kindness Archives - Positive News Good journalism about good things Fri, 09 Jan 2026 12:39:14 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.positive.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/cropped-P.N_Icon_Navy-150x150.png kindness Archives - Positive News 32 32 Think society is in decline? Research gives us some reasons to be cheerful https://www.positive.news/society/think-society-is-in-decline-research-gives-us-some-reasons-to-be-cheerful/ Fri, 09 Jan 2026 12:38:02 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=562569 An expert on why people think that society is in decline, when research suggests that the opposite is true

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]]> ‘Kindness’ is named Oxford Children’s Word of the Year for 2024 https://www.positive.news/society/kindness-is-named-oxford-childrens-word-of-the-year-for-2024/ Wed, 22 Jan 2025 10:05:31 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=513141 The choice reflects children’s awareness of mental health and current affairs, say those behind the annual survey

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]]> We asked: when have you experienced the kindness of strangers? https://www.positive.news/society/we-asked-when-have-you-experienced-the-kindness-of-strangers/ Tue, 21 Jan 2025 10:07:42 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=512545 When meeting our need to feel safe, secure and loved, we tend to focus on friends and family. What happens when you cast your net wider?

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]]> Tell us: when have you experienced the kindness of strangers? https://www.positive.news/society/kindness-of-strangers/ Thu, 21 Nov 2024 12:18:15 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=502850 From well-chosen words at a time of need, to practical help in a tight spot: when have you benefited from the goodwill of people you don’t know?

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]]> The secret ingredient for optimum health? Kindness, says this fitness expert https://www.positive.news/society/the-secret-ingredient-for-optimum-health-its-kindness-says-this-fitness-expert/ Tue, 19 Dec 2023 13:53:29 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=463881 A unique health programme that focuses on self-kindness will launch in January

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]]> Small acts of kindness are frequent and universal, finds study https://www.positive.news/society/kindness-frequent-universal-study/ Wed, 28 Jun 2023 11:43:50 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=439011 According to scientists, humans are wired for kindness, irrespective of the culture they’re from or where they live

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]]> The shop where the currency is kindness https://www.positive.news/society/kinder-shop-where-the-currency-is-kindness/ Tue, 16 May 2023 16:19:58 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=434110 Introducing the shop that’s pioneering a new type of retail – one where goods are exchanged not for cash, but time. Will the idea catch on?

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]]> These are the world’s happiest countries, according to new research https://www.positive.news/society/these-are-the-worlds-happiest-countries-according-to-new-research/ Fri, 24 Mar 2023 12:37:24 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=428761 Amid other insights, the latest World Happiness Report reveals the most satisfied places on Earth. How did your country rank?

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]]> Cultivating a new generation of leaders who put nature first https://www.positive.news/economics/responsible-business-the-leaders-who-put-nature-first/ Tue, 18 Oct 2022 11:57:35 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=403028 What does strong leadership look like in a world facing a climate emergency? There projects are redefining the meaning of success

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]]> The results of the world’s largest study on kindness are in. Here’s what we learned https://www.positive.news/society/what-we-learned-from-the-worlds-largest-study-on-kindness/ Wed, 13 Apr 2022 15:29:43 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=390327 Last year, 60,000 people volunteered to take part in a University of Sussex study on kindness. Now, the results have been revealed

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