Community Archives - Positive News Good journalism about good things Thu, 12 Mar 2026 16:33:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.positive.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/cropped-P.N_Icon_Navy-150x150.png Community Archives - Positive News 32 32 What patriotism means to you https://www.positive.news/society/what-patriotism-means-to-you/ Thu, 12 Mar 2026 12:31:01 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=569674 Too often, patriotism is used as a tool for division rather than unity. So we asked: what does patriotism mean to you?

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]]> How a football cup run helped unite a town https://www.positive.news/society/how-a-football-cup-run-helped-unite-a-town/ Fri, 20 Feb 2026 07:17:01 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=567585 For a club rooted in non-league football, Macclesfield’s recent FA Cup didn't just connect those on the pitch, but a whole community

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]]> Will Pride in Place put communities back in charge of regeneration? https://www.positive.news/society/will-pride-in-place-put-communities-back-in-charge-of-regeneration/ Fri, 06 Feb 2026 13:09:39 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=566071 Tom Pattinson talks to the UK prime minister about a new scheme to help communities revive their neighbourhoods

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]]> How communities are stepping up to revive our tired towns and cities https://www.positive.news/society/how-communities-are-stepping-up-to-revive-our-tired-towns/ Thu, 05 Feb 2026 16:40:10 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=565960 From ferry companies to pubs, communities are buying local assets to run for themselves. Could new funding supercharge the movement?

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]]> The Syrian volunteers rebuilding their shattered schools https://www.positive.news/society/education/the-syrian-volunteers-rebuilding-their-shattered-schools/ Mon, 12 Jan 2026 12:12:49 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=562908 Limited state funding for rebuilding schools in Syria has seen parents taking things into their own hands

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]]> 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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]]> The works of art that changed your life, and why https://www.positive.news/lifestyle/the-works-of-art-that-changed-your-life/ Thu, 13 Nov 2025 12:58:42 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=551827 We asked readers which book, film, song or art work changed the course of your life. This is what you said

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]]> The remote Arctic island, saved by an unshakeable community spirit https://www.positive.news/lifestyle/community-spirit/ Fri, 07 Nov 2025 07:00:51 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=550456 North of the Arctic Circle, beyond the maps of ancient mariners, a Norwegian island once thought lost to time has a new lease of life

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]]> The most challenging thing you’ve ever done – and what you learned from it https://www.positive.news/society/most-challenging-thing-you-have-ever-done/ Mon, 27 Oct 2025 05:00:25 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=549581 We asked about your transformative struggles – and what you have learned from them. This is what you said

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]]> What does patriotism mean to you? https://www.positive.news/society/what-does-patriotism-mean-to-you/ Wed, 22 Oct 2025 09:00:29 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=549446 What stirs a sense of belonging in the place you call home, what connects you to the land and your fellow citizens? We want to know

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