Things that'll make you smile and bring a little balance to the world

We all need a smile on our faces right now, so here’s some things we’ve come across this week that we’ve loved! Please share any of your favourite stories from the week with everyone too by commenting below.

Somewhere over the rainbow

You can’t walk down a street right now without seeing front windows full of brightly coloured rainbows. It’s a beautiful gesture and it sure helps to brighten up the days. And it’s not just rainbows, apparently people are putting up Christmas lights across the UK too; not sure how the Easter Bunny is going to feel about Santa stepping onto his turf?

Neighbours, everybody needs good neighbours

Every day there’s a story or two in the news just like this one, entire streets coming out (in a safe way) to celebrate birthdays for elderly residents and those in lockdown. It’s just like Ramsay Street!

A night at the museum…or a day, or an afternoon

We wouldn’t normally share articles from the Daily Mirror as standard, but this one has some great links to virtual museum tours around. There are plenty more to choose from, search a museum and there’s a good chance you’ll be ‘inside’ having a look around within minutes.

The rise of RAK (Random Acts of Kindness)

Worldwide, people are looking out for each other in a way that we’ve not seen for a long time. Check out these stories from the US and elsewhere.

Stay classy!

Fancy doing something you might not normally consider…for free? How about watching a play at the National Theatre, a night at the opera, or ballet classes for the over 55s?

Virtually anything, virtually

There’s almost nothing you can’t do virtually right now. One of the things that caught are eye was this list of virtual cookery classes, something to tickle your taste buds and learn some new skills whilst staying home is the new going out.

Thanks!

Hopefully this becomes a regular thing, a time where we get to celebrate all the wonderful and often overlooked people who look after us and keep our communities safe and thriving.

Stay safe everyone, be thoughtful, be kind, try to stay balanced xxx