Empathy Action Month is coming in November 2023!
Last November, we held our first ever Empathy Action Month! Five amazing authors and four brilliant school groups discussed how they put empathy into action, inspired by the books they'd written or read.
We were joined by Phil Earle, Patrice Lawrence, Kate Milner, Ben Davis and Rashmi Sirdeshpande to talk about empathy in their books, ways their stories can inspire change, and their Empathy Resolutions.
As an added resource, we also shared a number of read aloud videos, featuring authors from the hand-picked Empathy Action Month booklist!
Scroll down now for our full collection of videos!
And take a look at our
free resources (including our
booklist,
assembly plan,
Empathy Resolution templates
and more)
at the bottom of this page to support your empathy action!
Rashmi Sirdeshpande and Moorlands Primary School explore 'How to Change the World' Empathy Action Month!
Previous video resources from Empathy Action Month
Ben Davis and pupils from Henry Tudor School use ‘The Soup Movement’ to put empathy into action!
Patrice Lawrence discusses her book ‘Needle’ for Empathy Action Month
Empathy Action Month 2022 at Pentrehafod School, Swansea
Pupils at Pentrehafod School use ‘Needle’ by Patrice Lawrence to inspire their Empathy Resolutions
Kate Milner & children from Pembroke Dock Community School use 'It's a No-Money Day' to turn empathy into action!
Author Phil Earle launches
our first ever
Empathy Action Month!
Phil Earle discusses ‘When the Sky Falls’ for Empathy Action Month
Phil Earle & Patrice Lawrence discuss their Resolutions for Empathy Action Month
Watch Phil Earle & Patrice Lawrence making Empathy Resolutions on Empathy Day 2022
Read alouds from Empathy Action Month booklist authors
Tom Percival reading from The Invisible
Sita Brahmachari reading from Tender Earth
Emma Reynolds reading from Amara and the Bats
Gill Lewis reading from The Closest Thing
to Flying
Nicola Davies reading from The Day War Came
Nathan Bryon reading from Clean Up!
Video Timetable
Ways to join in
We invited schools, libraries and families to:
Run an assembly about the power of putting empathy into action
Get inspired by weekly videos from top authors and young people
Revisit your Empathy Resolutions or set new ones
Use our discussion prompts
Discover great books to and get inspired to put empathy into action
Participating Schools
We heard pupils at Pembroke Dock Community School, Henry Tudor School, Moorlands Primary School and Pentrehafod School about how they are changing the world, one empathy resolution at a time.
Read for Empathy
To get ready for Empathy Action month 2022, we encouraged everyone to read our author's fantastic books:
Empathy Action Month Resources
Our FREE resources, activities and ideas as inspiration helped to channel empathy into action throughout November and beyond. Included a brand new assembly plan, empathy reading recommendations from your favourite authors & illustrators, a resolution template to capture your new resolutions and an empathy bunting activity to add your acts of empathy to throughout November to decorate your school or library. Still available for download!
- Download your A4 Empathy Resolution template here.
- Use our booklist featuring the top 10 reads for Empathy Action Month to get young people thinking about social action - handpicked from our #ReadForEmpathy Collection! Download here.
- Hold your own Empathy Action Month assembly! Download your free plan (.ppt format) here, and the accompanying notes (PDF; optional) here.
- Create your own Empathy Resolution
bunting
to decorate your classroom! Download the template
here.
