Strathclyde Sirens netball team aiming to silence trolls with new campaign
Their #KindnessRevolution idea aims to encourage people to be nicer online
Strathclyde Sirens netball team are encouraging people to be nicer on the internet with the launch of their new #KindnessRevolution campaign.
They've released a five-point guide on how to "multiply kindness by kindness" and share generosity online as well as in general life.
This means taking positive action to increase the messages of kindness shared across social media platforms and encourage netball fans and the general public to share these messages.
Their advice revolves around being happy with yourself and being able to transmit those feelings on to others.
- Be kinder to yourself – stop self-criticising and learn to love every brilliant bit of you!
- Pay people compliments – in person or across social media platforms. It makes their day, as well as yours.
- Pledge your action to help forge a gender equal world and celebrate each other’s
achievements
- Don’t participate in any kind of negative discussions online.
- Use the hashtags #BeKind and #KindnessRevolution on your social media posts
There will be message boards set up in the Emirates Arena on Sirens match days where the public can pledge their support for the campaign and share messages of kindness, love and positivity.
Partners, such as Princes Square, will also share the messages - as well as those from players, staff, partners and volunteers -across all of their social media platforms.
Netball Scotland's CEO Clare Nelson said: "Everyone can agree more kindness is needed and there's a lot of talk about that but what we can do is take action.
"It's very much something that we've championed through our platform.
"We want to drive change and we can do that through ideas like this.
"For us, with a predominantly female audience of all ages, we want to encourage people to be kind and it starts with yourself because we're too self-critical.
"When you look at mental health and self-esteem issues in adolescent girls there's a real problem.
""It starts with being kind to yourselves and then others.
"If we can start to promote and push positive messaging to ourselves and others in conversations and how we deal with people on social media then perhaps we can make a difference."
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