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Peace charity launches film to tackle extremism in schools Peace charity launches film to tackle extremism in schools
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A peace charity is launching a film featuring four former extremists to help tackle extremism in schools. A peace charity has launched a film featuring four former extremists to highlight the issue to schoolchildren.
The Cheshire-based Tim Parry Johnathan Ball Foundation for Peace is unveiling My Former Life as part of an education programme it hopes to roll out to all UK schools. The Cheshire-based Tim Parry Johnathan Ball Foundation for Peace released My Former Life as part of an education programme which it hopes will be shown in schools across the United Kingdom.
It features an-ex jihadi fighter, US white supremacist, Irish Republican and a man who fought in Afghanistan. It shows an ex-jihadi fighter, a US white supremacist, a man who fought in Afghanistan, and an Irish Republican.
The charity said it showed the "brutal reality of extremism". The charity said the film depicts the "brutal reality of extremism".
'False promises' 'Sold false promises'
Its chief executive Nick Taylor said the film showed what led the individuals into extremism and violent conflict and how they had turned away from it. Chief executive Nick Taylor said the four first became extremists through being "sold false promises".
"They are sold false promises," he said. The film discusses how this is done as well as how they managed to turn away from extremism.
He said they also described why they had united with the foundation to "fight for peace" against those who used violence and terrorism to further their aims. Mr Taylor said they also describe why they had united with his foundation to "fight for peace" against those who use violence and terrorism.
"It was a very brave thing to do; not only to renounce their past violence but to admit it and share their experiences to help others," he said."It was a very brave thing to do; not only to renounce their past violence but to admit it and share their experiences to help others," he said.
The project, which includes a 15-minute extract from the film, will be launched before an audience of education chiefs and other agencies, including the police, at the Foundation for Peace centre in Warrington later. The project was launched before an audience of education chiefs and agencies, including the police, at the Foundation for Peace centre in Warrington.
He said the education resource was set to change the way extremism is tackled. Kelly Simcock, from the foundation, told BBC Breakfast: "I think the seeds are planted at a very early stage so we need to be getting to people as young as 11. This particular package is aimed at young people aged 14-19 but it can go to people much younger."
"We are hoping to roll it out into every school in the UK," he said. Mr Taylor said the project had received "positive feedback" after it was tested on more than 200 youngsters in schools and groups including multi-faith groups in Manchester, Leeds, Warrington and Liverpool.
Mr Taylor said the project had been tested on more than 200 youngsters in schools and groups including multi-faith groups in Manchester, Leeds, Warrington, Liverpool and had received "positive feedback". The foundation was established by the parents of Tim Parry, 12, and three-year-old Johnathan Ball.
The foundation was established by the parents of Tim Parry, 12, and Johnathan Ball, three, who lost their lives in the 1993 Warrington IRA bombing. The boys were killed in the 1993 Warrington IRA bombing.