Innovations in Mindfulness

The Innovations in Mindfulness Awards 2024 are underway!

The Mindfulness Initiative is pleased to have received excellent submissions in this, the second round of awards for innovative work in the mindfulness sector. Innovation is a crucial element in making mindfulness practices more accessible, diverse and effective.

Launched in 2022, the Innovations in Mindfulness Awards seek to celebrate and encourage creative innovations which are developing the field and making mindfulness available to new audiences. The impact for our previous finalists has surpassed expectations, prompting new partnerships, leading to increased visibility, and opening doors to funding opportunities.

In 2024, the Awards have been expanded to encompass three categories:

Mindfulness training programmes
Technology meets mindfulness
Creative partnerships

In response to demand, the technology category will be open to applicants from anywhere in the world. Creative partnerships, too, may be global, as long as one partner is UK-based.

The Fieldbook for Mindfulness Innovators – original inspiration for these Awards – has been updated and revitalised by its author, the innovation specialist Menka Sanghvi. Among other new content, it now includes sections on social mindfulness, as well as diversity, equity and inclusion. This resource is free and available for download now, and can also be read directly in our new microsite.

The Innovations in Mindfulness microsite is a new hub for innovation in mindfulness. It's a source of information and inspiration, and a platform for anyone from mindfulness teachers to funders, policy makers or researchers. Blog pieces are welcome, reflecting diverse perspectives and ideas to spark conversations, because innovation doesn't happen in a silo.

Take a look around for details of the Awards categories and criteria, videos of previous finalists, thought-provoking blogs, and a treasure trove of ideas and guidance in the updated Fieldbook.

This programme of work is developed in collaboration with the Hart Knowe Trust and we are grateful for their generosity and support.

Applications to the Awards were accepted from 5 March to 7 May 2024.

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