Towards Inclusion Summer Programme arrived in Crawfordsburn Country Park this morning. Wild sea swimming followed by bacon baps rounded off the perfect morning. Check out Towards Inclusion Notice Board for details of more activities in August.

Superb outing this week to Portmuck via the Rinkha for Towards Inclusion newbies and veterans alike.

The final ‘Songs from the Fire Pit’ came from the beautiful WAVE By The Sea in the picturesque village of Killough. Thank you to Claire and staff for hosting us and to our musicians Julia, Seamus and Mark for keeping us entertained. Thanks also to Ray for driving the bus and for

Such welcome news that a search is due to begin for Robert Nairac. Our hope & prayer is that his body is recovered & returned to his family for Christian burial. Robert’s family have waited a long time to afford their brother this basic right. We remain grateful for the

A brave woman ! Well done Joanne. What a day! Rain & wind and nothing stopped you. All in aid of such an important charity K9 Search & Rescue (NI). Go you !

‘I would have to prepare myself for him to go and it broke my heart’. Such a harrowing account in which the trauma of such loss was unspeakable. The bravery evident in every word in the face of the utmost cruelty.

Every family member of the disappeared long for the day when their loved one is returned and they can give them a Christian burial. It is an agonising wait. For the search team within ICLVR it is both agonising & intense as they do all that they can to locate the body & return

In November last year Victims’ Commissioner Ian Jeffers said he was going. The FM & dFM have been in The Executive Office since February. Nearly 8 months on and not so much as a recruitment ad. And we’re told that TEO policies are ‘victim centred’! A bit like a donut?

Delighted to welcome you all to WAVE. The need for a trauma informed approach is essential. Great to spend time with you this morning.

Today on International Disappeared Day at a special event hosted by the US Consul James Applegate & his wife Sarah we remember those abducted & secretly buried in the Troubles & in conflicts across the world. It was a poignant day made all the more significant as ICLVR continue

Delighted to welcome the Cyprus Bicommunal Women’s Coalition to WAVE Belfast today. We had a lively discussion led by Dr Paul Gallagher from trauma education regarding trauma support & education, the bereaved, injured and the search for the disappeared. An amazing group of

Every day kindness comes in many forms across WAVE. Leanne who is an outreach worker was delighted to receive a beautiful gift from a client of three hand knit bats ! She loves bats, volunteering in bat rescue, which was very useful last week in WAVE Belfast! Such a thoughtful

Delighted that our partnership with Orla Lynch from UCC continues with the joint publication with our CEO Sandra Peake of ‘The Disappeared. The Hidden Victim’s of Northern Ireland’s Conflict’. Brendan Murphy’s iconic picture of such brave women from a 1997 family press launch

The WAVE Towards Inclusion Choir performed at the Whitla Hall as part of a celebration event for Queen’s School of Nursing and Midwifery. It was an honour to be invited - a special word of thanks to Billy, Raymond and Jim from Glengormly Methodist Male Voice Choir who helped us

Today we welcomed Dr Harry McCallum who has joined WAVE’s trauma education team. It is timely as the students are reengaging in introductory, undergraduate and post graduate trauma education courses which have commenced today. It is fantastic to have Harry’s expertise on the

We have an opportunity available for a Lead Administrator to join our Trauma Education team. Closing date for completed applications is 2.00pm on Tuesday 24th September. Lead Administrator, Trauma Education » Wave Trauma (wavetraumacentre.org.uk)