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Catch up on the latest news, updates and posts from Beyond Conflict.NEW BC Podcast Series starts with Sir Terry Waite
Listen to the new Beyond Conflict Podcast series which kicks off with an interview with Founding Ambassador Sir Terry Waite.
Association of Surgeons in Training (ASiT) back Beyond Conflict at annual conference
The Association of Surgeons in Training (ASiT), the professional training body for the UK’s surgeons, spotlighted the work of Beyond Conflict at its annual national conference in Belfast on Saturday March 8, after voting to make us their Charity of 2025.
London Stock Exchange Group Foundation renews Beyond Conflict funding
The LSEG Foundation (London Stock Exchange Group) has agreed to make another major donation to Beyond Conflict to spend on projects supporting mental health in the Middle East region in 2025. We are immensely grateful and thank the Foundation for its belief in our work.
In addition, Beyond Conflict is delighted to announce that the LSEG Foundation CEO Luke Manning and Simon Wright, the former head and co-founder of one of Britain’s leading corporate communications consultancies serving the FTSE 100, will be joining us as strategic advisors in March 2025. Together, they will help the charity devise a strategy to grow and scale up our work.
Mental health support for those impacted by war, terrorism or displacement
Gillian Dare New Beyond Conflict Chair
Gillian Dare is Beyond Conflict’s new permanent Chair, taking over from the founding Chairman Edmund Newell. However, we are delighted that Ed remains on as a trustee.
Your Vote, Their Hope: Support Beyond Conflict in the My Favourite Voucher Codes July Poll!
This July, Beyond Conflict has been invited to participate in the My Favourite Voucher Codes monthly charity poll, where we have the chance to win 20% of their site’s monthly profits. We hope this will bring in vital donations to help our work but also leveraging a unique platform to get our message out to a wider audience. Please vote for free and spread the word.
Israel Project: Report
My psychological state improved and I felt that I was not alone in life. I felt I was with a supportive group. I learned breathing techniques that I used many times when I felt angry, stressed and anxious.” – One mother in the Balata refugee camp in Nablus
“This was a real gift. I was able to pause, breathe and create calm amidst total chaos.” – A person who benefited from the project
Palestinian West Bank Project: Report
Our communities are the very backbone of today’s world and this year’s awardees have truly demonstrated their dedication towards supporting a plethora of communities — large and small. Our winners act as a buttress for many. Of course, plenty of us feel like we have to do it alone but, with the help of these extraordinary organisations and the individuals who make them all possible, we never have to walk alone again.”
Beyond Conflict wins 2024 Best Mental Health Charity
Spirit of Ukraine concert raises £1,000 for Beyond Conflict
Beyond Conflict international panel event on children of war and mental health
After the end of World War II, the world promised the next generation a better future. For more than 460 million children today, that promise has been broken. Once more, terror casts its shadow over childhood on a global scale. The result is 1 in 5 kids impacted by war live with trauma and mental health problems. This event aims to discuss how we address this urgent issue.”
See Fernandes’ full speech >
Children celebrate their art work for War Through Children’s Eyes
Child of War launches to acclaim at Ukrainian Catholic Cathedral, London
Bishop Kenneth Nowakowski opens; HRH Prince Michael & Martin Bell attend
More than ever before, children today find themselves targeted, vulnerable and exposed to the full horror of modern warfare. As silent victims, it is children who stand on the frontline of the world’s most devastating conflicts, bearing the brunt of violence, trauma and loss.”
– Arabella Dorman, Award winning international war artist and Beyond Conflict Ambassador
As silent victims, it is children who stand on the frontline of the world’s most devastating conflicts, bearing the brunt of unspeakable violence, trauma and loss.”
– Arabella Dorman, the award-winning war artist
Beyond Conflict premieres CHILD OF WAR by ARABELLA DORMAN
From experience I know that the principal victims of modern warfare are civilians, and among these the children are the most vulnerable.”
– Martin Bell, the legendary war reporter
Beyond Conflict condemns the IDF missile attack on a humanitarian convoy in Gaza
March 27 2024 – Geneva Graduate Institute and Beyond Conflict co-host:”No Peace of Mind: Mental Health Under Military Occupation & War”
We at Beyond Conflict believe that tackling mental health provision for civilians and frontline workers in war zones is an urgent and necessary step towards building an enduring peace. Beyond Conflict is honoured to be part of this event and we thank the Institute for drawing the world’s attention to this cause.”
Beyond Conflict supports Palestinian project in West Bank
We’re here to help those in urgent need of mental health care in places of conflict. We also know that war trauma impacts across generations and can cause violence to spiral. Addressing mental health issues is therefore important for long-term peace building.”
Beyond Conflict supports project in southern Israel
I was pleased when the movement took up ‘Give Peace A Chance’ because I had written it with that in mind. I felt an obligation even then to write a song that people would sing in the pub, or on a demonstration. I remember hearing them all sing it – it was a very big moment for me. That’s what the song was about.”
John Lennon donates rare “Give Peace a Chance” record to BC
London Stock Exchange Foundation Donates to BC for new Israeli and Palestinian projects
First Music Therapy Project A Success, London’s Barbican Centre Supports Our Work
This exhibition will bear witness to the silenced voices of the innocents. War destroys countries but importantly, by destroying communities, families and children, it destroys our future. The damage to a child’s mental health reverberates long after the bombs have fallen silent. It will echo through generations unless we as a society confront it. We believe as a charity there can be no lasting peace unless the psychological fallout of war is addressed.
Beyond Conflict announces
“Child of War Exhibition 2024”
“War Through Children’s Eyes” supports Beyond Conflict
BC Mothers4Mothers campaign.
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Support us if you’re a mother yourself or in honour of your own mum. This project is about empowering mums and kids in refugee communities who need mental health support to overcome the past and look to the future.
Thanks to fundraising heroes
Compassionate Resiliance: A Reason For Hope
WHO recognises mental health as one of the greatest challenges facing the world today. There is still no single NGO committed to doing just this work on post conflict zones. Beyond Conflict wishes to change this.
Requiem concert for lost children of Ukraine raises funds for displaced families
Scoping mission shows need to expand support at Cox’s Bazar
These children urgently need safety, stability, child protection services, and psychosocial support.
The price of courage: Ukraine’s unfolding mental health crisis
Beyond Conflict: Statement on Ukraine Crisis, Appeal for Help
Beyond Conflict Appoints Edna Fernandes as Director
While many governments and NGOs are committed to easing the physical impact of conflict on civilians, there is an urgent need to address the severe psychological damage.
Heal Minds, Change Lives, Restore Hope
By Edna Fernandes, Co-Founder, Beyond Conflict
By Sheikh Ramzy, Beyond Conflict Ambassador
While many governments and NGOs are committed to easing the physical impact of conflict on civilians, there is an urgent need to address the severe psychological damage..
We would also like to thank Dr David Staples, CEO of the Grand Lodge of England, and Peter Lowndes, Pro Grand Master, for the donation to Beyond Conflict from the Untied Grand Lodge of England. The monies raised tonight will help fund our first project in Iraq.
Unfortunately, comments like ‘Why bother, they will grow out of it’, or ‘They are children and children are resilient’ are still common, especially among adults who have no concept of what living in a war zone actually means.
WHO recognises mental health as one of the greatest challenges facing the world today. There is still no single NGO committed to doing just this work on post conflict zones. Beyond Conflict wishes to change this.
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