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• Book:  Why Kindness is Good For You

  Evidence that kindness can improve our lives

• Website:  Random Acts of Kindness Foundation

  Inspiring people to practice kindness and pass it on to others

• Website:  Great Kindness Challenge

  One day devoted to performing as many acts of kindness as possible

• Website:  Greater Good Science Centre

  Groundbreaking research into the roots of compassion, happiness, and altruism

• Website:  Charter for Compassion

  Transcends religious and ideological differences to encourage compassion for all

• Website:  HelpOthers.org

  Portal dedicated to small acts of contagious kindness

• Book:  Kindness in a Cruel World

  New findings on altruism means "survival of the fittest" is no longer the answer

• Book:  Born to be good

  Demonstrates that humans are in fact born to be good not hardwired to be selfish

• Book:  Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life

  Guide to becoming a better human being, combining philosophy, theology and more

• Website:  Emotional Intelligence Quiz

  Take a short, fun quiz to see how well you can read other people's emotions

• Book:  Visions of Compassion

  Western Scientists and Tibetan Buddhists Examine Human Nature

• Book:  The Expanding Circle

  Ethics, Evolution, and Moral Progress

• Book:  The Compassionate Mind

  Developing compassion for ourselves and others and deriving the benefits

• Website:  Orange Mobile Volunteering

  Got 5 minutes? Do some good

• Video:  Acts of Kindness

  Some quick ideas for acts of kindness we could all do

• Book:  The Hidden Gifts of Helping

  How the Power of Giving, Compassion, and Hope Can Get Us Through Hard Times

• Book:  Why Good Things Happen to Good People

  How to Live a Longer, Healthier, Happier Life by the Simple Act of Giving

• Website:  Guidestar

  Free access to information on all charities registered in England and Wales

• Website:  How2Fundraise

  Celebrates and supports people who fundraise for charitable causes

• Website:  Institute of Fundraising

  Professional membership body to support fundraisers in the UK

• Book:  Happiness: Lessons from a New Science

  New edition of landmark book on the importance of Happiness for society

• Book:  The Art of Happiness: A Handbook for Living

  Practical applications of the Dalai Lama's spiritual values

• Website:  Mental Health First Aid (England)

  Learn about the causes, symptoms and treatments of common mental health problems

• Website:  Mental Health First Aid (Scotland)

  Learn about the causes, symptoms and treatments of common mental health problems

• Website:  People United

  Exploring how the arts can inspire kindness, community and social change

• Website:  Centre for Resilience, Happiness and Positive Change

  Offers distance learning courses, resources and coaching

• Website:  Chance UK

  Mentoring programmes for children aged 5-11 years with behavioural difficulties

• Website:  Volunteering Matters

  The UK’s leading volunteering and training charity (formerly CSV)

• Website:  Do It

  Volunteering Made Easy

• Website:  Institute for Volunteering Research

  Develops knowledge and understanding of volunteering to support practitioners

• Website:  Mentoring and Befriending Foundation

  Putting mentoring and befriending are at the centre of national volunteering

• Website:  Pilotlight

  Brings in skills & expertise to help small charities and social enterprises grow

• Website:  Reach

  Reach links up skilled volunteers with voluntary organisations

• Website:  Spots of Time

  Miniature volunteering activities - changing the world starts small

• Book:  The Selfish Society

  How We All Forgot to Love One Another and Made Money Instead

• Website:  v (young volunteers service)

  Inspiring and connecting 16-24 year olds with volunteering opportunities

• Website:  Volunteering England

  Supporting, enabling and celebrating volunteering in all its diversity

• Website:  Just Add Spice

  Credit systems to increase participation of community members in public services

• Website:  Timebank

  Supports individuals and businesses to find rewarding volunteering opportunities

• Website:  The Young Foundation

  Centre for social innovation and home of Action for Happiness

• Report:  Doing Good

  Altruism and wellbeing in an age of austerity

• Website:  Mental Health First Aid (Wales)

  Learn about the causes, symptoms and treatments of common mental health problems

• Download:  Happiness Posters

  A set of inspiring posters to accompany our Ten Keys to Happier Living.

• Website:  Good Gym

  Pairs runners with isolated less-mobile people in their area