To review research evidence, current best practice, extent and success of implementation, and potential developments in the application of mindfulness within a range of policy areas, and to develop policy recommendations for government based on these findings.
1. Mindfulness in prison and probation
15/05/2019 - Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service
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Found:
Mindfulness in prison and probation - GOV.UK
2. Mindfulness and mental health
10/06/2021 - Early Day Motions
Found: showing how mindfulness can support people managing their mental health; and calls for mindfulness-based interventions
3. Division of Educational & Child Psychology NI branch - written evidence
20/03/2019 - Inquiry: Education funding in Northern Ireland - Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
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Found: this within Northern Ireland. For example, when Mindfulness became popular across the UK, many schools seized
4. MP_Expenses object (189506)
27/05/2020 - MP Expenses
Found: OXFORD MINDFULNESS
5. MP_Expenses object (189571)
27/05/2020 - MP Expenses
Found: OXFORD MINDFULNESS
1. Well-being
12/03/2020 - Lords Chamber
1: along on a short course on something called “mindfulness”. Jo talked about how it had helped her to cope - Speech Link
2. Yoga
21/03/2019 - Lords Chamber
1: very beneficial for mental health: it provides mindfulness, an ability to make better judgments, to relax - Speech Link
2: me. With the evidence showing that yoga and mindfulness can be good for preventing and curing illnesses - Speech Link
3. Mindfulness in Schools
06/09/2016 - Westminster Hall
1: to move,That this House has considered mindfulness in schools.It is, as always, a great pleasure - Speech Link
2: teacher-training workshops on mindfulness, has shown that teaching children mindfulness helps to reduce bullying - Speech Link
4. United Nations General Assembly 2018: IRC Report
06/09/2018 - Lords Chamber
1: mention the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Mindfulness. On the Parliamentary Estate, there are now 400 - Speech Link
2: I was not expecting to follow a speech about mindfulness. I am tempted to suggest that the noble Lord - Speech Link
3: raised a very important and cogent point about mindfulness, while the noble Baroness, Lady Smith, was a - Speech Link
5. Mental Health Education in Schools
06/11/2017 - Westminster Hall
1: the work of Oxford University’s mindfulness centre and the Mindfulness and Resilience in Adolescence—MYRIAD—project - Speech Link
2: school through modern positive psychology and mindfulness to lead flourishing lives. The whole wellbeing - Speech Link
3: exercise and social skills, and for wellbeing and mindfulness. Achieving a balance between promoting academic - Speech Link
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12 Current APPG Officers
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Tim Loughton
Chair & Registered Contact
Conservative - East Worthing and Shoreham
Joined: 30th July 2015Adoption and Permanence , Ageing and Older People , Archaeology , Armenia , Austria , British Museum , Children , Coastal Communities , Conception to Age Two - First 1001 Days , Dark Skies , Ethiopia and Djibouti , Fatherhood , Hockey , Kinship Care , Looked After Children and Care Leavers , Menopause , Oman , Photography , Refugees , Switzerland , Tennis , Tibet , Wellbeing Economics , Wine of Great Britain , Yemen
Animal Welfare , Beauty, Aesthetics and Wellbeing , Energy Security , Georgia , Haemophilia and Contaminated Blood , Hospitality, Events and Major Food and Drink Businesses in Wales , Human Microbiome , Industrial Heritage , Menopause , Mining and Quarrying , Motor Neurone Disease , Nutrition for Growth , Outdoor Learning , Rail in Wales , Rugby League , Steel and Metal Related Industries , Terminal Illness , Western Gateway
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community , Banning Trophy Hunting , Canada , Fire Safety and Rescue , Food Banks , Hong Kong , Human Rights , Malawi , Online and Home Electrical Safety , Photonics and Quantum , Road Freight and Logistics
Choice at the End of Life , Citizens Rights , Climate Change , Compassionate Politics , Coronavirus , Dark Skies , Deliberative Democracy , Domestic Violence and Abuse , Drones and Modern Conflict , Drug Policy Reform , Electoral Campaigning Transparency , Fuel Poverty and Energy Efficiency , Future Generations , Gaps in Support , Green New Deal , Land Value Capture , Limits to Growth , Ocean Conservation , Refugees , Renewable and Sustainable Energy , Sixth Form Education , South East , Southern Rail , Students , Trade Justice , United Nations Women , Votes at 16 , West Papua , Women in Parliament
Compassionate Politics , Domestic Violence and Abuse , Food Banks , Health and the Natural Environment , Immigration Detention , Migration , No Recourse to Public Funds , Poverty , Refugees , Rule of Law , Tennis , Universal Credit
Contact Details
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Tim Loughton MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 4471.
Email: loughtont@parliament.uk
Public Enquiry Point:
Mr Jamie Bristow, The Mindfulness Initiative, 18-20 Union Street, Sheffield S1 2JP. Tel: 07973 432 868
Email: jamie@mindfulnessinitiative.org.uk
Secretariat:
The Mindfulness Initiative acts as the group's secretariat. http://www.themindfulnessinitiative.org.uk/
Group's Website:
http://www.themindfulnessinitiative.org.uk/mindfulness-all-party-parliamentary-group
Benefits in Kind
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The Mindfulness Initiative
Secretariat From : 21/01/2021 To : 20/01/2022
£9,001
21 Jan 2020
The Mindfulness Initiative
Secretariat From : 21/01/2020 To : 20/01/2021
£28,501
11 Jul 2019
The Mindfulness Initiative
Secretariat From : 11/07/2019 To : 10/07/2020
£28,501
11 Jul 2018
The Mindfulness Initiative
Secretariat From : 11/07/2018 To : 10/07/2019
£28,501
11 Jul 2017
The Mindfulness Initiative
Secretariat From : 11/07/2017 To : 10/07/2018
£58,501
20 Oct 2015
Mindfulness Initiative
Report costs
£40,501
No direct financial benefits are on record for the Mindfulness APPG
Former APPG Officers
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Chris Ruane
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Former Member for Vale of Clwyd
Joined: 28th September 2017Departed: 5th November 2019
Nic Dakin
Vice-Chair
Labour - Former Member for Scunthorpe
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 5th November 2019
Jim Fitzpatrick
Vice-Chair
Labour - Former Member for Poplar and Limehouse
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 5th November 2019
Diana Johnson
VIce-Chair
Labour - Kingston upon Hull North
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 5th November 2019
'Left Behind' Neighbourhoods , Argentina , Caribbean , Children, Teenagers, and Young Adults with Cancer , Commercial Sexual Exploitation , Film and Broader Screen , Fit and Healthy Childhood , Funerals and Bereavement , Haemophilia and Contaminated Blood , Human Rights , Iceland , Latin America , Music Education , Peru , Philanthropy and Social Investment , School Food , Sexual and Reproductive Health in the UK , Sixth Form Education , University of Hull
Wellbeing Economics
Lord Stone of Blackheath
Treasurer
Non-affiliated - Life peer
Joined: 30th July 2015Departed: 23rd October 2019