What are Community Hearts?

Community Hearts are the foundation and backbone of 1000 Hearts. They are made by Heartists in our community and offered for free to anyone who needs some kindness.

There are many people around the world making our hearts and sharing them at no cost to offer someone a symbol of hope, connection, courage and comfort. They are shared anywhere and everywhere, as the world needs so much kindness.

Hearts made using the 1000 Hearts template, resources and branding should always be offered for free, and not sold. This continues our message that kindness is freely available to everyone and there is still pure-hearted goodness in the world.

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So...What's the Community Hearts Program?

Small acts of kindness are powerful and make us feel good. 1000 Hearts has a simple aim - increase the number of these small acts, thereby making the world a better place.

One way we do that is by sharing handmade pocket hearts for free, so everybody can access them.

Our hearts are made by our community, for our community. Up to 50 hearts can be ordered anytime, while larger numbers can be requested via email.

1000 Hearts funds a small group of volunteers to make hearts for this program, and anyone is welcome to contribute hearts they make. You may also choose to cover costs of the Community Hearts you receive.

Receive Free Hearts

How You Can Contribute

  • Contribute hearts: purchase your own supplies and send made hearts to 1000 Hearts for distribution through our Community Hearts Program.
  • Request Community Hearts and cover the costs of materials.
  • Fund Free Hearts: You can fund hearts that will be sent to others.
  • Pay-It-Forward: Pay for heart-making supplies which will be sent to someone who is keen to get involved but cannot currently afford materials.
  • Be a Volunteer Heartist: receive free supplies from 1000 Hearts so you can make hearts for our Community Hearts program. Please note, all volunteer roles are currently filled.

Get involved

  • Contribute Hearts

    Buy your own supplies and donate your hearts to be distirbuted by 1000 Hearts.

    Buy heart-making supplies

  • Share Hearts

    Receive Community Hearts for free, help by covering costs of the hearts you receive or fund hearts for someone else to receive.

    Receive Hearts

  • Pay-It-Forward

    Pay for heart-making supplies for a Heartist, who will make hearts to be distributed for free. 1000 Hearts will send the supplies to someone who is keen to contribute but struggling to cover the cost.

    Pay-It-Forward for Kindness

Shout out to Mads!

Shout out to Mads

This is my daughter Maddie (Mads). She's an amazing young woman and a talented artist, too. Original artwork on my website and in 1000 Hearts resources and products is all her work.

Maddie also volunteers her time, between rock climbing, university studies and working as a teacher's aide, to sort and package ALL our community hearts. She takes such care to wrap them all with love to make sure they are shared with our message of kindness. You have to see her process to understand how much love goes into it.

Thanks Mads x