Peace foundation partners university

WARRINGTON’S Tim Parry Johnathan Ball Foundation for Peace is collaborating with Liverpool University to hold a conference on the recovery of survivors of events such as terrorist attacks.
The “bounce back” conference will identify resilience factors and ways in which they be used both in policy and practice.
The conference will be at the foresight Centre, University of Liverpool on December 2.
Psychologists have identified resilience as a positive and optimistic attitude, necessary in order to cope with life and situations, especially after traumatic experiences.
Survivor of London’s 7/7 terrorist attack, Lisa French, will share her experience of such extreme trauma and the ways in which it has affected her life, subsequently including involvement in the Mines Advisory Group’s Cambodia Challenge.
Lisa is working closely with the Peace Foundation on a range of fundraising initiatives.
Other speakers include Frank Furedi, Professor of Sociology at the University of Kent who has published widely on issues such as health, parenting and children, food and new technology.
Joining him will be Ana Carden-Coyne, senior lecturer and co-director of the Centre for Cultural History of War at the University of Manchester and author of a range of publications on military history including Wounded Visionaries for the Guardian commemorative booklet series in 2008.
Peace Foundation Programme Manager, Jo Dover will discuss the Foundation’s Big Lottery funded programme, Survivors For Peace, which offers participants the opportunity to transform their experience of trauma into something positive.
The university’s head of Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology, Professor Sandra Walklate said: “This event brings theory and practice together in an interesting and novel way. We are really excited by the prospect of nurturing a meaningful and mutually beneficial relationship with the Foundation.”