Our Story

MiSP. Our Story

Mindfulness in Schools Project’s vision is that every child possesses the skills to help them manage difficulty and flourish, and an understanding of how and when to use those skills.

10 Years of MiSP

2007

Chris Cullen and Richard Burnett meet with Cambridge Well-Being Institute’s Felicia Huppert at a Well-Being Conference chaired by Sir Anthony Seldon

2009

Cambridge Wellbeing Institute researches earliest version of .b

A controlled trial of mindfulness training in schools
The importance of practice for an impact on well-being.

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2010

.b is taught as a secondary school curriculum

iTV News Discusses Mindfulness in Schools

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2011

First .b Training takes place

2012

First versions of Paws .b developed for primary schools

2013

Jon Kabat-Zinn endorses .b at a MiSP Conference

Mindfulness in Schools Conference 2013 – Highlights

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2013

Richard Burnett gives TEDx talk on creation of Paws .b

Richard Burnett at TEDxWhitechapel

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2013

First Paws b training takes place

2014

MiSP called as expert witness to All Party Parliamentary Group on Mindfulness.

Report by the Mindfulness All-Party Parliamentary
Group (MAPPG)

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2015

Tabitha Sawyer gives TEDx talk on creation of Paws b

Mindfulness in Schools | Tabitha Sawyer | TEDxCardiff

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2016

Launch of new materials for .b to include animations

Mindfulness is being alive and knowing it, a .b animation by MiSP

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2016

Wellcome Trust/Oxford University initiate .b trainings as part of MYRIAD project.

My resilience in adolescence

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2016

MiSP hosts largest UK conference on Mindfulness and Education

Mindfulness and Education Well-being and resilience for young people

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2016

Mindfulness in Schools Project becomes fully registered charity

2016

Statistics Validation

400+

Schools Teaching

2200+

Teachers Trained

10000+

Children Taught

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