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These positive news stories cover a wide range of acts of kindness to others that people have taken.

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Charlie at Transgentle shows how to use your experiences to spread kindness.

Transgentle is an amazing example of setting something up that you know will help a community, which is an incredible example of kindness. Charlie himself, the founder of Transgentle, uses his experiences to show kindness to others, and to create a resource to give you ideas if you’d like to be an ally and tips […]

4 members of Pulp on stage at Glasgow OVO hydro arena with a screen showing blue sky with fluffy clouds behind them. 3 of the people are standing at the top of the stage while one person walks down some steps going across the stage which are lit up blue.

Security at Pulp concert show kindness to disabled person.

“I was in the queue for Pulp concert at Glasgow OVO Hydro. I dreaded getting to the front and having to do the bag check. I’m disabled. I wear a mask and had a walking stick. I have never come across such events having a seat for people to sit in as they empty everything

a person with blonde hair and light skin tone taking a photo in the rear view mirror of their car. A white car is visible in the mirror, a black car through the front window. They are in the queue at Wendy's drive thru.

Stranger pays for Wendy’s during year of kindness.

“I swung into Wendy’s to get a soda and I wondered if the young guy behind me was looking at my new bumper sticker: ‘I hope something good happens to you today.’ And then I thought – what if I do the something good? So, I paid for his meal. If you have never paid

a front porch with five bags and two larger boxes which all have people's names written on them in big block letters. The bags contain COVID tests.

Free covid tests for community.

“A few weeks back I read on Mastodon that the US Dept of Health and Human Services was getting rid of COVID tests. This is bad for all the reasons, but some enterprising government employee did a program where you could fill out a form and get anywhere from 300-3000 COVID tests (unexpired) sent to

a woman with light skin tone and long blonde hair holding a phone to her ear and speaking into it. She is sat at a table with a laptop in front of her in a library.

Repair cafe volunteer phones taxi for stranger.

“One of the attendees at Barry Repair Cafe, an elderly woman, needed her taxi booking pushing back by an hour. The admin volunteer phoned the taxi service for her from another volunteer’s phone and got it all sorted.” What kindness have you seen in your local community recently? Read about even more kind acts happening

a hand gripping a black bag and a white reusable plastic bag filled with cans and other rubbish. Below the bags is a pathway alongside some water.

Hiker picks up litter.

What kindness happens in your local community? “Just a small amount of trash I cleaned up from a local hike. If you are out on a walk in your area, it only takes a few minutes to make a difference.” This great example of community kindness was shared by Supa over on Mastodon – let’s

a white wall with a little roof section providing protection over a set of hooks on the wall. There are 3 coats on the set of hooks. Above them text on the wall reads “wall of kindness. Take a coat if you are cold. Leave a coat if you don’t use it anymore.”

Wall of Kindness in Bromley

“We walked past this in Bromley on the weekend. Made me smile, especially as there were some coats on it.” Rhian shared this on LinkedIn and tagged us with permission to share it here on Time for Kindness too, and we love it! Do you have a Wall of Kindness near you? Read some more

a screenshot of some messages on the Young Minds board. One reads “You are so brilliant, you have so many exciting things ahead of you. The result of this exam will not determine the rest of your life x” Another reads “I’m 20 and I promise you, it is not the end of the world. They don’t show your worth. I PROMISE, you can get through this and I promise you, everything will be okay. Good luck

Young Minds collects messages of support for those sitting exams.

Exams can be incredibly stressful and that’s why we love Young Minds campaign which is collecting messages of support for young people doing exams. There are so many messages to scroll through offering reminders, support and hope to those who need it. This is a true collection of kindness – have you left a message

Text reading “Happy volunteers week from all of us at Time for Kindness,” but volunteers week and time for kindness are the relevant logos rather than plain text.

Happy Volunteers Week from Time for Kindness.

It’s Volunteers Week and we know that kindness is at the heart of why people volunteer – let’s hear your story. We want to hear your stories of kindness in volunteering; Why do you volunteer and what do you get up to? How have your volunteers shown kindness? In what ways have those in paid