Forgiveness doesn’t exist in isolation. It’s deeply connected to concepts like grief, empathy, shame, justice, and apology. We’ve created a series of resources for both young people and adults to explore these ideas and more. Please see below to begin your journey.
The Forgiveness Project believes that resilience, compassion, and understanding are essential to developing a deeper sense of our shared humanity.
We recognise that children and young people have the power to drive change by embracing new perspectives and turning their ideas into action.
We are committed to supporting schools and educators in empowering young people to explore forgiveness, justice, empathy, and compassion through the sharing of real-life stories.
The Philosophy for Children and Stories of Forgiveness lesson plans have been designed for schools to deliver in lessons, drop down days, tutor time or other timetabled sessions.
Philosophy for Children
A series of four resources for use within Philosophy for Children (P4C) enquiries, or as stand alone activities within lessons or tutor time.
Each resource includes a preparation activity, film link to a real life story of forgiveness, a concept mind map and example philosophical questions.
Stories of Forgiveness
A series of nine lessons exploring three topics: Forgiveness and Justice, Why do people forgive? and Forgiving the Unforgivable.
Each lesson includes a lesson plan, PowerPoint presentation with a film link to a real life story of forgiveness and a student booklet.
“I believe exposing students to models of healthy forgiveness and then having them analyze and reflect on the how’s and why’s that person came to forgive, gives them lifelong tools that transcend any academic lesson I could possibly teach them. To learn to forgive authentically and well is an essential life skill that is not attained by osmosis and, yet, if learned guarantees a happier, more fulfilled life.”
This training provides a grounding in Shame Resilience Theory and its application in facilitating a Shame Informed approach, including the use of specific creative techniques to support shame to be expressed safely.
Through guided reflection and creative writing prompts, this online workshop invites you to listen deeply, make meaning from the past, and begin your journey toward self-forgiveness.
Stories have the power to transform
Stories have the power to transform
Stories have the power to transform
Our mission is to use the transformative power of personal stories to foster understanding, bring hope, and restore our shared humanity.
Our mission is to use the transformative power of personal stories to foster understanding, bring hope, and restore our shared humanity.
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T: +44 (0) 7514 440263
E: info@theforgivenessproject.com
PO Box: 124 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, United Kingdom
Registered Charity Number: 1103922
© 2026 The Forgiveness Project. The Forgiveness Project is unaffiliated to any religion or religious entity, and owns the intellectual property rights for all images, videos, audio and text on this website, which should not be reproduced in any shape or form without express permission.
