Forgiving is not about forgetting what happened. Instead, it is about remembering in a different way so that the pain of the past does not determine the directions you take in your future.
The Forgiveness Education Programme is an 8 to 15 week curriculum designed for Primary and Post-Primary classrooms. The curriculum is teacher delivered and focuses on virtue based education from a developmental perspective. Children and young people are introduced to virtues such as kindness, generosity and caring to help them come to a better understanding of the concept of forgiveness and where it fits within the realms of justice and mercy. The curriculum has been developed by Robert Enright, PhD., an Educational Psychologist from the University of Wisconsin – Madison, USA.
Corrymeela offers training to teachers in curriculum delivery and also provides continual support and follow-up. The Forgiveness Education Programme is designed to compliment the Northern Ireland Revised PDMU Curriculum in Primary Schools and the Learning for Life and Work Curriculum in Post-Primary Schools.
If you would like more information on the Forgiveness Education Programme and how your school can take up the curriculum, please contact:
Becki Fulmer
Forgiveness Education Programme Coordinator
bfulmer@corrymeela.org (+44) 028 9050 8080
Corrymeela (Belfast)
8 Upper Crescent
Belfast
BT7 1NT
This programme is funded in coordination with The International Forgiveness Institute and The Corrymeela Community.