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Kindness · South West

Best friends despite a 54-year age gap

A 22-year-old woman and a 76-year-old retiree have become best friends despite a 54-year age gap, sharing cooking, art, fashion and regular weekends together. Their friendship began when they met at a church in Cheltenham and has helped both of them challenge assumptions about each other's generations.

BBC Gloucestershire 21 Oct 2026

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Kindness · North West

Teen thanks Children in Need for holiday club

A 14-year-old girl from Bramhall has thanked BBC Children in Need for helping fund a school holiday club for students with learning difficulties run by the Seashell Trust in Stockport. Grace, who has cerebral palsy, says the sessions give her activities like bikes, drumming and swimming, and her mother says she goes off happy and excited.

BBC News Manchester 23 Oct 2026

Kindness · Northern Ireland

Pupils pen special song to give classmates a voice

Pupils at Mitchell House Special School in east Belfast wrote and recorded a song called My Voice to show that people communicate in different ways. The song was written by a class of 11 to 13 year olds, who hope to raise awareness of alternative communication such as Makaton and eye gaze. The school has also earned an accreditation for its communication work.

BBC News Northern Ireland 23 Oct 2026

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