Modern Stoicism grew out of a 2012 workshop at the University of Exeter, Stoicism and Its Modern Uses; the Stoicism Today blog followed that October under Patrick Ussher, and Stoic Week — designed with the cognitive-behavioural psychotherapist Donald Robertson among others — has run every October since. The organisation is registered in the UK as a not-for-profit company, receives no regular funding and is run by volunteers. What distinguishes it from most revivals is that it measures itself: participants complete wellbeing scales before and after, and the results are published whether or not they flatter. Stoicon 2025 was held on 18 October and Stoicon 2026 is scheduled for 17 October, both online.