Be Kind Movement has been shortlisted as a finalist in the Community Organisation Award category at the prestigious National Diversity Awards 2022. The National Diversity Awards is the UK’s most prestigious diversity event and the judging panel is made up of 25 champions of diversity from different industries including names such as television presenter Katie Piper, paralympic champion Stephen Miller MBE and actor Ash Palmisciano.
“It is such an honour to have been nominated alongside my fellow nominees especially since over 75,000 nominations were received,’ Founder Premila Puri said. “We are a small voluntary led charity so to be recognised at a national level for our work is incredible and a huge testament to the dedication of our volunteers who have been tirelessly working to deliver our Kindness in School Programme™. Be Kind Movement is an award winning charity whose pioneering Kindness In School Programme™ aims to build emotional intelligence skills in children & young people using short films and kindness. Instilling kindness values at a young age enables children & young people to develop a more positive, aspirational mindset and a strong sense of emotional and social well-being that helps to equip them with skills to cope with challenges they face in the playground as children, through Covid recovery or later in life as young adults. Using the transformative power of films to entertain, inspire and empower, we encourage young minds to embrace kindness to themselves and to others. “Kindness is innate to human beings and when we are true to our core values, we will treat others fairly, as equals and through the lens of inclusivity. Building these core values that reflect diversity, fairness and inclusion lies at the heart of our kindness programme”, Premila added.
Key initiatives and projects set up to involve the local community also include digital film-making kindness projects such as Kindness Detectives and the Kind Superhero, Kindness in Sport Programme and Kindness during Christmas Campaign.
The charity’s hard work has paid off as they have been nominated for a coveted National Diversity Award for being championing diversity and inclusion in their local community.