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Gender neutral<br />
emojis are coming<br />
in 2022, along<br />
with multiracial<br />
handshakes<br />
Wolf-whistling<br />
and catcalls could<br />
be made crimes<br />
under proposals<br />
for new laws<br />
against public<br />
sexual harassment<br />
Japan has hired<br />
its first Minister<br />
for Loneliness to<br />
tackle its mental<br />
health crisis and<br />
rising suicide<br />
rates<br />
Monthly Google<br />
searches related<br />
to ‘hayfever’<br />
increased 220% in<br />
the past 5 years<br />
A bride recreated<br />
her wedding at<br />
a care home in<br />
Bridgend for her<br />
nan who couldn’t<br />
attend the big day<br />
The<br />
wellbeing<br />
wrap<br />
Stub it out<br />
Five councils in England<br />
are kicking smoking to the<br />
curb, in support of outdoor<br />
eating culture. These<br />
authorities banned smoking<br />
on stretches of pavements<br />
where establishments have<br />
outdoor tables, getting<br />
ahead of the curve with<br />
the UK government’s bid<br />
to become<br />
smoke-free<br />
by 2030.<br />
Musician Pink offered<br />
to pay the fines for<br />
the entire Norwegian<br />
women’s beach<br />
handball team, after<br />
they were penalised<br />
for breaking uniform<br />
rules which dictate<br />
that female athletes<br />
must wear bikini<br />
bottoms, while the<br />
men’s team are able<br />
to wear shorts.<br />
Working it out<br />
Supporting accessibility with exercise, deaf online<br />
fitness instructor India Morse recently created a<br />
series of deaf-friendly videos alongside Joe Wicks,<br />
which now feature on The Body Coach YouTube<br />
channel. India, who runs You Lean Me Up, is<br />
passionate about opening up exercise to anyone<br />
who wants to be involved. What a champ!<br />
The greatest gift<br />
Donating an organ is a huge life decision, and a<br />
recent study has investigated the mental impact of<br />
this – with some heart – warming news. Published<br />
in the British Journal of Health Psychology, the study<br />
found that donating a kidney to a stranger had a<br />
positive impact on mental wellbeing, with participants<br />
reporting feeling that they’d contributed to society,<br />
and experienced positive emotions.<br />
A new project looks to provide sustainable<br />
shelter for homeless people in London, as<br />
the Salvation Army, Citizens UK, and Hill<br />
Group team up to build 200 ‘pod homes’<br />
over the next five years. Fully-furnished<br />
pods will be on pockets of unused land<br />
across the city, suitable for one person,<br />
and highly efficient, expected to cost just<br />
£5 per week to run. Plus, the total build is<br />
predicted to come in under £50,000!<br />
Grow with it<br />
A farmer from Western<br />
Australia is doing something<br />
incredible to support mental<br />
health, following a friend<br />
taking his own life. Sam Burgess<br />
is donating all profits from 60<br />
hectares of his crop to mental<br />
health charities for the rest of<br />
his farming career. Now<br />
that’s the root of<br />
kindness.<br />
Time to shell out<br />
In a landmark case, a court in<br />
the Netherlands has ruled that<br />
oil company Shell is responsible<br />
for its own and suppliers’ CO2<br />
emissions, and must cut these<br />
by 45% by 2030! This is the first<br />
time a company has been legally<br />
required to comply with the Paris<br />
climate accords, and found liable<br />
for its impact on climate change –<br />
a big win for eco-warriors around<br />
the world.<br />
Nicola Coyle, a retired nurse<br />
from Nottinghamshire, has set<br />
up The Grey Muzzle Canine<br />
Hospice, to take care of old,<br />
abandoned, terminally ill, or<br />
stray dogs in their final days.<br />
Bringing the animals into her<br />
home, Nicola tries to ensure<br />
their tails keep wagging,<br />
as they get to live out<br />
their days to the fullest.<br />
Independence day<br />
A disabled dad has been able to take<br />
his newborn son for a walk, thanks<br />
to his wife Chelsie, a teacher, and a<br />
group of her students from Maryland,<br />
USA. Together, they designed the<br />
WheeStroll – a special child seat which<br />
can attach to a wheelchair, providing<br />
much more independence for Jeremy!