Celebrating Empathy Day 2020
Thank you to everyone who joined in with our countdown to Empathy Day and our exciting online author-led programme on 9 June.
The impact and interest has been amazing and it is clear that there is a nationwide hunger for a new empathy movement.
We trended in the top ten on UK twitter for 7 consecutive hours; reaching no.3 for 2 hours and no.2 for 1 hour. Our evening event The Empathy Conversation has had 4,300 views and in spite of lock-down our school and library involvement was higher than ever.
We’re looking forward to working with you all to build on it, because now, more than ever, every day should be an empathy day.
Videos from the day will remain on the Empathy Day LIVE!
page until the end of June. After that, they can be viewed on our YouTube channel.
As well as our online programme there were lots of empathy related events all over the country. Here's just a small selection....
Author Kate Milner reads her book It's A No Money Day as part of Manchester Libraries celebration of Empathy Day.
This book deals with the painful reality of poverty sensitively and without stigma. The video will be permanently available on our
Empathy Read Aloud page
Welsh Laureate, Eloise Williams set a special Empathy Day writing challenge as part of the daily Authofy ten minute writing challenges. Click on thre image above and scroll to Eloise to have a go!
Click on the image above to read powerful blogs by EmpathyLab founders, Miranda Mckearney, Sarah Mears and author Sita Brahmachari.
Konnie Huq tells us all about empathy, reads from Planet Omar by Zanib Mian and tries some Empathy Day activities!
Lovely video from Ysgol Plascrug School. Clwb Clyd - Katie and the Waterlily Pond - Monet for a Day & Empathy Day
Read stories. Build empathy. Make a better world.
Every day is an Empathy Day.