Mindfulness in Schools Project
For the flourishing of young minds
During 2020 MiSP has received generous donations from R3, the global enterprise software firm that is pioneering digital industry transformation in the world of Blockchain. That is because they are committed to the health and wellbeing of their team, and to taking their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) seriously. R3 have had some great ideas of […]
At MiSP, we were delighted recently to receive a generous donation to our work from Fairview Primary School in Ballyclare, Northern Ireland. The school’s Vice-Principal, Neil McAllister, told us why they wanted to donate: “With the sudden closure of schools in March, it was such a long time before we were able to welcome children […]
On Sunday 5th July a number of dedicated MiSP supporters undertook personal challenges to raise funds for our five year appeal ‘A Million Minds Matter’. This fundraising, which enables us to provide lifelong skills to children and young people, is more important than ever. In this often challenging and confusing world, we want children and […]
Many of you will remember Martha Wright of the award-winning charity Mindful Music speaking and playing the clarinet so beautifully at our A Million Minds Matter conference last year. Her team of talented musicians have now created some wonderful resources to support families and individuals of all ages during these times. In response to the […]
Our supporter Caroline Wilson has a head of lovely thick hair. But not for much longer! She has persuaded her reluctant husband Graham to help her shave it all off at 11am on Friday 8th May 2020 to raise funds for our A Million Minds Matter appeal… As an adult mindfulness practitioner and trained mindfulness […]
by Caroline Wilson When MiSP launched ‘Sit Together’, I was keen to join in. It seemed like such a great initiative and, as a MiSP trustee, I wished to be as supportive as possible of both the initiative and the amazing MiSP team setting it all up. With my own regular mindfulness practice it also seemed it might be possible to make […]
We are delighted to announce that this year’s MiSP conference, on the theme of ‘Teaching Mindfully’, will be taking place online via video conferencing on Saturday 20th June 2020. Originally planned as a face-to-face event in London, we are moving our conference online to ensure as many people as possible will be able to attend and to protect the health of […]
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 […]