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Our work in Northern Ireland

Our work in Northern Ireland

Between  October 2024  and Octover 2025, Jo has made 7 visits to different parts of Northern Ireland, impacting  over 1000 people. Starting in October with a event in Clonard Cathedral and ending  in partnership with the King’s Trust, the feedback has been extraordinary.  Here are some highlights. The event at Conard cathedral was with Patrick Magee and the questions carried on for one hour after the event ended. There were young people there studying peace studies from around the world…

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Highlights of our 40th anniversary year

Highlights of our 40th anniversary year

On 16 October, at St James Church in London,  we partnered with The Forgiveness Project, whose founder, Marina Cantacuzino, facilitated the conversation between Patrick Magee and me. Over 250 people were there; some came having heard me on the LBC in the morning. A week later, I spoke in Belfast with Pat Magee at Clonard Monastery, a place I could never have visited before the Peace process. We had a huge audience and were interviewed by Steve Stockman. After the…

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Event in Oxford – The Hardest Bridge

Event in Oxford – The Hardest Bridge

‘The Hardest Bridge’ Tuesday 3 February  7.30pm in the Auditorium, St John’s College, St Giles, Oxford OX1 3JP  Pat Magee and Jo Berry  will be present in person to speak and answer questions after the film. Also present will be the film’s director, Dr Imad Karam, an award-winning British-Palestinian film maker, and executive producer Howard Grace.  Followed by a drinks reception.  This event, jointly sponsored by OxPeace, the DPIR and Pusey House, is free and open to all. Registration is not required.  Followed…

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New Video!

New Video!

We are pleased to share a video at a unique event which took place in London at the London Irish Centre with  Troubles, Tragedy & Trauma.  Jo Berry and Patrick Magee in conversation with Collette Mackin followed by a Q&A session.  

Building Bridges for Peace in Belfast

Building Bridges for Peace in Belfast

Building Bridges for Peace at ‘Clonard Monastery’ in Belfast  on October 22nd. For more information and to register  see here. Join us at the iconic Clonard Monastery for a landmark event, marking 40 years since the Brighton Bomb. Jo Berry and Patrick Magee will come together to engage in an extraordinary dialogue that speaks to the courage, complexity, and transformative power of reconciliation. In 1984, Patrick planted the bomb that killed Jo’s father, Conservative MP Sir Anthony Berry. Despite this…

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EVENT- 40th anniversary of the Brighton bomb.

EVENT- 40th anniversary of the Brighton bomb.

  LIVE EVENT: Building bridges across the divide Tickets from the Forgiveness project at  https://www.theforgivenessproject.com/product/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. Despite the fact that Patrick killed Jo’s father, their story has become a profound example of reconciliation and the power of compassion. Their experience is unique…

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Crowdfunder for the 40th anniversary of the Brighton Bomb

Crowdfunder for the 40th anniversary of the Brighton Bomb

Please support our crowdfunder for the 40th anniversary by donating here. 40 years after Brighton Bomb – building bridges across the divide. PLEASE SUPPORT AND BE A PART OF AN INSPIRATIONAL year which will focus on shared humanity and compassion. In these divided times we will be spreading kindness and compassion world wide. concentrating on how to change from dehumanising to rehumanising, and how we move from blaming others to having unbounded empathy. Enhancing our crucial peace building work This…

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Kindness festival – 40 years of Building Bridges

Kindness festival – 40 years of Building Bridges

Time & Location 20 Mar 2024, 19:00 – 21:00 Frome Town Hall, Christchurch St W, Frome BA11 1EB, UK About The Event “I’m not an extraordinary person, but something extraordinary happened to me,” says Frome resident Jo Berry. After her father was killed in the Brighton bomb of 1984, Jo reached out to the ex-IRA combatant Patrick Magee who had planted it. Determined to avoid bitterness and blame, she’s been in an unprecedented dialogue with Patrick for the past 24…

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The Festival of Education

The Festival of Education

On July the 7th, Pat and Jo gave their first talk in person after a few years break. The response was amazing and the feedback and photos below capture the session very well. The title was ‘Making peace with the Enemy’, and the questions carried on after the talk was finished. Jo Berry and Pat Magee first met in 2000 in Dublin in a private house after his release from prison under the terms of the Good Friday Agreement. In 1984…

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New Trustee

New Trustee

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 world we live in today.’ Saba brings many unique attributes, outstanding skills and her shared passion for a peaceful world; we are very honoured to…

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