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

A light brown ferret with a white face half way out of a drain.

Neighbours reunite lost ferret with owner.

“We reunited a lost ferret with her owner! While walking the dogs one evening one of them was excitedly sniffing at a drain. As we came back the same way a ferret was peeking out of it. She wasn’t scared as we approached – keeping the dogs out of the way! We snapped some photos […]

Screenshot of Robert's post reading "Honesty and decency. What a brilliant community we live in; just went outside and saw a strange object by my front gate...my wallet! Must have dropped it last night carrying shopping; untouched, no money missing, with everything exactly as it was."

Returned wallet shows kindness of people in Llantwit Major.

However it can seem from the mainstream media, there are lots of good, kind people in the world as Robert discovered. He posted in his local Facebook group to say: “Honesty and decency. What a brilliant community we live in; just went outside and saw a strange object by my front gate…my wallet! Must have

Mel, a woman with light skin tone and long blonde hair in a plait, wearing a wet suit, smiles broadly at the camera. She is stood on a small boat.

Walrus and coral spotting allows you to volunteer in just a few minutes from home.

Melissa Hobson combines her volunteering with the passion she has for marine life, in line with her work as a marine science, conservation & sustainability writer. 2 of her volunteering projects are even things that she can do from her desk! She takes part in WWF’s Walrus from Space (looking through satellite images online and

Alexis wearing bright pink dungarees covered in pin badges, a sleeveless yellow top with bees on it, and a long bead necklace in rainbow colours. She is smiling broadly.

Volunteer creates safe spaces for her Queer and neurodivergent community.

Alexis runs several events for her local community, focused on providing a safe space and stepping stone for neurodivergent people to get involved in the wider community, all on a voluntary basis. She organises a board games social, where the board games help make socialising a little easier by providing a focus and talking point.

4 members of Team Time for Kindness stand behind a table on which there are pencils, post-its and paper for drawing. They are all smiling. Behind them is a whiteboard with stories and drawings of kindness on it

Conversations about kindness

Team Time for Kindness had a great day at the University of Reading Community Festival yesterday. We had some lovely conversations with people about the kindness they have experienced and we were so chuffed that our board was full of stories and drawings by the end of the day We heard about kind friends, kind

a sign reading "MS therapy centre. Reading multiple sclerosis therapy centre. Please support our fundraising drink tin can collection point. Thank you." With a large blue plastic bag attached to it.

Woman takes opportunity to support MS charity while recycling.

“On the gate of a house near where I live hangs a blue binbag full of empty drinks cans. Above it is a poster explaining that the people who live there are collecting the cans as a way to fundraise for the Berkshire MS Therapy Centre. As I walked by the other day, a car

Someone sorting recycling into different coloured bags.

Bin men go the extra mile to help out.

“The bin men have taken pity on me. They’ve started coming up my steps to take the recycling I’m forgetting to put out. Wonder if that’s anything to do with the way I sometimes rush out in my pjs!” What wonderful people this anonymous story sharer’s bin men are – what have people done for

Instagram screenshot of a post from bellwen showing two photos, on the left she has long black hair down to her bum, on the one on the right her hair is shoulder-length.

Donating hair to children with cancer

Have you ever donated your hair? Benebell Wen has been doing it for a very long time now and she shared her story alongside her latest donation and has even more kindly allowed me to share it here. “Obligatory before and after photos. 😁 Last time I did this was 2018, and before that was

A selfie of Sarah smiling at the camera with the Women of the World festival stage behind her

5 learnings from the Women of the World Festival

This year I treated myself to a ticket to the Women of the World Festival in London. This annual event has been running since 2010 when the first festival took place at the Southbank Centre in London. Since then, WOW Festivals celebrating women and girls, and taking a frank look at the obstacles they face,

a woman bends down to a toddler in a buggy to look them lovingly in the face.

Kindness of strangers on public transport

While on a train journey at the weekend, I saw somebody helping to carry a child’s pushchair down some stairs. It’s really is tricky when you’re travelling on public transport with a buggy, so it always pleases me to see this sort of thing – such an easy way to show kindness. As long as