• Watch and discuss some of the wonderful Empathy Walks below
• Take pupils on a short empathy-focused walk in your local community
• Ask everyone to use their superpowers of noticing and reflecting on the situations you see – perhaps a homeless person, the effect of seeing litter or a family having fun
• Help the class share their feelings about what they have seen – were they sad, angry, puzzled or happy to notice something going on?
• Ask them to draw a map or pictures of what they have seen or felt, or record a short film
• Share your maps, drawings or films @EmpathyLabUK with #EmpathyDay and #EmpathyWalk on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram
• Link this to the Empathy Resolutions activity (see page 12) – ask pupils to make a resolution which would change things for the better in their community, having experienced what they felt on their walk
  

Sarah Mears, founder of EmpathyLab, explains what an empathy walk is and shares her walk around her neighbourhood.

Poet, author and EmpathyLab team member, Paul Jenkins.