News & Comment

What is the MiSP Pathways Portfolio?

The MiSP Pathways Portfolio helps you keep a record of the wide range of development work you have done, personally and professionally, to create a sustainable mindfulness approach in your school/setting.  If at some point your setting applies to Step 5 of the Pathways to become a MiSP Beacon School, the Portfolio can be submitted […]

MiSP Welcomes New Trustee

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 […]

New Funding Available!

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 […]

Launching the Pathways Step 3

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 […]

MiSP A Day in the Life of Brock Martin

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 […]

Mindfulness for Modern Life

Guest blog by Emily Brierley, Youth Ambassador for Mindfulness in Schools Project  Mindfulness: a word often invoking raised eyebrows and a dismissive comment. It appears to exist on a spectrum of simply being a fad or the foundations of out of touch hippies. In reality, mindful qualities are inherent in human nature, most consistently and […]