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

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Kindness of Londoners

Miriam is always amazed by tiny kindnesses of people around her living in London. Cars stopping when they see me running to let me cross to the road (they don’t know how slow I am). Everyone checking that the crying kid in the playground is ok. The grocery delivery driver telling me not to accept […]

A pile of books including two of Trudi Canavan's Black Magician Trilogy, The Body Keeps The Score, Relentless by Dean Koontz, and Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine.

International Book Giving Day

Book recommendations are a simple kindness and something Ed from the #BeHumankind community appreciates. He said ‘talking to a friend who recommended a great book he’s reading – I’m excited to get hold of it!’ Share a book recommendation in the comments!

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Connect globally through kindness

One of the reasons I set up Time for Kindness was to inspire people. I want to inspire those of us that believe in kindness already. And I want to inspire people who would like to believe in it but are unsure or embarrassed. Because sometimes being kind is portrayed as weak. Or carrying out

A photo of Swati's parents wearing sunglasses at the beach with the ocean behind them

What if … communities embrace all migrants with kindness

In this latest guest blog I bring you a beautiful story of kindness, learning and welcoming. A huge thank you to communicator, Swati Joshi, for sharing her family’s uplifting story of migration as a positive experience. As a 1st generation Indian American, I was excited to watch @KamalaHarris sworn in as VP of the US.

Akua and 2 of her fellow volunteers at the Netball World Cup

What if…we all take joy from being a volunteer

Following on from Volunteers Week 2021, it seemed only right to ask experienced volunteer, Akua Opong, to write this month’s guest blog. She shares with us the joy that she gets from her volunteering activities and the ways in which they benefit the organisations, herself and her employer. Read on and be inspired…. The Covid-19

2 wooden model figures each holding a jigsaw piece and connecting them together to collaborate

Tips to articulate your kindness stories

At a time when charities are #NeverMoreNeeded, expressing the impact you have in the world is more important than ever. As a sector we need to show how we remain relevant in a rapidly-changing world. Your organisation is making the world kinder: how you express that will depend on your audiences. You need to identify