SCHOOL children are being

urged to “do something nice for

someone” as part of the

Westbourne Traders’

Association’s Random Acts of

Kindness month.

And youngsters will get the

chance to win an IPad Mini 2 if

they let the judges know what

they have done.

Children are asked to upload

their acts of kindness or

nominate someone who has

carried out a random act of

kindness to

facebook.com/discoverwestbour

nebournemouth.

Steve Taylor, President of the

Westbourne Trader’s Association

said, “We are very keen to

promote the positive, caring and

thoughtful side of our community

and get school children thinking

and talking about what kindness

is and what this can mean. No act

of kindness, however small, is

ever wasted and we look forward

to hearing about all the positive

gestures being made by

Bournemouth pupils.”

He added:“We would like pupils

to think about random acts of

kindness that they might have

seen or experienced and how it

made them think about other

people.”

Steve added, “There are so

many different ways in which you

can show kindness to someone; it

might be in the classroom, at

home with your family, walking

around town, in your

neighbourhood or on the beach.

Where ever you might have been

we would love to hear what you

did.”

The competition was launched

at St Michael’s School in West Hill

Road, Bournemouth.

Head teacher Bob Kennedy said:

"St Michael's Primary School is

very much a community school

and we are really pleased to be

involved in this local community

initiative in Westbourne.

“We shall have a 'kindness box'

in the reception area at school

and will be encouraging the

pupils to write down what they

have done and post in the box."

Businesses in Westbourne have

come together to back the

campaign and are keen to make

sure that they take part too and

offer random acts of kindness to

their customers throughout the

month.