BE GENEROUS

Why is this important?

• Helping others has as many benefits to the giver as to the receiver. Helping others can be beneficial to us when we have our own struggles.
• Random (and planned) acts of kindness help our self-worth.
• Giving someone your time, is just (if not more) valuable than a material gift.
• Participation in our communities helps us to feel better – school is an ideal place to create these opportunities.
• Individuals who report a greater interest in helping others are more likely to rate themselves as happy.

Practical Strategies

• How have you helped someone this week? This might just have been being there for them.
• What could you do at home that would help someone?
• What could you do/get involved in at school/outside school that would help others? (council, charity, neighbours)
• Could you make someone something (cooking, crafts etc)?
• Research into actions for promoting happiness has shown that committing an act of kindness once a week over a six-week period is associated with an increase in wellbeing.