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Theconf er encewasopenedbyJul i aSamuel ,FounderPat r onof Chi l dBer eavementUKandaut horofGr i efWor ks.Jul i a comment edt hat ,al t houghmanyar epr of oundl yuncomf or t abl e ar oundi ssuesofdi ver si t yanddi f f er ence,gr i efandber eavement ar euni ver salexper i ences.Sheencour ageddel egat est ot aket i me t obr i dget hegapofdi f f er encebyl i st eni ngt ober eavedpeopl eand aski ngt hem whatt heyneed. “ We’ r emor euni t edt hanwet hi nk, ” shesai d.“ Ther ear ecommonal i t i es anduni ver sal i t i es,butwear eal so uni queandi ndi vi dual .Theonl y wayt oknowwhatpeopl eneedi s t oaskandt ol i st en.Weneedt o gi vespacet ot hosewhoar enot speaki ngt ous,t hosewhohaven’ t beengi venavoi ceandt hosewho haven’ tbeenabl et ospeak.Ihope t hi swi l lbet hebegi nni ngofanew devel opmentwher eever ybodyi s hear dsot hatt heygett her i ght car et ohel pt hem whent heyar e ber eaved. ” Theconf er enceopenedwi t h Pi ct ur e:St ewar tChappel l ,CoChai rof af i l m,pr esent edbyJaneHar r i s I ncl usi onNor t hwi t hKar enPar r y ,Chi ef oft heGoodGr i efPr oj ect .A Execut i ve,I ncl usi onNor t h. Phot o LoveThatNeverDi es,madeby cr edi t :PaulHeap JaneHar r i sandJi mmyEdmonds, l ookedatt heexper i enceof ber eavementamongf ami l i esi nMexi coandt hei mpactofMexi can Dayoft heDeadr i t ual s.I nt hef i l m JaneHar r i scomment ed: “ Thedeat hofasonordaught eri sneveranat ur aleventandi sone t hatal lsoci et i esst r uggl ewi t h.I nMexi co,anunwi l l i ngnesst ot al k aboutachi l d’ sdeat hl eavesmanygr i evi ngpar ent sf eel i ngr ej ect ed andal one. ” Amongt hemanyi nspi r i ngspeaker satt heconf er encewasSt ewar t Chappel l ,CoChai rofI ncl usi onNor t h.Hespokeaboutt hebar r i er s f acedbypeopl ewi t hal ear ni ngdi sabi l i t yoraut i sm whensomeone di es.Hesai d: “ Peopl edon’ tusepl ai nl anguageaboutdeat h,l eavi ngpeopl ewi t h al ear ni ngdi sabi l i t yoraut i sm conf usedaboutwhathashappened.

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Pi ct ur e:Panelwi t hJul i aSamuel ,Chai r .Fr om l ef tt or i ght :Si rAl Aynsl eyGr een( Not t i ngham Tr entUni ver si t y) ,MohammedOmer( TheGar densofPeace,Musl i m Cemet er y) , Dhar machar i ni Ami t ashur i( Buddhi stHeal t hcar eChapl ai n) ,RevMar t i nAbr ams( Sout hpor tandOr mski r kNHSTr ust )Jul i aSamuel( FounderPat r onofChi l dBer eavementUK) , Cl i veLawt onOBE( Leadi ngI nt er nat i onalJewi shEducat or ) .Phot ocr edi t :PaulHeap

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“ T oer adi c at et hi sc r i mef r om ourc ommuni t i esand ec onomyi ti sc r uc i al t hatGov er nment ,bus i nes s esand s oc i et ywor kt oget her .Iam del i ght edt os eel i v edat a i ni t i at i v esl i k et heTI SCr epor tmaps hi ni ngal i ghtont hos e l oc al ar east hatar es t eppi ngupt hei ref f or t st oaddr es s t her i s k sofmoder ns l av er y . ” J us t i neCur r el l ,Di r ec t oroft heUKAnt i Sl av er yHel pl i ne s ay s :“ I ni t i at i v ess uc hast hi swi l l bet hec at al y s tf or ac t i on,pr ov i di ngani nf or medpi c t ur eofmoder ns l av er y andt r ans par enc yl i k ewehav enev ers eenbef or e.Iam pr oudt opar t nerwi t hTI SCr epor t ,s howi nghowuni que dat as et sc anunl oc kt hek eyt obet t erunder s t andi ngand pr ev ent i ngex pl oi t at i v es i t uat i ons . ” Say sSt uar tGal l emor e,CTO ofTI SCr epor t ,“ Whenwe s t ar t edl as tmont hwehadj us tov er200kl i v es uppl i er r el at i ons hi psbei ngmoni t or edf r om t heUK’ sl oc al gov er nmentbodi es .Wenowhav ec l os ert o500k r el at i ons hi psandgr owi ng,i nl es st han8week s .

Moment um i sgat her i ngandwi t hi t ,wehopet hepos i t i v e i mpac t . ” Any onec ans eehowt hei rc i t yi sf ar i ngonpubl i cs ec t or s uppl yc hai nt r ans par enc ybyc l i c k i ngont hei rc i t yor di s t r i c ton ht t ps : / / t i s c r epor t . or g/ publ i c s ec t or / uk t r ans par enc y r epor t / .Rat hert hanbei ngas t at i cs naps hot ,manyot herl i v e t r ans par enc ydat as et swi l l beaddedt ot hi smap,mak i ng i tt hebes tav ai l abl epi c t ur eoft r ans par enc yofc i t i esi nt he UK,us i nguni quedat as et st hatar enothel dany wher e el s e.

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