The Office for Empathy

The government department we all need, especially now.

What would Ministerial decisions be like if we asked them to have empathy? Would they think about the impacts on people more? Would they become more concerned about the people who are suffering the most?

“I believe empathy is the most essential quality of civilization”

We think that there is too little empathy for each other and for other people and places in and around Parliament and government departments in Whitehall. Politics needs to engage with empathy in solutions not just to look at ways to increase profit or power.

The Office for Empathy - Coming Soon….

An Office for Empathy will help provide a safe space within which to learn some empathy and also to understand how to think empathetically, to give empathy an acknowledged place in policy making, in a time of fear and insecurity.