National Foundation for Giving Voice
More about Giving Voice
- Giving Voice is a self-help tool
- It can be done silently or out loud, individually or in groups
- It has been successfully used to address difficulties of all kinds, by countless people, including children (it was highly effective during the 'Foot and Mouth' crisis)
- Groups of any size - even hundreds - can be accommodated
- All ages and (dis)abilities can benefit - including babies
- No expertise, confidence or experience required, and lack of it can be an advantage!
| Giving Voice can | |
| Help individuals and groups/organisations find Peace, Ease and Harmony | Foster understanding |
| Foster the experience of equality | |
| Promote mental - and whole - health | Help us (re)discover enJOYment - and how to find it on a day-to-day basis |
| Help us find the joy beneath the pain | Help us (re)discover our purpose - as individuals and communities |
| Help us heal - ourselves and our relationships | Help us with just about anything - it's even been claimed that it "got me that job!" |
Those who have testified to the effects of GV has include:
- survivors of
- trauma
- bereavement
- chronic ill-health
- professionals of all kinds
Jill has introduced GV to numerous organisations,including
- The national conference of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy
- The United Religions Initiative and
- Through the Pain
She made a major contribution to South Cumbria LEA involving GV as a tool for children and adults to support themselves productively through the agricultural crisis affecting rural communities.
Publications carrying articles about GV include
- Community Health UK (Jan. 2001)
- Positive Health (Feb. 2001) - this includes case histories.
A full list of Jill's publications is available