Sunday reflections on AGoodWeek & the space we have to offer

New link address to this blog to pass onto others:

And please add your comments below on whether the next web address be HastingsForHappiness or HappinessForHastings?
This is discussed in this YouTube clip:

Friday-AGoodWeek-Hastings-Observer-Article & other films

AGoodWeek is like all my birthdays together

the back of Wednesday's wellbeing card

Savouring every experience is the essence of today's one of 'Five ways for Well-Being'. 

This also means being open to difficulties and noticing what we can and can't do.

The letter in The Hastings & St Leonards Observer 10^th June -”We need to act if we want justice”, said that if we want those who were on the pier last 5^th October to take responsibility for their actions, or anyone else to take some responsibility for something, we have one thing in particular we can do. We can model the change we want to see and take responsibility for something we have done in our past, for which someone else bears a grievance.

The 'Extra Acts of Kindness list' handed out on Monday suggested: “Say sorry. (You know who to)”.

The Grievance questionnaire (online) may help prepare you, and the spirit of agoodweek there's
 a free mediation service available.
Free consultations over your grievances are available by phone or in person 
on Tuesday 5^th July, Weds 6^th, Thurs 7^th, Friday 8^th 
-book via the contact form on www.mediationsupport.info 
or ring/text Paul on the phone number that's on www.telephonemediation.org.uk

www.actionforhastingshappiness.blogspot.com

Happiness petition to the Mayor of Hastings & St Leonards

Three questions during A Good Week -and some answers

It may be sometime before all the questions put out this week are answered.
Local people have been returning the cards with the questions on.
Here's one just received:

1) Name a 'good thing' -it doesn't matter how small – that someone is doing in Hastings/ St Leonards?.....

A neighbour puts fresh flowers out in my shared hallway every week 

2) What big change would you like to see so that we create a “more caring & sharing Hastings & StLeonards”?....

I would like to see an annual Hastings Residents Fair/Forum

3) Name one step that you have taken, or will take this week to make it a good week for you & others? 

I have decided to speak to a stranger each day on my daily commute

(Multiple entries welcome; different answers to the questions please. Return entries to the pink building by St Leonards Warrior Sq. Station's Platform 2 i.e. the Southwater Community Centre)

and here's Mark, who is taking on board some of Monday's suggested Extra Acts of Kindness:

TRY
Extra acts
of kindness
Doing things to help others is not only good for the recipients - it has a positive payback for our happiness and health too. When people experience kindness it also makes them kinder as a result – so kindness is contagious!

As the saying goes: "if you want to feel good, do good"
Try performing an extra act of kindness each day.
The act may be large or small and the recipient may not even be aware of it.
Ideally your acts of kindness should be beyond the kind things you already do on a regular basis.
Do at least one extra kind act each day for a week, ideally a different one each day.
Here are some ideas for acts of kindness:

1. Take time to really listen to someone
2. Have a conversation with a stranger
3. Pick up litter as you walk
4. Let someone in front of you in the supermarket queue
5. Tell someone they mean a lot to you
6. Offer your change to someone struggling to find the right amount
7. Buy cakes or fruit for your colleagues
8. Invite your neighbour round for a drink and a chat
9. Tell someone if you notice they're doing a good job
10. Say sorry (you know who to)
11. Forgive someone for what they've done
12. Visit a sick friend, relative or neighbour
13. Buy an unexpected gift for someone
14. Pay for someone in the queue behind
15. Do a chore that you don't normally do
16. Donate your old things to charity
17 Give food to a homeless person and take time to talk with them
18. Visit someone who may be lonely
19. Give blood
20. Get back in contact with someone you've lost touch with
21. Volunteer your time for a charity

(from the Happiness Action Pack at www.actionforhappiness.org)

Sherry's parcels to support Hastings & St Leonards Action for Happiness

Free Amazon Kindle Prize Draw

Free Prize Draw – Win an Amazon Kindle

(Electronic Book Reader):

Name & contact details for entry into draw to win an Amazon Kindle (Electronic Book reader R.R.P. £111):.............................................................................................................

On a piece of paper (or on-line), please answer the three questions & ideally tick the box below:

1) Name a 'good thing' -it doesn't matter how small – that someone is doing in Hastings/ St Leonards?.................................................................................................................................
2) What big change would you like to see so that we create a “more caring & sharing Hastings & StLeonards”?........................................................................................................................

3) Name one step that you have taken, or will take this week to make it a good week for you & others? .......................................................................................................................................

(Multiple entries welcome; different answers to the questions please. Return entries to the pink building by St Leonards Warrior Sq. Station's Platform 2 i.e. the Southwater Community Centre)

TICK BOX QUESTION:

I am fine if you let the Mayor know that I too want unused office space in the Southwater Centre to be made available to the Hastings & St Leonards Action for Happiness group to develop local well-being groups, to develop more sharing, eg via www.streetbank.com and more Good Weeks: . Please Tick …□

Thank you for helping create a happier Hastings & St Leonards

www.actionforhastingshappiness.blogspot.com

be active & volunteer for handing out these cards please

Happiness and the morning commute

Here are videos of the Monday morning AGoodWeek leafleting  & the experience of the interface between the happiness agenda and the morning commute.

More volunteers welcome (can provide t-shirts if you want!) for leafleting:

streetbank and connecting people

People want things. Not all of these people use www.streetbank.com. It therefore helps if people who know what's on streetbank are in contact with others who aren't and cross-polinate. These magical connectors are called Streetbees and the most magical cross-polination I've seen (even before the start of AGoodWeek) is Sue's wish to get the streetbank offered spade (who has offered it I don't know), to Anita who I met and filmed, but who is off-line and presumably still wanting a spade. Next installment follows soon... Please offer a service to friends who use the web less, and if you are not clear how to offer the service, please call the number on www.telephonemediation.org.uk and we'll take it from there. (Sue is part of the newly formed Hastings & St Leonards Action for Happiness group that is running AGoodWeek at the Southwater Centre & around between 20th-26th June 2011).


And here's Debbie, who I met today and who then offered to put her collection of healing books in the streetbank depot:

The flyer for AGoodWeek is ready

Thanks Barry for this flowering of creativity: Action for Happiness AGoodWeek (20th-26th June A4 flyer/poster) can be downloaded here. Please print some out and put them up.
And this is the page of Downloadable Resources where other documents will be put for download.

Copies also available from the Southwater Area Centre in colour; please arrange an approximate time to call (before 8pm) by emailing us here.

Hastings & St Leonards Action for Happiness group & AGoodWeek in the last lines of this letter

http://www.hastingsobserver.co.uk/news/observer-comment/letters