Today is world Kindness day
It was introduced in 1998 by the World Kindness Movement, a coalition of nations' kindness NGOs.
its website has details of projects involving sustainable development
Random Acts of Kindness Foundation has inspiring stories and lesson plans
UCLA has just launched a Kindness research institute so take a look at the website to follow their research.
Are people in the UK kind?
fascinating survey form Carnegie Uk conducted in 2018. includes regional/urban breakdowns and breakdowns by gender and ethnicity.
If you measure kindness in terms of charitable giving and/or helping strangers view the reports and data from the Charities Aid Foundation World Giving report. Full methodology is supplied on the website.
How kindness helps builds better communities.
in 2017 the Carnegie Foundation. worked with seven organisations to test what, if anything, could be done to encourage kinder communities. This report summarises their ideas and the value it brings
the Practice of Kindness report and video also explores experience sin Scotland
Can kindness be added to public policy?
Explore some arguments put forward by Julia Unwin in 2018
Does being kind help your health?
The British Psychological Society blog considered this in 2018Happy to help? A systematic review and meta-analysis of the effects of performing acts of kindness on the well-being of the actor published in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology
Volume 76, May 2018, Pages 320-329 found 27 studies fitting its criteria . Researchers conclude that being kind to others causes a small but significant improvement in subjective well-being. The review found that the effect is lower than some pop-psychology articles have claimed, but also concluded that future research might help identify which kind acts are most effective at boosting happiness.
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