Speaker
Description
Gleding started in 2015, as a word from a 9 year old, being the answer to the question: What is the opposite of bullying? Instead of focusing on what we do not want - Gleding contributes with storytelling, awareness, mindset, tools, books and digital content to build a strong community from the beginning of life. We bring parents, professionals, caretakers and children together around a shared platform to develop empathy, prosocial behaviour and human skills.
More than 500 schools and kindergardens are using our tools and content and to actively engage children and youth in making a positive contribution in their local communities. Thousands of families too. Gleding Patrols are children going out of their school and kindergardens to show kindness to their neighbours, to the elderly home, to the neighbouring school etc.
For this event we have invited Ormaskogen kindergarden to share the ways they work with building strong relationships. They have used Gleding since the beginning and have many stories on how this has impacted not only the children, but also parents, caregivers, employees - the whole ecosystem.
Gleding is a non-profit organisation. Our work is spread to all of Norway, and we are working to expand to the english speaking world. We have been selected two years in a row by the global education organisation in Finland, www.hundred.org - to be top 100 of more than 3000 projects working on children flourishing, education and wellbeing. We hope to share our stories and work with you in june.
Keywords
Prosocial behaviour, Empathy, Community, Wellbeing, Parents
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| Please also indicate what kind of contribution it is: | Practitioner experiences |
