A School’s Journey of Recovery, 5 years on from the Manchester Arena Attack

Abstract

“Like many headteachers and school leaders, I had completed training around Prevent and counter-terrorism but, at the time, it didn’t really feel relevant to me. The responsibility of running a school with its external pressures meant that it simply didn’t feel like a priority. That all changed when I woke up on the 23rd May 2017 to the news that something terrible had occurred in Manchester the previous evening – a terrorist attack at a concert where the audience was largely comprised of young people.”

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CONTINUUM is a collection of stories of Australians and New Zealanders with first-hand experiences of the impacts of terrorism. Victims. Survivors. Families left behind. Communities picking up the pieces. All of us. CONTINUUM recognises the voices of survivors as powerful sources of hope for a society free from hate.