The Kindness Pandemic was established on 14th March, 2020 by Dr Catherine Barrett, to support people who lives are impacted by COVID19. The group grew to 550,000+ members in two weeks. Kindness won’t make Coronavirus go away, but it is making many people’s lives easier and bringing people hope. The Kindness Pandemic is underpinned by principles of Intersectional Kindness, or how we look out for people who were doing it tough before COVID19 and because of COVID19. Read more about the Anatomy of Kindness here.
A year on: 550,000+ members, 28 million reactions, 330,000+ active members, 40+ campaigns, 100+ media articles, and a project team of 12 wonderful volunteers. A survey of our group members found 86% said that being a members of the Kindness Pandemic Facebook group improved their mental wellbeing – and in 2021 we were awarded the Most Uplifting Facebook Group in the World (see below).