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



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!

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/




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!


