STORIES HAVE THE POWER TO TRANSFORM
The Forgiveness Project shares stories of forgiveness in order to build hope, empathy and understanding.
upcoming live event
Building bridges across the divide
On the 40th anniversary of the Brighton bomb, Patrick Magee and Jo Berry will be in conversation with Marina Cantacuzino, founder of The Forgiveness Project. The discussion will focus on the courage and complexity of a healing journey developed over 24 years.
STORIES HAVE THE POWER TO TRANSFORM
The Forgiveness Project shares stories of forgiveness in order to build hope, empathy and understanding.
Mary Blewitt
"I couldn’t sit around and wait for something to happen, so I started my own organisation – SURF."
Denise Green
"Forgiveness was not a word I used at first, but hearing the bitterness and anger I knew I didn’t want to go down that road."
Lorenn Walker
"Forgiving my attacker was easy...But forgiving myself for what happened took me 25 years."
Thordis Elva and Tom Stranger
"Regardless of whether or not he deserved my forgiveness, I deserved peace."
Mary Blewitt
"I couldn’t sit around and wait for something to happen, so I started my own organisation – SURF."
Geoff Thompson
"Forgiveness is pragmatic. It offers a real and lasting vengeance."
upcoming live event
Building bridges across the divide
On the 40th anniversary of the Brighton bomb, Patrick Magee and Jo Berry will be in conversation with Marina Cantacuzino, founder of The Forgiveness Project. The discussion will focus on the courage and complexity of a healing journey developed over 24 years.
Mary Blewitt
"I couldn’t sit around and wait for something to happen, so I started my own organisation – SURF."
Denise Green
"Forgiveness was not a word I used at first, but hearing the bitterness and anger I knew I didn’t want to go down that road."
CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP
Self-forgiveness: Making meaning as a foundation for change
This online workshop invites participants to deeply listen, reflect and explore through creative writing prompts how making meaning can support us to reconcile ourselves with what has gone before and journey toward self-forgiveness.
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Clinging onto Hope
A conversation with a Palestinian and an Israeli father
How can we harness hope and hold onto humanity as the Israel-Palestine conflict intensifies global divisions? In this recording The Forgiveness Project’s founder, Marina Cantacuzino, talks to Bassam Aramin, a Palestinian and Rami Elhanan, an Israeli, whose lives were brought together by grief.
WATCH NOW
Clinging onto Hope
A conversation with a Palestinian and an Israeli father
How can we harness hope and hold onto humanity as the Israel-Palestine conflict intensifies global divisions? In this recording The Forgiveness Project’s founder, Marina Cantacuzino, talks to Bassam Aramin, a Palestinian and Rami Elhanan, an Israeli, whose lives were brought together by grief.
