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

a large orange pumpkin on the floor still attached to the plant. A foot wearing a brown boot next to it.

Community rallies round to help local pumpkin farmer.

“After a buyer let a local farmer down leaving him with a field of pumpkins, he decided to hold a “pick your own” day to try and recoup some costs. The post got shared nearly 250 times on Facebook and more on Mastodon. Children and teenagers helped out on the day to welcome people, give […]

A toilet roll with a sad face drawn on it sits on the toilet with the toilet seat lid resting on it.

Man pays for taxi to get IBS sufferer home to their toilet.

“I have irritable bowel syndrome and it had flared up when I was in a different city visiting family and I ended up on a bus home that had a broken toilet. The bus also had just started taking a new route and it now took twice as long – 2 hours rather than 1

a group of 9 people dressed up in suits or dresses, some holding champagne glasses, all smiling.

Dawn goes above and beyond to help a colleague

“I wanted to give a big shout out to Dawn because as a colleague she went over and beyond to ensure I safely got to the station after a work event, late at night. I’m really grateful for her kind act of dropping me to the national railway to catch the last train from Aylesbury

a card being inserted into a pay machine, fingers on the keypad ready to put in a PIN number

Stranger pays for car park fees after Deacon Blue concert.

“On Sunday night I was at the Deacon Blue concert in Plymouth (which was FAN-TAST-IC!) I was alone, as I often go to concerts on my own. So, after the show I headed back, amongst the crowds, to the multi-storey car park. It was one of those car parks where you take a ticket on

A toddler with light skin tone and blonde curly hair holds out a flower to the camera.

Anecdote demonstrates research findings that toddlers naturally kind.

“Today I had bad hay fever which made my chest bad. I was trying to pat myself on the back and reassured my 1 year old that I was ok and that I would get her dad to help me in a minute. She immediately came to help pat me on the back.” Fascinatingly, there

A view from inside a car, there is a sat nav and an iPod and out of the window there is a road and green fields on a grey day.

Help find the M4s kindness superhero who helped Brenda

“Brenda, 80, has been travelling 380 miles to Cornwall regularly for the past 30 years – following the break for Covid she felt she was unable to make this journey and my husband and I, would invite Mum to holiday with us. Earlier this year she decided to make the journey alone, armed with a

A news article with the headline "More than 500,000 people in uk visited 'warm rooms' during the winter".

Warm Welcome 2023 launch!

The Warm Welcome campaign is such a wonderful example of kindness – they provide warm spaces for people during the cold months. It was launched in response to the cost of living crisis and is holding it’s launch event for 2023 on Wednesday 4th October from 7:30pm – get all the details here. Top tip:

A large wooden fake fish pond, the walls decorated with fishes, a walrus peeking out from behind a treasure chest, and other underwater imagery. Two brightly coloured wooden fish sit on the wooden floor with numbers 1 and 2 on them.

Kindness superhero Malcolm fixes magnetic fish pond for children’s charity.

When I saw this post from First Days Children’s Charity I had to share and thankfully they agreed, here’s what they had to say about this wonderful story of kindness. “We love our community! Our most popular item at the First Days Toy Library is this magnetic fish pond which was starting to look a

a black umbrella in the foreground covered in rain, in the background a blurred view of city buildings.

Edinburgh businesses show kindness during Fringe season.

“I was up in Edinburgh recently and it was tipping it down. Being Fringe season there were plenty of people handing out leaflets about various shows. Someone from one of the bars raided their lost property box and handed out unclaimed umbrellas to the people working outside. Nice that they spotted it and took the