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

Three men standing in front a jeep in Ukraine. Two wearing camouflage, the one in the middle wearing a red hat, dark blue jumper and light brown shorts.

Lawyer collects donations and takes them to Ukraine.

Kindness exists even in the darkest times. Harry Sherrard and his Polish friend, Darek Kubik, drove to Ukraine to drop off some aid. Harry donated his Jeep filled with medical equipment and other vital supplies for the Ukrainian people. They received a great number of generous donations from an incredible 70 supporters. Remind yourself of

a small glass jar filled with multicoloured slips of paper which are folded up.

Open The World Kindness Movement’s jar.

We know the power of seeing kindness – how it can bring light to our darkest days – which is why we love the World Kindness Movement. On their website you read or share your own kindness story. The stories all go into a virtual jar and when you want to read one, a random

A screen mounted on a wall which shows a photo of staff wearing maroon alongside text saying "vets wear maroon." Beside the screen are photos and names of pets.

Vets screen update increases accessibility.

“My vets, Live Well Llantrisant, is so accessible for my Autistic brain and I consider it a huge kindness – they’ve recently included slides on their screen to show what colour each type of staff member wears so you know who you’re speaking to. Obviously when at the vets it’s usually for something stressful so

Andrea takes a selfie of her and Kamal on the pavement beside a street. Andrea has a dark skin tone and short brown hair with a more orange brown section in the middle. She is smiling and wearing a high vis vest. Kamal has a medium dark skin tone and greying hair around a bald patch. He is smiling and making the thumbs up sign.

Kindness domino effect through A Good Thing.

“In 2014 Harrow in London had ten libraries, and proposals were made to close four. Kamal Shah quickly mobilised an army of people to help save the North Harrow site. Great momentum was built, but unfortunately the site was closed regardless. Kamal and a group of supporters got together to set out a plan to

A femme presenting person with shoulder length blonde hair, stands outside wearing a short sleeved floral top and black trousers. She is holding an umbrella which is open in alternating blue and white colours with the word “England” and the English rose on two of the white sections.

122 umbrellas sent with kindness to 11 different charities across the UK.

With all this rain it was a huge kindness to see Preseli giving a way 122 umbrellas via A Good Thing . Thanks to Preseli’s generous willingness to post the umbrellas, they reached 11 different charities, spread right across the country. From Swansea Asylum Seekers Support to Rise & Shine Lancashire and Anthony Seddon Fund. Another

A section of the Monsal Trail. A flat path with long grass and trees either side. A stone bridge goes over the path a little further down. Several people are underneath the bridge.

Strangers help after mobility scooter fails.

“A family from Barnsley and Nottingham went above and beyond on Saturday lunchtime to help a damsel in distress! My lovely husband Pete and I had set out on a walk with my ‘trusty’ (as I thought) all singing, all dancing, electric mobility scooter. Sterling we call her and she can tackle all terrain and goes

A square cake with spanner, saw, screwdriver, pliers and hammer on the top. In front is a sign saying the Barry Repair Café is celebrating it's first anniversary in March 2024.

Repair Café volunteer bakes celebratory cake.

“Our repair café (find them on Facebook here) celebrated its first anniversary this month and one of the volunteers made an amazing cake to celebrate. She already does a lot for the café by being one of the excellent fabric fixers so to also make such a wonderful cake was above and beyond – it

A view of a Lidl supermarket from outside. Text overlaid reads "Customer pays for someone else’s shopping in Lidl."

Customer pays for someone else’s shopping in Lidl.

I was in Lidl and the customer 2 ahead of me was having trouble with his bank card – the card machine wouldn’t read it. Everyone was waiting patiently but he was getting more embarrassed each time it wouldn’t work. The people in front of me then said they would pay for his shopping. It