Friends of the Bereaved Families Forum

Leave a legacy

Help spread the Bereaved Families Forum message of peace and reconciliation in the UK by leaving a legacy to FBFF. Read more
Talking peace in person

‘I didn’t think about revenge. If you consider violence you are a victim again. I decided not to be a victim.’ – Bassam Aramin. Read more

Fundraising ideas

FBFF is always looking for new fundraising ideas. Please contact us if you’d like to help with an existing scheme, or run your own campaign.

Some of the ways you can use your enthusiasm, skills and contacts to generate more support for FBFF and the Bereaved Families Forum.

‘I didn’t think about revenge. If you consider violence you are a victim again. I decided not to be a victim.’ – Bassam Aramin.

1,000+	– number of Israeli and Palestinian families who belong to the Bereaved Families Forum and sadly growing every day
1,500+	– number of FBFF supporters in the UK who subscribe to our email newsletter
£1.2m+	– total funds raised here since 2004 to support peace-building activities in Israel/Palestine

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£50

keeps the Israeli and Palestinian PCFF teams in daily contact for a month

£100

meets the cost of their travel expenses as they work between the two communities

£300

funds a school dialogue meeting with both Palestinian and Israeli speakers

£500

will send one young person to a five-day summer camp, often their first exposure to ‘the other’

£1,500

meets 10% of the cost of a Narrative Workshop for 30 Israelis and Palestinians

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Judith Elkan’s life celebrated with classical and Middle Eastern music

Judith Elkan’s friends and FBFF supporters met at the New North London Synagogue on 19th June for a concert in her memory. The programme, planned to reflect Judith's musical tastes, included works by Mozart and Tchaikovsky as well as Israeli and Arabic songs. Read more
Judith Elkan, peacemaker

Chani Smith, former FBFF Secretary, pays tribute to Judith Elkan who died aged 92 on Thursday 24th February Read more
Breaking down walls of fear

An Israeli and a Palestinian, who each lost a sister, spoke online to hundreds of FBFF supporters about advancing reconciliation between their communities. Read more