A woman who said she is going to donate her kidney to a man she met on TikTok is just one of the amazing acts of kindness our readers have been performing.
We launched our ECHO acts of kindness campaign last week and since then readers have been flooding us with their experiences of things people have done - or things they've done for people - that made their day.
One reader from Liverpool told the ECHO how she is planning to give her kidney to a man she's never met in person after she came across him on TikTok. Kellie from Liverpool said she's due to give her kidney to a man named Warren from Oxford after discovering him the app.
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Kellie said she'd began to feel "her life was worth nothing" after breaking up with her partner of nine years, before she began to spread positivity on the app, telling people "how amazing and strong and loved they are."
Kellie said she travelled down south, paying for everything herself, to get tests done. She said the tests revealed her and Warren were a match, and so she decided to give him her kidney.
Readers have been paying it forward, doing walks for charity, making meals for the homeless and picking up others' abandoned dog muck. The window to send in your acts of kindness is still open, and you can still make a pledge - or just tell us about an act of kindness that has touched you.
One reader told the ECHO about how her best friends banded together to throw her the first party she's ever had. Emma's best friends Jade and Gemma threw her a surprise party to celebrate her 45th birthday.
Emma said: "I didn't have the best home life as a child and I concentrated on [my] kids as they grew. My birthday has always come and gone with no-one to make it special.
"But these are my people, and I now know that others do treat me how I treat them."
She added: "They both have such kindness and love and I would love for them to know how much it meant to me."
One reader told the ECHO about how they make an extra portion when they cook dinner for their family and give it to someone in need. Another spoke about how once a month they will pay it forward when in a queue.
They said: "It can be a packet of mints or a newspaper, a coffee or a basket of shopping (depending...). Sharing is caring.
"[It's] just a reminder to myself that despite all that's going on in the UK, despite everyone's hardships, caring still matters."
Another reader spoke about the "warm glow" they were given by a stranger's simple act of kindness. They said: "!I was feeling very sad walking home from work when a stranger just stopped, smiled and nodded, like he knew I was sad.
"[It] gave me a warm glow. Just to make someone smile. A smile speaks a thousand words."
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