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The Forgiveness Project works at a local, national and international level to help build a future free of conflict and violence by healing the wounds of the past.

By collecting and sharing people's stories, and delivering outreach programmes, The Forgiveness Project encourages and empowers people to explore the nature of forgiveness and alternatives to revenge.

“Choosing the path to stop the cycle of violence is just as difficult as choosing the other path of anger and hatred.” – Elizabeth Turner (England)
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“I’ve gone from being a victim of crime to being able to see Billy’s point of view.” – Matthew James (England)
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“I have come to believe passionately in restorative justice.” – Linda Biehl with Easy Nofemela & Ntobeko Peni (South Africa)
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“I tried to hide my tears from the other prisoners: they wouldn’t have understood why I was crying about the pain of my oppressors.” – Bassam Aramin (Palestine)
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“Whether victim or perpetrator, part of being human is rolling up our sleeves and taking an active part in repairing harm.” – Katy Hutchison & Ryan Aldridge (Canada)
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“I knew that if I didn’t forgive, anger and bitterness would turn me into a person Charlotte would not have liked.” – Mary Foley (England)
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Latest News

TFP’s new Supporters’ Programme

The Forgiveness Project has been fortunate to attract much recognition and praise over its eight years in existence but fundraising for the organisation isn’t easy, and never more so than in these financially challenging times. Despite this work being hard to quantify and measure, we continue to receive a huge amount of evidence that demonstrates [...]

Latest Director's Blog

Healing Agony – outstanding new book on forgiveness

There is something mysterious and deeply rewarding about reading a book which perfectly and beautifully sums up an internal dialogue that you’ve been having with yourself for years. As founder and director of The Forgiveness Project, I’ve been exposed to many theories and analyses on the meaning of forgiveness, but nothing has been presented to [...]

Our work in Prisons

Ashfield YOI

We’ve been lucky to get a small amount of funding from the Communities Against Guns, Gangs & Knife Crime (Home Office) fund, to develop our work at Ashfield Young Offenders Institute. The aim is to create a rich resource that will be embedded within the whole fabric of the prison. We’ve already got key prison [...]