Why KindFest?

The world can feel like a dark and scary place right now.

Conflict and violence are on the rise globally, fuelled by growing inequality and social divisions. We are destroying our planet and wildlife at an alarming rate. From Brexit Britain to Trump’s America, politics feel more polarised, bitter and toxic than ever. The news can seem overwhelmingly bad.

And yet in amongst it all there is light. There is a resurgence of kindness.

All over the world people want to make their lives kinder, to build kinder communities, kinder workplaces and to have more kindness in public life.

Kindness is more important than ever before – it can unite us to support each other in new ways, to find new solutions.

#Kindfest2020 is a celebration of kindness. A festival of light in a time of darkness.