EmpathyLabUK

On #EmpathyDay, as we absorb sobering findings from @Literacy_Trust, we highlight reading for empathy as a fresh approach to tackle the reading for pleasure crisis:  a powerful way to change how young people perceive, and engage with, reading. For more: loom.ly/pZbzXMo

💛 Share a story that inspires kindness this #EmpathyDay! From managing their emotions to the importance of nutrition and exercise, this wellbeing reading list covers a range of topics to help children prioritise their health and happiness. 📚 👉 ow.ly/zuKY50W8cxA

As awareness grows around the power of social & emotional skills, we're spotlighting a promising, reading-based approach to empathy education. 📅 Join us 27 Nov for the Raising Generation Empathy Conference, bringing together experts to shape real change. 🎟️ Book now, link in bio

Reading builds Empathy! Buy ANY book 18-20 July, and you could win a £250 @bookshop_org_uk digital gift card! A powerful way to support our hard working independent bookshops, & make a real difference for them and their communities 🔎 Find out more via Bookshop.org

📚 Looking for your next empathy-building read? Our bookshelf is perfect for shared family reading! ⭐️ Shop the full collection via link in bio or bookshop.org 📣 Buy any book 18–20 July & enter to win a £250 @bookshop_org_uk gift card!

🔎 Worried about the pressure on young people? Discover how reading builds empathy at our Raising Generation Empathy Conference, 27 Nov. 🎟️ LIMITED, early bird tickets just £95 🗓️ Link in bio to book!

📣Love writing? Enter Calibre Audio’s Inclusive Voices competition—open to all ages & abilities! 📚Write a short story (max 550 words) around Audio, Braille or Community. Free entry + prizes! Open until: 5 Sept 2025 calibreaudio.org.uk/news/inclusive… #WritingCommunity #InclusiveVoices

A huge THANK YOU to everyone who joined #EmpathyDay from 30+ countries and across the UK! The world needs empathy more than ever - let’s keep shouting about the power of books to build it. See you next #EmpathyDay on 11 June 2026! 📚

We’re proud to support @literacy_trust & DfE in the National Year of Reading 2026, a vital step in nurturing empathy, wellbeing, and connection through books. Join us 27 Nov at Raising Generation Empathy to explore the power of reading for real-life impact. Link in bio.

Did you know that empathy is a learnable skill, not a character trait? Research shows that just 10% of our empathy is genetic, the other 90% is learnt through social and environmental factors - and it can be developed at any age!

Let's raise an empathy educated generation, inspired to create a better world for everyone. Join us this November for Raising Generation Empathy - a major research & practice conference exploring empathy in education. 🗓️ Early bird tickets and more info via link in bio

📣 Deadline extended 📣 There's still time to enter! WIN 3x £100 Puffin picture book libraries 📚 To enter: send a pic of your setting’s Empathy Day Festival fun to [email protected] (subject: First Time Feelings) by 27 June! With thanks to @PuffinBooks 💛 Ts&Cs apply.

We continued celebrating #EmpathyDay last week with our remaining S2 English classes, who watched a selection of the #empathydayfestival author videos & sparked #empathy with the activities 🤗 @Lornshill @scottishbktrust @EmpathyLabUK #ReadingSchoolsLornshill #LornshillReads

🌈 Jump into someone else’s story this pride month! Be inspired by these recommended stories, use our top tips to read for empathy, or watch LBTQ+ author & activist Sarah Hagger-Holt as she dives into stories with Ashley Hickson-Lovence in an empathy chat. 📚

Congratulations all! 🎉 So thrilled to see three of these brilliant books also celebrated on the 2025 Read for Empathy collection empathylab.uk/rfe/

Our founder @MirandaMcK in @thebookseller today. If like us, you think it’s vital to support children and young people’s social and emotional development, join us and @SussexUni for a landmark conference in Nov: empathylab.uk/raising-genera…

It's #RefugeeWeek (16–22 June). We are proud to have partner with @RefugeeWeek for a powerful #EmpathyDayFestival event with AM Dassu & Sita Brahmachari. Explore refugee experiences & create your own Empathy Resolution. For ages 8+. Watch on catch-up till 12 July. Link in bio

Wonderful to hear, thank you so much! We think empathy is a vital skill too ❤️ Anyone that took part in #Empathydayfestival can download their own smart badge when completing our Festival evaluation ☺️

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Wonderful picks, thank you ❤️

Such a brilliant use of #empathydayfestival resources ❤️