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Jimmy Mizen: A boy who sparkled

05/05/2016JourneyBarry Mizen, charity, For Jimmy, forgiveness, hope, Jimmy Mizen, Lee, Lewisham, London, Margaret Mizen, peace, Safe Haven, Sparkle, young peopleAdmin

Jimmy Mizen was a 16 year old school boy from Lewisham, South East London who lost his life in an unprovoked attack in a bakery.

Help us rebuild Good Hope Café

04/12/2015Stories10000 Hands, a years supply of free coffee, autism, Barry Mizen, café of good hope, charity, coffee, crowdfunder, Drumbeat School, flood, For Jimmy, forgiveness, fundraising, good hope, Hither Green, hope, Jimmy Mizen, Lewisham, London, Margaret Mizen, peace, pledge, young peopleAdmin

We are raising funds to help renovate and reopen The Café of Good Hope in Hither Green, after it suffered a flood in September that’s left it empty and in disrepair due to the damage.

“I feel proud to have helped”

01/12/2015StoriesBarry Mizen, charity, For Jimmy, forgiveness, handprint, hope, Jimmy Mizen, Lee, Lewisham, London, Margaret Mizen, Safe Haven, WHY? Festival, young peopleAdmin

Aaron Bishop (19), from Catford, is a journalist who got involved with us at Southbank on our Peace Mosaic.

A pledge for peace

09/11/2015Storiescharity, For Jimmy, forgiveness, handprint, hope, Jimmy Mizen, peace, Peace Mosaic, pledge, Safe Haven, WHY? Festival, young peopleAdmin

During the creation of our Peace Mosaic at Southbank’s WHY? Festival, we asked individuals what their pledge meant to them.

“he was always smiling”

04/11/2015Storiesbook, charity, For Jimmy, forgiveness, hope, Jimmy Mizen, Justin Butcher, Margaret Mizen, peaceAdmin

In 2013, Margaret Mizen and writer Justin Butcher published Jimmy: A Legacy of Peace. Over the next few months, we’ll be publishing short edited excerpts from the book.

“I’d never been so deeply affected”

04/11/2015StoriesBarry Mizen, Bernadette Broderick, charity, For Jimmy, forgiveness, hope, Jimmy Mizen, Leeds Trinity Chaplaincy, Margaret Mizen, peaceAdmin

Bernadette Broderick, from Leeds Trinity Chaplaincy, organised Barry & Margaret’s recent visit.