Empathy Day LIVE!

This page contains all the fabulous videos from Empathy Day 2020. We have a brand new programme lined up for Empathy Day 2021 on 10 June. Click here for more information.

Empathy Day - 9 June 2020

Thank you to everyone who joined in with our fabulous online programme. We hope you all enjoyed it and are eager to use your empathy super powers to make the world a better place.

It was lovely seeing all your beautiful empathy glasses and empathy resolution posters. We will share as many of them as possible over the next few days.

All the videos from the day are collected below so if there’s anything you missed, you can watch it now.

Feeling inspired? Share your ReadforEmpathy book recommendations with your friends and family. Think about how to put empathy into action in your community. Empathy is needed now more than ever. After all, every day should be empathy day.

What is Empathy Day Live?

EmpathyLab's Laura reveals how the day will work.

The programme for the day.

EmpathyLab's Laura explains how you can join in with all the activities.

What else can I do? Check out our Family Activities Pack, our Schools Toolkts and lots more besides!

What is empathy?

A young person shares her definition with us.

Click on the buttons below to see any activities you may have missed.

Click here for a transcript of The Empathy Conversation.

Please acknowledge EmpathyLab if you quote from it. Thank you.

....to all our amazing authors and illustrators. Like all of us, they have been stuck at home with very limited technical facilities but have risen to the challenge magnificently and have all been incredibly generous with their time, energy and creativity. What fabulous empathy ambassadors!

Click on the images to download or get creative and make your own!

We'd love to see your designs.

EmpathyLab is committed to keeping children safe. We really love to see children’s empathy creations, but we advise not sharing photos of your children. Please seek your child’s consent for anything you share with us on social media. We do reserve the right to retweet or share anything posted on our social media platforms which may include images of children, quotes from children or children's work. For more information please see our safeguarding policy.

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