A gift of flowers is designed to lift the spirits and that's the idea behind the 'Leaving Smiles UK' initiative - leaving bunches of blooms in public places for strangers to find.

 

送花的目的是让人高兴，这就是 “英国留下微笑”（Leaving Smiles UK）活动，在公共场所留下一束束鲜花，为陌生人制造一场与花的邂逅。

 

It's a gift from a stranger. Throughout these times it's hard to speak to people, it's hard to get in contact with people, so strangers are who you are going to see. And if we leave the gifts with them and hopefully they kind of spread it. That's what we're looking for.

 

The florist¹ is donating 50 bunches of flowers each week to volunteers, via social media, who then leave them in random² places with a card saying 'Please take me'. 

 

Lovely! I'm going to take this gorgeous bouquet³ of flowers and leave it for a stranger somewhere and see if we can spread a smile today.

 

Smiles that can be seen on the faces of three people who've already taken part in the scheme. Strangers once - now connected through the campaign's hashtag on Instagram.

 

The hope is that people who receive flowers might be inspired to carry out a random act of kindness of their own.

 

I'm going to leave these flowers here on this bench. See who comes and gets them.

 

A few people come to look at the bouquet before some children eventually pluck up the courage to take the flowers to Mum.

 

This isn't the first scheme to encourage kindness towards strangers, but in these socially distant times, it's bringing people just that little bit closer.

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