Bandits: 6pm – 9pm at The Kind Bank
Head over to The Good Heart’s website for full details as well as the other incredible work that they do.
