Peace and Reconciliation United Kingdom Project #25554

The Forgiveness Project

by The Forgiveness Project

Project Report | Apr 14, 2021
Light at the end of the tunnel

By Rachel Bird | Director

Dear Friends,

For the last few weeks, life here in the UK has been slowly opening up - visits to families and friends, shops and restaurants opening. There is caution but great hope that we might soon be able to return to work in the 'real world'.

For the moment though we have been continuing our work online. Most recently as part of our Prison Chronicles series we held a conversation with Phill Iveson, a former staff member of HMP Parc in Wales. He talked with Sandra Barefoot from The Forgiveness Project about the power of vulnerability and sharing your story, the importance of compassion and knowing that, 'there by the grace of god go I'...

Our final talk in this series is this week with Jason Grant who will be talking with Sandra about identity, collective and systemic trauma and how sharing your story can sometimes do more harm than good. You can find out more on this and all our events here.

If you are a professional interested in learning more about our model then you may be interested in our course, Working with stories of lived experience – the transformative power of storytelling. A new course designed to explore approaches and perspectives relating to forgiveness, restorative narratives, shame and resilience. Dates for the summer course will be posted shortly.

Thank you so much for all your support through these very difficult times - the work wouldn't be possible without you.

Warmest wishes,

The Forgiveness Project Team

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Dec 16, 2020
Adapting to an uncertain world

By Rachel Bird | Director

Like everyone else the pandemic has meant that we have had to completely rethink how we work while we remain socially distanced.

The first phase of our adaptation work has been piloting how we can support and connect with people with the same depth, integrity and impact we would do in our face-to-face interactions. As part of this we launched two new programmes:

The F Word Podcast: A new podcast series that examines the complex, messy, gripping subject of forgiveness. Some have forgiven those who’ve harmed them, others are grappling with forgiving themselves. But all those featured on the show display a strength that has grown out of vulnerability and they all bear witness to the human search for meaning.

‘…they offer raw and often unexpected examples of what forgiveness can look and feel like in practice. Gripping, moving stuff that’s sure to stay with you.’ – Stylist Magazine

The Prison Chronicles: A series of online events exploring the work of our RESTORE prison programme. In conversation with our storytellers, former prisoners and prison officers this series reveals an unexpected world where the line between victim and perpetrator becomes blurred and where telling your story can save you from it.

‘This is without a doubt one of the most valuable, stimulating and moving "webinars" I have ever attended. There was not a moment in that hour that I was not deeply engaged (which is not at all normal for me when it comes to Zoom).’- Prison Chronicles Feedback

We very much hope that at some point in 2021 the F Word exhibition can go back on tour but until then we hope these talks provide new perspectives, understanding and hope for now and the coming year.

Thank you so much for all your support for our work.

Season greetings and warmest wishes from all the team at The Forgiveness Project

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Aug 19, 2020
A time for reflection

By Rachel Bird | Director

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