Some ideas
OneKind Acts are small, simple things people can do every day to protect animals and raise awareness that animals think and feel just like us.
- My OneKind Act is to put a spider out of the house instead of killing it or flushing it down the plughole.
- My OneKind Act is to spend time with children educating them about animals, reading them animal stories and helping them understand that animals have feelings too.
- My OneKind Act is when I see an injured animal in the road, to make a point of stopping and moving it to safety. Then calling the RSPCA and reporting it.
- My OneKind Act is to offer elderly relatives or neighbours help in caring for their pets, i.e. taking their dog for walk.
- My OneKind Act is to always use a humane mousetrap and to make sure I release the mouse safely back into the wild afterwards.
- My OneKind Act is to set up a recycling box in the office for old printer cartridges and mobile phones and to then donate them to OneKind.
- My OneKind Act is to host a ‘vegetarian’ or ‘vegan’ brunch one day for a group of friends, just to let them try something different.
- My OneKind Act is to organise a ‘pampered pet’ day that lets us share some quality time together.
- My OneKind Act is to buy animal-friendly products like cosmetics or toiletries that haven’t ben tested on animals.
- My OneKind Act is to ask friends and family to make a donation to OneKind as a birthday or Xmas gift for me.
- My OneKind Act is to put an animal feeder in my garden in winter to ensure animals have something to eat.
- My OneKind Act is to buy synthetic pillows rather than feather pillows.
- My OneKind Act is to support animal-friendly campaigns such as OneKind’s Snare-Free Country campaign; and to send a OneKind Animail to show my support.
- My OneKind Act is to watch a nature programme for a change instead of my usual TV shows.
- My OneKind Act is to send a Tweet from my Twitter account asking my friends to support OneKind.
- My OneKind Act is to donate old blankets and towels to animal homes and rescue centres.
- My OneKind Act is to dispose of litter properly, which not only helps the environment but ensures animals don’t eat things that can harm them.
- My OneKind Act is to ensure my pet goes in to the vets for a regular health ‘check-up’.
- My OneKind Act is to plant flowers and plants to attract bees and butterflies, i.e. buddleia, lavender, thyme.
- My OneKind Act is to tell my pets how much I love them, every day.