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

A pepperoni pizza on a black table, half of it visible on the left side of the image. To the right text reads “Abby's Heroes provide pizza to children's oncology ward every Friday.”

Abby’s Heroes provide pizza to children’s oncology ward every Friday.

Friday is pizza day for the children of Southampton’s oncology ward thanks to Abby’s Heroes. They team up with businesses in the Southampton to provide the pizza which, according to one parent is the “highlight of the week!” Even more evidence of all the kindness in the world: Local knitter donates starter kit to keen […]

Three bags of knitting yarn on the floor in front of a reusable bag with knitting needles resting on it and several folders of knitting magazine inside it.

Knitting goodies donated to beginner knitter.

“Someone I’ve got to know online was attending a park run near me and very kindly offered to bring her knitting magazines for me to have. I gratefully accepted and when we met up she’d also included some yarn and needles which were much appreciated as a beginner knitter!” Even more stories of everyday kindness

A young girl playing tennis outside on a blue court. Text overlaid reads "Receptionist lends shoes to young tennis player who goes on to win first match!"

Receptionist lends shoes to young tennis player who goes on to win first match!

“My 13 year old daughter arrived at Tipton tennis club for a tournament on Sunday, and realised that she had forgotten her tennis shoes. They were hiding in the secret compartment of small tennis rucksack, and  got missed in the transfer over to her big tennis bag for tournaments. She was wearing a pair of

some dark stained wooden planting boxes filled with brightly colours plants outside on a sunny day.

Gardener gifts wood to dementia patient to build planters.

My Dad has always enjoyed gardening but is finding it much harder as he is aging to keep on top of things. So he now has a gardener called Freddie to help with the ‘heavy’ work. Freddie was admiring all the wooden planters in the garden and Dad told him that he had made them

A large amount of boxes stacked at one side of a library.

Local business comes to the rescue of community library.

“Our local library is being refurbished thanks to local volunteers – and a local business who packed up and stored the books in a secure facility. In total Black Vault Storage removed and stored 153 boxes, or 5.2 tonnes of library goodies! They responded to a last minute call for help and have even gifted

View of a road running through the Scottish mountains with lakes in the valley to the left. Text overlaid reads “nurse starts shift early so colleague can start long drive home sooner.”

Nurse starts shift early so colleague can start long drive home sooner.

“In my work group chat someone said there was an accident on a main road a lot of colleagues use. I knew someone who was working today, a 13.5 hour shift and the same yesterday, took that road. It takes them 45 mins to get home normally, with the accident it’ll be at least 1

An outdoor screen on a busy town centre showing a Positive News headline reading “hot tip: former landfill site in England becomes solar farm.”

Positive news provides even more opportunities to see positivity and kindness!

We love Positive News here and we were especially excited to hear about their new project sharing positive news headlines on outdoor screens! We’d love for you to tag us (as well as Positive News) if you see any out in the wild – it’s a great way to practice seeing kindness. And who knows

Close up of the back of a car in deep snow with a yellow tow cable attached to it.

Driver stuck in snow gets towed by stranger.

“I would like to nominate the kind Father & son of Dark Lane in Blackrod Bolton who rescued me in the snow on Tuesday 16th January. I got stuck in the snow while driving to work from Wigan to Bolton, going down the Hill on Dark Lane. Suddenly the traffic came to a standstill and

Black ice on a road. Text overlaid reads “accident on black ice creates cycle of kindness.”

Accident on black ice creates cycle of kindness.

“Hitting some black ice, my son in law Brett skidded off a dark road in Scotland early on 17th Jan, leaving his car precariously dangling over a 20 feet drop. Having called the emergency services and awaiting their arrival, Brett stood guard on the road, warning other drivers of the accident and of the danger

a valley thick with snow, trees visible up the sides and on the top. Text overlaid reads “Stranger rescues people stuck on icy road.”

Stranger rescues people stuck on icy road.

“Heading out for a walk in the snowy countryside of Goyt Valley today, my friend and I got stuck on an icy road and thought we were going to have to abandon her car. Having tried several options to resolve our situation, to no avail, along came a very kind man in his 4 wheel