Nahla Summers

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Nahla Summers
Alma materUniversity of Leeds
OccupationAdventurer, author, social campaigner, and researcher for kindness
Websitewww.nahlasummers.com

Nahla Summers is an adventurer, author, social campaigner, and researcher for kindness.[1] She undertakes challenges each year asking people to show support by doing an act of kindness for a stranger, her biggest to date was a World Record for further distance on an Elliptical cycle in a single journey of 5007 miles in 2020.[2]

From 2003 through to 2018 Nahla worked in various operational leadership positions within various large corporations.[3]

In 2014, she set up Sunshine People as a social movement to develop the idea that kindness has more value than money.[4] Nahla became known for kindness and from this ensued a keen interest in what kindness really was, how it impacted individuals and society, what did the world look like with more kindness.[5] She has also founded A Culture of Kindness, that specialises in culture change in businesses using the concept of kindness.[6]

On 1 March 2018, Nahla cycled across America starting in San Diego and heading over to San Augustine in Florida for 27 April.[7] A total of 3015 miles on a bike she bought just six weeks previously.[8]

Nahla walked 500 miles from Swanage to Gretna Green relying only on the kindness of strangers.[7]

In 2020, Nahla cycled 5000 miles on an ElliptiGO making a world record, through every city in the UK and writing a huge Strava art across England in the form of the word Kindness.[4]

Honours[]

  • Awarded with a Point of Light award by the Prime Minister Theresa May in 2018.[9]
  • Silver winner of the Charity Film Awards in 2019.[10]
  • Gold winner of the Charity Film Awards in 2020 for We are Sunshine People.[11]

Bibliography[]

  • Summers, Nahla. 44 Rays of Sunshine: Inspiration comes from those willing to share.
  • Summers, Nahla; DL, Pinky Lilani CBE (28 August 2019). A Culture of Kindness: For the leaders of the future.
  • Amazon.com: Nahla Summers - Accidental Adventurer, Founder of Sunshine People, spreading kindness around the world.

References[]

  1. ^ "Nahla is bringing the Sunshine to Gloucester". Gloucestershire News. 18 August 2020. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Cyclist on 5,000 mile mission to spread kindness travels through region". ITV News. 25 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Nahla Summers: Work Experience". LinkedIn.
  4. ^ a b "World record attempt cyclist set to stop in Hereford this week". Hereford Times.
  5. ^ "Meet the woman walking 500 miles...in return for YOUR acts of kindness". Dorset Echo.
  6. ^ "A Culture Of Kindness: In Conversation with Nahla Summers & Valeria Locatelli". Halsey Keetch. 1 April 2020.
  7. ^ a b "Column: One woman hopes kindness acts start a movement". San Diego Union-Tribune. 13 March 2018.
  8. ^ "The John Toal Show, A Culture of Kindness; The Bearman of Buncrana; Score Draw Music; Carryduff reaching the Down Senior GAA Final, Nahla Summers continues on her crusade to travel 5,000 miles to spread kindness in memory of her partner Paul". BBC.
  9. ^ "Nahla Summers, from Dorset, is the founder of 'Sunshine People' a movement to inspire others to donate acts of kindness". pointsoflight.gov.uk. Points of Light. 22 May 2019.
  10. ^ "Charity Film Awards announces finalists". www.civilsociety.co.uk.
  11. ^ "Charity Film Awards 2020: What won at a ceremony in lockdown". www.bfi.org.uk. British Film Institute.
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