We are very excited to be adding a new Trustee to our brilliant team. Saba Ali is a Global Leader on Gender Equity and Hate Crime and a lived experience speaker. In her words, ‘I believe we all deserve an opportunity to be loved, cared for, treated with dignity and given equal opportunities in the diverse…
We received funding from the Coronavirus Community Support Fund, distributed by The National Lottery Community Fund to make a difference to young people living in communities affected by Covid 19. We impacted more than 1000 young people and 50 young people in ongoing smaller groups. The smaller groups were from a school in Tower Hamlets…
We now have the video of the remarkable talk which happened on the 21st anniversary of the first meeting. Twenty-one years ago, the inspirational Anne Gallagher, who sadly is no longer with us, hosted an extraordinary meeting at her home near Dublin. She had written: To heal the wounds of Northern Ireland, I believe…
We have funding from the Coronavirus Community Support Fund, distributed by The National Lottery Community Fund to make a difference to young people living in communities affected by Covid 19. We will help them strengthen their voice, resilience and empathy to become positive change makers. Jo Berry can start with her presentation of sharing the…
Watch recording here https://peacefultomorrows.org/building-bridges-for-peace-in-a-divided-world/ A rare opportunity to hear from an international group who are building bridges after experiencing adversity. Our guests will share how they transformed their pain and suffering into working for a more peaceful world. They will give examples of bridge building in their communities and reflect on their work…
In the 2020 Una O’Higgins O’Malley Webinar, peacebuilder Jo Berry shared her personal journey of reconciliation following the violent loss of her father, Sir Anthony Berry, who died in the IRA Brighton bombing of 1984. This year’s event, the third in Glencree’s annual lecture series, was hosted online due to restrictions of Covid-19 and attracted…
Jo Berry and Patrick Magee were interviewed last year by Neil Bartlett for the powerful event, 24 Hours of Peace. Now, an extract of the dramatic adaptation of the interview will feature as part of Reimagining Victory, a new online exhibition for Imperial War Museum launching today, 30th June 2020: Neil Bartlett, the creator of…
A Conversation with Scilla Ellworthy, Jo Berry and Liz Rivers, facilitated by John Sturrock by Core Solutions and Collaborative Scotland Wed, July 8, 2020 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM BST “If success or failure of this planet and of human beings depended on how I am and what I do … HOW WOULD I BE?…
Please join the online event where Jo Berry is on a panel to talk about Hope After Trauma. The event is organised by The Scottish Violence Reduction Unit (SVRU) and all are welcome. Be part of our remote audience on Wednesday 27th May 2020 to watch the inspirational Father Gregory Boyle, Jo Berry and Paul Gray…
Jo Berry with some students at Langdon Park School which is one of the schools we will be working in. New Funding Building Bridges is thrilled to have received funding to work in school in Tower Hamlets. The project will be carried out in schools, ‘Schools partnership for empathy based mutual respect’. As well as being…