Struggling with lockdown? Fed up of video calls or Netflix? Exhausted from frontline work? Don’t worry! For #OHTWeek we’ve got your back! Follow this thread for some feel good, news stories to put a smile back on your face that have NOTHING to do with #COVID19 #GoodNews
This was inspired by @somegoodnews by @johnkrasinski! Our community, who work in #health #medicine #lifesciences #healthtech #medtech #digitalhealth have been working their socks off! Some light and happy release is much needed #OHTweek #GoodNews https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOe_y6KKvS3PdIfb9q9pGug
We're big fans of rainbows and the #NHS and we love that these two things have been brought together in a symbolic-partnership made in heaven over the last couple of weeks. Apparently so does this whale #OHTweek #GoodNews https://twitter.com/TheWorldOfFunny/status/1253014202631020545?s=20
David Attenborough, Oceans, Maps
This isn't just a list of a few of our favourite things. It’s the BBC geography lessons on offer while schools are closed Cheers to spreading the love for our national treasure and our planet #OHTweek #GoodNews https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-52351131
This isn't just a list of a few of our favourite things. It’s the BBC geography lessons on offer while schools are closed Cheers to spreading the love for our national treasure and our planet #OHTweek #GoodNews https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-52351131
#NYC might be associated with and no but governor @andrewcuomo is focusing on #mentalwellness. Residents can schedule a fee virtual session with a #mentalhealth professional. All made possible by 6000+ AMAZING volunteers #OHTweek #GoodNews https://www.foxnews.com/health/new-york-expanding-mental-health-services-for-coronavirus-frontline-workers-cuomo-says
Whilst some of us might be living in our PJs 24/7 this mum & daughter duo are taking it up a notch to bring some cheer to their streets by wearing EPIC fancy dress on their daily walks #OHTweek #GoodNews https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-coventry-warwickshire-52389526/coronavirus-mum-and-daughter-s-lockdown-walks-in-fancy-dress?intlink_from_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fnews%2Ftopics%2Fcx2pk70323et%2Fuplifting-stories&link_location=live-reporting-map
We can't hug our more vulnerable friends/family, but that doesn’t mean people aren’t finding inventive ways to bring some cheer to those home alone. Take these West Lothian care home residents who were visited by some alpacas #OHTweek #GoodNews https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-scotland-52050755/coronavirus-alpacas-visit-care-home-to-cheer-up-residents?intlink_from_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fnews%2Ftopics%2Fcx2pk70323et%2Fuplifting-stories&link_location=live-reporting-map
On Wednesdays we wear pink
With fewer humans around, flamingos are relishing in their newly expanded freedom. Numbers visiting the Narta Lagoon in Albania are up by 3,000. Fun fact, flamingos (like #OHT20) make friends for life! #OHTweek #GoodNews https://metro.co.uk/2020/05/11/flamingos-are-latest-wildlife-flourish-lockdown-12684754/
With fewer humans around, flamingos are relishing in their newly expanded freedom. Numbers visiting the Narta Lagoon in Albania are up by 3,000. Fun fact, flamingos (like #OHT20) make friends for life! #OHTweek #GoodNews https://metro.co.uk/2020/05/11/flamingos-are-latest-wildlife-flourish-lockdown-12684754/
Patience old grasshopper
A 15-year-old in Ohio has been teaching seniors at the Friendship Village nursing home karate since October, not wanting to let them down during lockdown, he’s started a ‘Golden Age Karate’ channel on YouTube! https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/15-year-old-karate-expert-teaches-moves-to-seniors-and-the-results-are-pure-gold/ #OHTweek #GoodNews
A 15-year-old in Ohio has been teaching seniors at the Friendship Village nursing home karate since October, not wanting to let them down during lockdown, he’s started a ‘Golden Age Karate’ channel on YouTube! https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/15-year-old-karate-expert-teaches-moves-to-seniors-and-the-results-are-pure-gold/ #OHTweek #GoodNews
I don’t want no scrub… wrong! Turns out we do in fact want scrubs, and lots of them. Since #lockdown more than 50 volunteer scrub hubs have been set up across the UK with volunteer sewers making scrubs for #NHS frontline workers #OHTweek #GoodNews https://www.positive.news/lifestyle/health/the-volunteers-sewing-scrubs-for-nhs-workers/
Taking time to stop and smell the roses?
Rogue botanists in England & France have taken to using chalk to name wild plants and flowers growing in our streets. One video has been viewed +7million times! #OHTweek #GoodNews https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/people-using-chalk-to-label-weeds-growing-in-sidewalks/
Rogue botanists in England & France have taken to using chalk to name wild plants and flowers growing in our streets. One video has been viewed +7million times! #OHTweek #GoodNews https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/people-using-chalk-to-label-weeds-growing-in-sidewalks/