Lynne Misner BCAc

Our small but mighty Small Acts of Kindness team started 2025 with one of our inspiring together days, albeit hybrid! Thank you to the Watford team at @haysplcIR for their #kindness in letting us use some of their office space for our meeting #warmthiswinter #makingadifference

Find out how we spent this Christmas, reaching out to gift bag recipients, as @lynnemisner speaks with @RobPerroneShow on @BBC3CR Thank you for inviting us to talk about our work & sharing how you can help by supporting our campaign ‘Warm this Winter’ smallactsofkindness.co.uk/warm-this-wint… 💜

This is what happens when the NHS does not join up the dots and communicate with various teams/depts. They have had 6 whole months to transfer prescribing of my essential thyroid meds and they failed. Saturday I took the last one. Still no answer from GP @NHS_HWE @BridgewaterGP

📡 It’s live - hear our CEO @lynnemisner talking all things kindness, today, in her podcast with Graham Allcott. It’s an amazing series ‘Talking Kindness Podcast Summit’ and you can listen in by visiting grahamallcott.com/lynne-misner #talkingkindness

Our first 100 Warm in Winter gift bags, packed & ready for collection! Thank you to our amazing volunteer family who make the magic happen 💜 This winter, more than ever, our gift bags for many will be a life saver. To find out how you can help visit smallactsofkindness.co.uk/support-us-

🤜 We’ve joined the revolution! Thank you to @sportinherts team for inviting us to join the Live Longer Better in Hertfordshire Celebration Day! We’re delighted to be able to support the event by providing our Warm in Winter gift bags for attendees 💜 #livelongerbetterinherts

@MartinSLewis There is not one simple solution. PC is hard to access, misunderstood by older people & potential recipients are less digitally literate/access. It needs collaborative partnerships to bring about change & a gvnmt that actually wants to help. @smallkindact helps in Herts & Beds

Part of the problem with winter fuel payments is the chronic underclaiming of Pension Credit, a key benefit that now triggers entitlement. It's thought 880,000 due it won't get it, and they're the poorest pensioners. I doubt the awareness raising campaign can have much impact on that (I and others have been shouting about it until we're blue in the face, for years) It needs proactive one on one contacting of likely candidates, eg those not getting full state pensions. Yet even that is hard because there are so many scams targeting elderly how do you ensure people trust that it is legit? I'd be interested in your ideas on how to reach the hard to reach pensioners who may be eligible.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR COLLATING OUR PURPLE PAGES INFORMATION PACKS 🗣️ “Please keep printing telephone numbers for various things, as we have no way of contact when we are offline and feel cut off from the world.” Gift bag recipient. Book your place here smallactsofkindness.co.uk/warm-in-winter…

We’re excited to introduce the 4 members of our @SwimSerpentine team taking on the challenge of swimming in the Serpentine lake in London's Hyde Park on 14th Sept 🏊‍♀️ Today we focus on good friends @RozWyllie & Jenny. To find out more & support visit smallactsofkindness.co.uk/news/introduci… 💜

What a mess this is. Please just cancel this years decision and take time to do things properly. Thousands of pensioners could miss out on winter fuel payment when cold hits inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyl…

This week we began our journey to pack 12,000 Warm in Winter gift bags. Joined by our amazing volunteers including families, children, friends & colleagues, we packed over 7,000 hot drink packs ready to be included in our gift bags for this winter.Thank you 💜 #MakingADifference

Our CEO @lynnemisner was delighted to be presented with a wonderfully kind donation from @StevenagePolice Station Tuck Shop. A huge thank you for their kindness & support, which also includes distributing our Warm in Winter gift bags 💜💜

🌟We’re extremely proud of our CEO/ Founder @lynnemisner who is a finalist in 3 categories in the @nbwawardsuk She’s also been nominated for Female Business Leader, an award determined by number votes. Please vote to recognise her amazing work eventsandpr.co.uk/national-busin… Thank you 💜

💛#LonelinessAwarenessWeek Containing a wealth of carefully sourced & researched literature signposting & connecting people to services, support & activities, our Purple Pages information pack are included in every gift bag we distribute 💜smallactsofkindness.co.uk/purple-pages-i… @marmaladetrust

It’s #LonelinessAwarenessWeek This week we'll be showing how our work reduces loneliness for older & vulnerable people & highlighting ways in which you too can make a difference to others, one small act of kindness at a time 💜 @marmaladetrust

We’ve joined forces with @HertsPolice to combat loneliness, as PCSOs across the county help deliver 100s of our Warm in Winter gift bags. Thank you for their support & kindness helping to connect our community & really make a difference 💜smallactsofkindness.co.uk/news/joining-f… #strongertogether

Is it cool to be kind? Absolutely! Our CEO @lynnemisner features in the latest edition of @PickMeUpMag where she talks about what motivated her to set up Small Acts of Kindness & the power of #kindness “I learnt that kindness does have the power to connect people” #cooltobekind

This #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek is all about moving more for our mental health & finding #MomentsForMovement Working together with @sportinherts we provided 1000s of older people with advice and information about strength & balance classes & how to keep moving @mentalhealth 💜💚

Last week, we were delighted to host a volunteering experience in partnership with @MastercardUK priceless & @wbtourlondon 💜 Thank you so much to all of the volunteers for their support of our ‘Warm in Winter gift bag’ project #PricelessExperiences #priceless #makingadifference

Delighted to deliver 500 Health, Care & Kindness Bags for Hertfordshire’s most vulnerable children & young people, in partnership with @hertscc Public Health team💜To find out more please visit smallactsofkindness.co.uk/news/a-gift-of… Thank you to everyone who helped make this possible @hyhnews