2024 Programme
We're very excited to announce this year's programme. See below for a list of events, and scroll down further to book.
Please note that the programme is evolving and new events may be added so please keep checking back for the latest updates!
2024 Frome Kindness Festival
16th - 22nd March
STORIES & EXHIBITION
Mon-Fri 4pm, Frome Library
HOPE / НАДІЯ: Artists In Dialogue Exhibition: 18th - 24th March, 10.30am - 4pm, Rook Lane Chapel
kind bank
During the Festival we will be taking over the former HSBC building next to the Boyle Cross. Drop by to experience a bank that deals with kindness rather than cash, book for Festival events, and enjoy free activities and a cuppa. Expect the unexpected. All ages. Open daily during the festival, 10 - 4pm
kind projects
Get ready for an additional dose of kindness! We've teamed up local organisations such as Fair Frome, Micro Providers, Frome Museum, Edventure and the Frome Seed Library to bring some exciting offerings around town! Unleash your Stories of Kindness with the Frome Writers Collective, take a friend on our self-guided Kindness Trail, keep an eye out for hints of kindness in your workplace and more!
Throughout the week:
Click here to find out about the projects running throughout the festival
Saturday 16th March
Theme: Kindness and community
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Kindness Festival Market Stall: 9am - 3pm at Frome Saturday Market
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Dr Bike, Bike Sale and Active Travel Information: 9am - 3pm at Frome Saturday Market
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Skip, Swing and Stitch: RESCHEDULED to Sun 24th March 2 - 4pm at Victoria Park
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Printing Workshop with Prose Prints: 10am - 2pm at Kind Bank
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The Big Plastic Count: 10am - 12pm at Christ Church (CANCELLED)
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Active Empathy: Listening to Your Heart & Mind: 10am - 1pm outside Frome Library
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Frome Town Band: 1 - 1.45pm at Boyle's Cross
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Tea Dance for Young & Old: 1 - 3pm at Rook Lane Chapel
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Guided Kindness Tour of Frome: 2 - 2:45pm meet outside Frome Library
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Frome Town Band - Brassy Busking: 2.30 - 4.30pm at The Three Swans
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HOPE / НАДІЯ: A Community Celebration: 6.30 - 9.30pm at Rook Lane Chapel
sunday 17th march
Theme: kindness to ourselves
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Boundaries - How to say No! with Mark Walsh: 10am - 12pm at The Silk Mill
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Practical Ways to Be Kind to Yourself - Workshops: 1 - 5pm at The Silk Mill
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Group Bike Ride: 10am - 1pm at Victoria Park
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The Touch of Kindness: 10:30am - 12pm at Pure Moves
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Kindness Assembly for Families: 2 - 3pm at The Bennett Centre
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Keys to Kindness: A Children's Piano Concert: 2.30 - 3.30pm at Christ Church
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The Bank of Dave - screening: 5 - 6.15pm at Kind Bank
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The Bank of Dave - screening and Q&Q with scriptwriter Piers Ashworth: 7.30 - 9pm at Kind Bank
monday 18th march
Theme: kindness and social change
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Babies and Children Clothes Exchange: 9.30 - 11am at Wesley Methodist Church
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Talking Kindness Cafe: 10 - 11.30am at The Cheese & Grain Cafe
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Stories of Kindness: 10am - 12pm at Kind Bank
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Listening Circle - Change In Frome: 11am - 12.30pm at The Cheese & Grain Meeting Room 3 (CANCELLED)
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Lunch Money - Scam Awareness: 12.30pm - 1pm at Kind Bank
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Bank Notes - Rosanna Schura: 1 - 1.3pm at Kind Bank
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An Introduction to Restorative Justice: 2 - 3.30pm at Frome Town Hall
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The Old Oak - screening and discussion with director Ken Loach: 7 - 9.30pm at Badgers Hill Stadium SOLD OUT
tuesday 19th march
Theme: kindness at work
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Working With (And As) Nature - A Tour of 42 Acres: 9.30am - 12.30pm at 42 Acres
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Postcards for Refugees: 10am - 12pm at Kind Bank
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Seedy Lunchtime Social: 12 - 1.30pm at Frome Library Garden
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Lunch Money - Understanding Interest Rates: 12.30 - 1pm at Kind Bank
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Kindness in the Classroom: 4.30 - 5.30pm at Frome Town Hall
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Practising Kindness In Nature: 6.30 - 8pm at Heal Somerset
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Kindness in the Workplace: 7.30 - 9.00pm at Frome Town Hall
wednesday 20th march
Theme: Kindness, health & Wellbeing
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Postcards for Refugees: 10am - 12pm at Kind Bank
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Toddler Tantrums and Other Big Feelings: 11.45am - 1.15pm at Frome Town Hall
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Lunch Money - Avoiding Loan Sharks: 12.30 - 1pm at Kind Bank
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Mindfulness - A Kinder Way to Health: 1 - 2.30pm ONLINE
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Dying Matters: Kindness in the Face of Grief: 1 - 2.15pm at Frome Medical Practice Boardroom
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Holding in the Light - A Practice of Caring: 4.30 - 5.30pm at The Good Heart
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40 Years of Building Bridges for Peace with Jo Berry: 7 - 9pm at Frome Town Hall
thursday 21st march
Theme: Kindness to the planet
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Great British Spring Clean in Frome: 10am - 12pm meet at Boyle's Cross
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Frome Community Bike Project Open Day: 10am - 4pm at Frome Community Bike Project
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Stories of Kindness: 10am - 12pm at The Blue House
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Lunch Money - Negotiating Welfare Benefits: 12.30 - 1pm at Kind Bank
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Bank Notes - Jazz Morley: 1 - 1.30pm at Kind Bank
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Talking Kindness Cafe: 1 - 2.30pm at Coffee #1
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Green Connectors: 1 - 2pm at Frome Medical Practice
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Afterschool Toy Swap: 2 - 4.30pm at The Silk Mill
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Blue Carbon - climate science documentary: 7 - 10pm at Rook Lane Chapel
friday 22nd march
Theme: Kindness festival finale
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Talking Kindness Bench: 11.30am - 12pm at Frome Library
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Drop-in Weaving Workshop: 1 - 3pm at Kind Bank
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Scallop Shells Children's Choir - Songs of Kindness: 4.30 - 5.30pm at Christ Church
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Festival Wrap-Up with Frome Street Bandits: 6 - 9pm at The Kind Bank
