What random acts of kindness have you seen displayed amid the coronavirus pandemic?

MovingForwards

Due to being one of the very few in my social group with a car, I circulated a message offering assistance with shopping lists, med runs and anything else I could do, with a drop and run service to their door. 

My friends are my family and we all have to look out for each other.

time2getalife

I have coeliac disease and have been unable to get pasta and breads that are gluten free and safe for me to eat. Before I went into 12 weeks isolation due to other health issues I went to my local co op, I was able to get 1 pack of pasta and spoke to the assistant and she told me that as I have a recognised medical condition that means I have to eat specific food for a medical condition that if I let them know what I need then they will order what I need and allow my family to collect it on my behalf. So if anyone that has coeliac disease and is struggling to get anything then maybe speak to your local shop and they may be able to order it in for you.

Aaleigha1

I have been knitting fingerless gloves and hats for the homeless they have no where to go and feel they are the forgotton 
they were really appriciated so if you have wool and needles uuse them I used up lots of left over half balls ect by doing stripped things 

Silver_Shark

I received a cancer diagnosis last week. The doctor and nurses were wonderful, literally holding my hand. I can't praise the NHS staff highly enough. Not a random act of kindness I know, they are selfless and so compassionate, makes me cry just thinking about their total dedication.

p00hsticks

I've just got off the phone to my elderly mother, who lives a few hundred miles away. One of her neighbours had been round earlier and left a posh packet of biscuits and a homemade card from her little boy 'for mothers day' because she knew she wouldn't be able to see her real children (we're in self isolation).

schiff

I live alone, elderly and vulnerable. My needs are not enormous but my problem is going to be fresh food - milk, bread, fruit, veg. Normally I buy those in 2/3 times a week. Meat and fish once a fortnight probably - to freeze. I can't spend £40/£50 for a single delivery except by padding it out with wine and other expensive things I don't really need. Wouldn't it be kind if the supermarkets, or one or two of them, reduced their minimum online order for delivery to say £20 a time? Until things stabilise, if they ever do.

schiff

For the elderly and vulnerable of course!

Savvy_Sue

I think it's worth saying that it's not JUST the elderly and vulnerable who have that problem with delivery charges, and that's going to be an increasing problem. 

However, there are schemes springing up all over the country which could probably help you, schiff, if you'd let them. For example, I know many local churches who will find someone to collect prescriptions and shopping and deliver to the doorstep, and take post to be posted etc. And in case it needs stressing, they won't care that they don't know you. 

If you're on facebook (and I realise not everyone is) then there may be a local group offering such things. Or just google your area plus Covid-19 help and see what comes up. 

I've had a card through my door offering help with anything I need - including friendly phone calls if the lack of human conversation is an issue! - and again our church has made these cards available to those of us who can offer help. 

And this is an act of random kindness: the local CofE had already received their delivery of small potted plants to give out on Mothering Sunday before all services were cancelled. The vicar took them up to the school gate on Friday afternoon and - from a safe distance - invited the children to take one for their mum. There were two posters, one saying the service was cancelled and the other outlining what help they could offer. 

grumpyoldwoman

Sainsburys minimum order value is £25 but then there's a maximum delivery charge of £7 depending on the delivery slot you choose. They are supposed to be organising priority delivery slots for elderly and vulnerable people, and maybe they ought to also waive delivery charges for those people.

happyandcontented

The problem with delivery services is that they are booked up weeks in advance.

You can order meat, fish etc, online and have them delivered from local butchers and fishmongers across the country, and the one we use (from Cornwall which delivers nationwide) delivers free.