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

a woman sitting sideways on an outside chair wearing cycling gear, bikes resting on plant pots which divide the cafe tables from the street.

Hardworking dad spreads and receives kindness in retirement.

“My dad worked hard his whole life to provide for our family. Over time, the physical strain of his job took a toll—leaving him in pain and with limited mobility. Now retired, he’s finally focusing on self-care, something he’d neglected for years. He recently started doing yoga at our local health and café centre and […]

a view across a play area with swings and a wendy house to a brick preschool building with blue doors and windows.

Preschool saved by community volunteers.

“Our local preschool was at risk of shutting down unless they could find five trustees to serve on the committee. These unpaid volunteers were essential, and no one wanted to see our beloved village preschool close its doors. Although I’ve been juggling a lot of responsibilities and feeling stretched thin, I nervously attended the AGM,

a white, black and brown cat sitting in the bottom of a wooden cat tree.

Cat with ataxia and sister adopted together.

“This is Florence who we met at the cat shelter, she has ataxia, she has a brother who walks beside her to keep her going in a straight line. The really heart warming part of the story is they have been adopted together and will be off shortly to their forever home together. Apparently the

a foggy motorway with a truck and car driving on it. Only part of the truck is visible through the fog.

Truck driver helps family after breakdown.

“On the way back from a spooky Halloween walk through moor valley our car broke down on the A31 eastbound. We just made it up the hill and on to the beginning of a slip road to tuck in behind a highway maintenance truck. I got my two boys ages 8 and 10 out the

Kanishka Narayan stands beside his assistant, Mark, talking to a woman at Barry repair cafe in Barry library who is holding a clipboard.

MP’s assistant leads with kindness.

“My MP’s assistant noticed a comment I’d left on a post about the next surgery which had a specific theme and contacted me to let me know I could email direct to book in at one of the surgeries and with details of the next one which was closer to me too.” We love hearing

a white car plugged in to an electric charging point with someone stood by the charging point behind it.

Stranger helps charge electric car.

“I wanted to thank the lady who was amazingly helpful and kind when I was having a little bit of a meltdown and not able to charge my electric car at yet another electric car charging point. We’ve had a wild few weeks moving between houses waiting for our house to finally go through (which

The outside of Sweeney’s cafe - a brick building painted black with “Sweeney’s” painted in white. On the large window text reads “homemade soup, sandwiches, rolls, croissants, salad bowls, home baking.”

Kindness for the military at Sweeney’s cafe, Glasgow.

“I was in Glasgow for work with the Army for a meeting at our HQ. At the end of the meeting and after helping one of the lads waterproof some maps I suggested we went to a local Cafe called Sweeny’s for lunch as I love their Pie Chips and beans. We came in and

a hand holding an airpods container with airpods in it.

Teamwork finds airpods on a train.

I was on the train to London and became aware that a young woman next to me appeared to be looking for something. It turned out that she had lost one of her airpods. I helped her look around the floor for it, suggested she shake out her coat in case it had got caught

Two people waiting outside a door. One, a man with short grey hair, is pushing the doorbell while the other, a woman with long blonde hair wearing a hat, stands waiting.

Strangers returning wallet caught on Ring doorbell

“This couple found my son’s wallet and posted it through our letterbox. They did ring our Ring doorbell 3 times but we didn’t hear it as sadly the chime was offline. We would love to be able to thank them for their kindness and honesty.” This lovely post was posted in a Facebook group by

a selection of screenshots from Common Goal’s website showing their members. There are names and photos of Leicy Santos, Lindo Mfeka, Jessica Silva, and Libby Copus-Brown.

Common Goal uses football to change the world.

I recently learned about Common Goal, an organisation where footballers pledge 1% of their revenue for the greater good. Their mission is to “inspire everyone in football to collaborate towards an equal and sustainable future for all.” We love kindness in sport, especially football, so we just had to share this amazing project, go and