by James Slattery | Jun 25, 2019 | Uncategorised
Compassion Matters was mentioned in a comment piece by Rachel Kelly in the Sunday Times (23/06/19) in relation to effective emotional support and learning projects. The comment piece discussed the plans announced by Theresa May to provide funding for teachers to train...
by James Slattery | May 31, 2019 | Uncategorised
Compassion Matters launched in September 2018 with three partner schools helping with development. Since then there has been rapid uptake of the course. Highlights of our progress and impact to date are as follows: Over 80 schools have signed up to the course More...
by James Slattery | Feb 14, 2019 | Uncategorised
The Dalai Lama Centre for Compassion is delighted to announce that Joanna Lumley OBE has lent her support to the organisation’s educational outreach project Compassion Matters (www.compassion-matters.org) by agreeing to be the project’s patron. Compassion...
by James Slattery | Nov 20, 2018 | Uncategorised
We are delighted to announce that our new module exploring Wisdom is now live. The module features a seven-minute film with Maddie Aderin Pocock discussing her own journey through education, her inspiration and why she believes scientists need to be empathetic and...
by James Slattery | Oct 23, 2018 | Uncategorised
We are very grateful to His Holiness the Dalai Lama and his publisher Penguin Randomhouse for allowing us to publish extracts from his book ‘Ancient Wisdom, Modern World. Ethics for the New Millennium’ which outline his vision for ethics education. Whether...
by Eamonn | Aug 21, 2018 | Uncategorised
We are delighted to announce that Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock will be the subject of our next module, Wisdom. Margaret Ebunoluwa Aderin-Pocock MBE is a British space scientist and science educator. She studied at Imperial College London, graduating with a BSc in physics...
by Eamonn | Aug 11, 2018 | Uncategorised
We are delighted to announce the successful piloting of its Compassion Matters course at the Dragon School during 2017-18 academic year. Entitled simply ‘What is Compassion?’ the pilot opened with a whole school Assembly featuring a film, specially commissioned from...
by Eamonn | Jul 11, 2018 | Uncategorised
We are delighted to announce the appointment of Jimi Slattery as the new Executive Director of its Compassion Matters (CM) programme, bringing an ethics education grounded in compassion and related values into UK schools. Prior to joining the DLCC, Jimi was Head of...
by Eamonn | Jul 11, 2018 | Uncategorised
The DLCC is delighted to announce as its latest Honorary Fellow, Dame Claire Bertschinger DBE DL DHEd DSSC DSc (Hon Causa) MSc RGN. Currently an Assistant Professor at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Dame Claire was honoured as Dame Commander of...