Mindfulness in Schools Project
For the flourishing of young minds
We are delighted to welcome Ken Lunn to our Board of Trustees! Ken has substantial experience in senior IT roles up to director level in the NHS. Since retiring in 2014, he has trained as a mindfulness teacher and has taken leadership roles in two other charities, bringing his management experience to bear in developing […]
Making a Difference Locally launches ‘The Mindful Fund’ Supporting Wellbeing in Schools We are thrilled to share that Co-op Wholesale’s charity, Making a Difference Locally (MADL), has a brand-new funding initiative aimed at supporting wellbeing in schools. The initiative will fund up to two members of staff per school to join the MiSP Pathways and […]
The Pathways model is a framework designed to help individuals, schools and educational settings explore the benefits of mindfulness and clearly see the extent of MiSP’s potential support. Please see our at-a-glance Pathways Model infographic. MiSP has previously launched the Pathways framework and the Step 1 and Step 2 resources, which focused on exploring what mindfulness in education […]
Guest blog by Brock Martin, Mindful Movement Teacher, National Child Research Center (NCRC) / Preschool, Washington DC, USA When and how does mindfulness practice show up in your day? I view mindfulness like a light switch – you can choose to turn it on / off. As the day goes on, it’s so much easier […]
Guest blog by Eli I’m a 22-year-old studying Chemistry at the University of Bristol. Like many other students (and, I suspect, many non-students), I’ve often felt overwhelmed, stressed, and anxious. Although I still experience these emotions, mindfulness and the .begin course have given me the tools to deal with, understand and accept these feelings. Although […]
Join our Mindful Running Team and take on the Asics London 10km for MiSP for free this summer! We now have 17 runners signed up to join us at the Asics London 10km race taking place in Central London on Sunday 5th July 2020! You can join them! Take on this exciting challenge to help […]
Our runners range from very experienced runners to those who haven’t ever run more than 5k… So each of you will need to plan your training programmes around your own experience and fitness levels, but here are some principles which apply to you all: Be kind to yourself Whether you have been running for years, […]
Thank you so much for joining the MiSP Mindful Running Team! Make sure you have completed the steps below to support our work and ensure your efforts can positively impact as many children and young people as possible! 1. REGISTER If you haven’t done so already, please register as a MiSP team member here. 2. SET […]
It is with great pleasure that we introduce our new Mindfulness in Schools Project patron: Caroline Lucas MP. Caroline is a campaigner, a writer and the Green Party’s first ever MP, twice leading the party and representing Brighton Pavilion since 2010. She has written on subjects such as green economics, localisation, alternatives to globalisation, trade […]
by Emma Goddard When I joined Mindfulness in Schools Project as an administrator a few years ago I must admit that I didn’t quite get what ‘mindfulness’ was, but it was a job I could do part-time and I enjoyed it, so I stayed. Then, in September 2017, I was given the opportunity to take […]