Three bouquets of flowers ready to be handed out as part of 40acts

40acts – changing the world, one generous act at a time

Most people give up something for Lent. What would happen though if you choose to give out instead of giving up? To use Lent as a focus for giving to…

40acts: Week 7

Happy Easter everyone! Lent is now over and this year’s 40acts challenge has come to an end, although as with last year, the daily challenges have left me with quite…

40acts: Week 6

It’s the penultimate week of 40acts with just six more acts left to go. Once again I’ve been focusing on green and yellow challenges but perhaps I will manage to…

40acts: Week 5

The last week has seen me and the girls being stuck inside the house a little more than usual thanks to all of us being under the weather and so…

40acts logo - "Do Lent generously"

40acts: Week 4

I’m now more than halfway through this year’s 40acts challenge. After last week’s successful week with completing two red challenges, this week has been more 40acts ‘lite’. I’ve completed each…

40acts: Week 3

I’m now 16 acts in to this year’s 40acts challenge. There are three levels to each of the daily challenges – green, yellow and red – depending on how much…

40acts: Week 2

Week 2 is the first full week of 40acts (week 1 is a shorter week due to Lent starting on a Wednesday) with six challenges to try to complete. The…

40acts: Week 1

The first week of 40acts is over and we’re 4 acts in so far to this year’s challenge. I’ve been looking forward to the email arriving in my inbox each…

40acts: 40 days of Lent, 40 challenges of generosity

Lent is traditionally a time when we focus on giving up something – such as chocolate, alcohol or meat. Last year, I took part in 40 acts, a generosity challenge…

Me, hubby, Jessica and Sophie on Jessica's 3rd birthday

A hymn of thankfulness

One of my favourite hymns is ‘Great is thy faithfulness’. It is written on the inside of my diary; the words helped me get through those difficult early days following…