Introducing the Empathy Day Festival

Date: 09 12 2024

Introducing the Empathy Day Festival, a ten-day nationwide festival from 2-12 June 2025, culminating in Empathy Day itself on 12 June. This extended national campaign will provide you with a flexible framework for widespread community participation, inspiring children to learn about empathy, put it into action and develop key empathy skills. 

 
The festival will feature nine Empathy Challenge activities, including brand new challenges for 2025, a nationwide assembly with Children’s Laureate, Frank Cottrell-Boyce, brilliant authors and illustrators to spark empathy inspiration, CPD webinars and more! The flexible menu of activities allows you to pick and choose what is right for your setting – it's totally up to you! 
 
By being on our mailing list, you will be the first to hear when registration launches for the FREE 2025 resources plus all you need to know to get involved in our fabulous festival. To join our mailing list click here.

Get all the latest news at www.empathylab.uk.

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