LEGO Entities Drive To Support Sensory Inclusion
To mark the start of World Autism Acceptance Month, the LEGO Group has announced a range of long-term initiatives to support and celebrate neurodivergent children and adults. These will include KultureCity® Sensory Inclusive™ Certification of LEGO® Stores in North America, along with the LEGO House in Billund. Changes to the LEGO Life magazine. Along with the LEGO Foundation’s programme to support innovations that bring...
LEGO Group To Support Ukrainian Crisis
As much of the world watches on in despair at the current situation in Ukraine, the LEGO Group, along with the LEGO Foundation and the Ole Kirk’s Fond have donated over £12 million to support the people of Ukraine. The donation will support general humanitarian aid with a focus on children and their families. You can learn more here. The LEGO Foundation, Ole Kirk’s Fond, and the LEGO Group make emergency DKK 110 million donation...
LEGO Foundation MRI Scanners Distribution Details
Way back in 2019, the LEGO Group revealed a concept design for a brick-built MRI machine that could be used to ease young patients receiving treatment in hospitals. Since they were first shown off there’s been great interest from doctors and medical professionals. I’ve been inundated with emails asking about them and this recently began again after a LEGO® MRI was shared on social media by a LEGO employee helping to build...
LEGO Group Helps To Rebuild After German Flooding
A few months ago, part of Germany was affected by severe flooding. Several German villages were completely wiped out and three months on the region is still being affected. The LEGO Group along with the LEGO Foundation have donated €960k to help rebuild the areas affected, in particular, a number of kindergartens will be rebuilt to bring a little stability to the Childen still being affected by the flooding. Learn more below. The LEGO...
LEGO Foundation Announces Support Of Play Included
Ahead of World Autism Awareness Day later this week, the LEGO Foundation has announced their support of Play Included C.I.C., which uses LEGO® play for therapeutic purposes as part of the successful Brick-by-Brick™ programme. LEGO building has uses far beyond merely putting together a set and playing with it. As many have recently found, it can promote mindfulness and a unique form of escapism. LEGO play can also have...
LEGO Braille Bricks UK Launch
Today, The LEGO Group has announced that children with vision impairment across the UK are set to benefit from thousands of LEGO® Braille Bricks toolkits thanks to the Royal National Institute of Blind People’s (RNIB) work with the LEGO Foundation. LEGO Braille Bricks is a new playful tool to teach Braille to blind and visually impaired children, the kits including approximately 300 LEGO bricks that are specially moulded so that the...
LEGO Group Accelerates Sustainability Efforts
The LEGO Group have been making great strides to become a sustainable company. In recent years they have invested in wind power, smaller boxes and even elements made from plant-based materials. The next step in their mission is to phase out single-use plastic bags found inside LEGO® boxes. From 2021, recyclable paper bags will be trialled in set boxes. This is just a small part of a wider investment of up to $400m to help accelerate...
LEGO Braille Bricks To Launch In 20 Countries
After a successful pilot program, LEGO® Braille Bricks are set to be rolled out across 20 countries. The LEGO Foundation and the LEGO Group first announced the introduction of a unique new brick which has been inspired by Braille last year. The concept behind LEGO® Braille Bricks was to create a unique and tactile method of learning Braille and using it in other educational ways. Now toolkits featuring these new bricks are set to be...
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