Event Category: Valuesthon 2023

Hope becomes meaningful when it moves into action. Hope invites us to participate, to contribute and, at times, to take a courageous stand for another person, a community, a cause, or the kind of world we want to help create. Through small-group conversations, we will explore how hope moves from an inner feeling of care into meaningful contribution. How our values give rise to hope—and how hope, expressed individually and collectively, can mobilize the human spirit into action and help make the world a better place for all. The event is organised by the Wisdom of Hope Circle.

Explore a values toolkit helping primary educators facilitate critical thinking and emotional intelligence in the classroom by putting human values into action every day. ‘How to think, not what to think’ – facilitating ‘safe uncertainty’ without needing to have all the answers. This can be used to implement rituals, routines and language around any existing PSHE and RSHE provision and meets the guiding principles of the 2026 RSHE statutory requirements for England, including making provision ‘relevant and responsive’ and enabling ‘skilled delivery of participative education’. Organised by The Big Think.

What is it about volunteering that can make such a difference—not only to those who receive, but also to those who give? Every day, millions of people freely offer their time, energy, skills and care to others. Sometimes through organised volunteering; sometimes through small, spontaneous acts of service and kindness. Join a thought-provoking conversation with speakers who will share their experiences of volunteering from very different perspectives, exploring what inspired them, the values guiding them, what they have learned—and why giving something of ourselves can give us something unexpected in return. Organised by UK Values Alliance and Brahma Kumaris.

How can we ignite a lamp of positivity in our lives, shape an environment that elevates us through everything we see, hear, say, and think, and transform our core values into practical strengths within family life, healthcare, social work, business, and community service to drive meaningful outcomes? Three specialists will share key insights and experiential practices for turning core values into everyday strengths that cultivate and support holistic well-being for individuals and organizations through reflection, engaging activities, and open discussion. Additionally, we will explore simple body-movement exercises to sustain health, energy, and vitality.Organised by Living Values Education Vietnam, WCORE and VICM.

We often move through our busy lives on autopilot, guided by habits and inherited values we may not even be aware of. This short sophrology practice offers a chance to pause and reconnect. Through gentle movement, focused breathing, and guided meditation, we’ll explore a personal value and how to align more consciously with it for consciousness and focus in daily life. This is one of several events organised by the International Sophrology Federation.

If we want to find new solutions for tough global problems, we have to learn to change our perspectives and consider different ways of measuring policy success and impact. The Movement for Education, Systems and Health (MESH) was founded to do just that for global education and health policy. We want people from all walks of life to join us and help shape our future. Why do systems that were created to serve people so often lose sight of the values they were built around? How are indigenous knowledge and cultural legitimacy treated by those systems, and what would have to change in the design of institutions to produce different outcomes? Organised by MESH.

If we want to find new solutions for tough global problems, we have to learn to change our perspectives and consider different ways of measuring policy success and impact. The Movement for Education, Systems and Health (MESH) was founded to do just that for global education and health policy. We want people from all walks of life to join us and help shape our future. Why do systems that were created to serve people so often lose sight of the values they were built around? How are indigenous knowledge and cultural legitimacy treated by those systems, and what would have to change in the design of institutions to produce different outcomes? Organised by MESH.

If we want to find new solutions for tough global problems, we have to learn to change our perspectives and consider different ways of measuring policy success and impact. The Movement for Education, Systems and Health (MESH) was founded to do just that for global education and health policy. We want people from all walks of life to join us and help shape our future. Why do systems that were created to serve people so often lose sight of the values they were built around? How are indigenous knowledge and cultural legitimacy treated by those systems, and what would have to change in the design of institutions to produce different outcomes? Organised by MESH.

The US Values Alliance looks at individual values from multiple angles, but our overarching goal is to understand how people can activate their highest values. At this session, we will discuss the value of naming values to aspire to. Would publishing “official” American Values change anything? How does a community actually choose what values are important to them? How does a community assess that they are living up to the values they name and hold themselves accountable? Who decides the values – voters or elected officials? In France, they use a panel system to decide what is “French culture”. Would that be respected here? Organised byUS Values Alliance.

Join us for an uplifting and interactive discussion about how we can create, live and leave a Legacy of Kindness through real-life moments that matter. Together, we’ll also explore some of the simplest and most often overlooked ways we can have a positive impact on others, and how our actions not only change the world, but also ourselves. This interactive session will include exercises and discussions that will allow us to benefit from the experiences we all bring to the table. You’ll leave with new ideas, new friends and plenty of inspiration. The event is organised Jenny Haase and Brad Aronson.