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Notice to contractors: Building Refurbishment Works
31st January 2025 NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS: BUILDING REFURBISHMENT WORKS AT 4 CHICHESTER PARK CENTRAL, BELFAST, BT15 5DU...
HIA Redress Applications Deadline
29th October 2024 HIA Redress Applications deadline is 2nd April 2025 WAVE Trauma (HIA) are delivering a...
Troubles Permanent Disablement Payment Scheme Explained
30th July 2024 Our Welfare Advice team have compiled a short video to help explain the ins...
WAVE 2024 Camino
20th May 2024 Over the last two weeks we have shared the journey of our WAVE 2024...
Omagh Bombing Inquiry Preliminary Hearings
30th April 2024 The independent statutory public inquiry into the Omagh Bombing has today confirmed that it...
Call for applicants to the Troubles Permanent Disablement Payment Scheme
5th March 2024 The Victims' Payment Board has sent leaflets to every home across Northern Ireland asking...
Quinn Family 25th Anniversary
12th July 2023 To commemorate the 25th anniversary of the arson attack in Ballymoney which killed three...
Towards Inclusion – New April Programme
3rd April 2023 The Towards Inclusion - April Programme - has been released. All WAVE clients are...
Towards Inclusion March Programme
1st March 2023 The new Towards Inclusion Programme for March 2023 has just been launched. Please follow...
WAVE Omagh Newsletter – January 2023
25th January 2023 Happy New Year to you all from everyone at WAVE Omagh. Welcome to our...
Towards Inclusion: Christmas 2022 to Easter 2023
9th January 2023 January 2023 Tuesday 10th - New Members Lunch 12-2pm Thursday 12th - Towards Inclusion...
DLD Winter 2022 Update
7th December 2022 Our WAVE Derry Londonderry have array of fantastic workshops and courses coming up.  Places...
WAVE Armagh Winter Newsletter
7th November 2022 There is so much going on in WAVE Armagh this winter. Take a look...
ANNUAL SILENT WALK FOR THE DISAPPEARED
1st November 2022 The 16th annual All Souls Silent Walk for the Disappeared will take place at...
Important Announcement For Choice Housing Tenants
14th September 2022 For any clients who are tenants of Choice Housing, please heed this announcement re....
Stories From Silence Update – “It doesn’t go away” September 2022
8th September 2022 Twenty new voices have been added to our expansive storytelling project "Stories from Silence"....
New Course: Trauma and Family
5th August 2022 Open Learning, Queens University Trauma & Family The programme has been designed to explore...
New Course: Trauma and Addiction – WAVE Omagh
Trauma & Addiction – WAVE Omagh   This course is designed for anyone wishing...
New Course: Approaches to Storytelling
Approaches to Storytelling: Conflict and Legacy, learning about the use of storytelling as a...
Ballymoney WAVE Rotary Club Award
25th July 2022 On Wednesday 20 July Sonja Tammen, Project Manager of our Ballymoney Centre, collected a...
Ballymoney Trip to National Trust Property, Springhill House
4th July 2022 Ballymoney clients today enjoyed a trip to Springhill House in Moneymore.  They had a...
Ballymoney Day of Reflection
27th June 2022 For the Day of Reflection, clients and staff in Ballymoney met to reflect on...
Donation from the North Irish Horse Historical and Cultural Association
The North Irish Horse Historical and Cultural Association, based in Dervock, kindly donated £210...
Celebrating Citizen Education and the Student Nursing Times Award
Wednesday 22nd June 2022 saw WAVE celebrate all that is good about our VSS...
DerryLondonderry Summer 2022 Update
24th June 2022 WAVE Derry Londonderry Summer newsletter. We have a variety of exciting workshops taking place...
Celebrating 30 years of WAVE Trauma Centre – 23 June 2022
While the 30th anniversary of WAVE’s founding occurred in 2021, it was not until...
Day of Reflection – 21st June 2022
23rd June 2022 Every year, on the 21st June, WAVE marks the annual Day of Reflection as...
Ballymoney Summer Update
21st June 2022 Ballymoney Update June 2022 PDF  
NORTHERN IRELAND TROUBLES (LEGACY AND RECONCILIATION) BILL
1st June 2022 We want to share a little information with you about the British Government’s Northern...
Ballymoney WAVE Spring Events
31st May 2022 Clients in WAVE Ballymoney enjoyed a number of day trips, arts & crafts, and...
Invitation To Tender
26th April 2022 Job Purpose WAVE are seeking to recruit a facilitator for the latest phase of...
Ballymoney Trip to the Titanic Museum
14th March 2022 WAVE clients from Ballymoney had a fantastic day exploring the Titanic Museum in Belfast....
Third Edition of ‘Injured on that Day’ launched at the Lansdowne Hotel
11th March 2022 WAVE Patron Colin Davidson welcomed guests to the Lansdowne Hotel for the launch of...
Seamus Maguire: Another of The Disappeared
3rd February 2022 WAVE, alongside the Independent Commission for the Location of Victims' Remains (ICLVR), appeals to...
Season’s Greetings
21st December 2021 All staff at WAVE Ballymoney wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy and...
Four Day Course – Storytelling
17th December 2021 Course objectives Understand the powerful and fundamental potential of storytelling in our everyday lives....
One Day Workshop – Impact of trauma on individuals, families at the end of life.
Thursday 18th March - 10am to 4pm This one day course will sensitively cover...
One Day Workshop – Advanced communication skills and working with trauma
Thursday 18th February - 10am to 4pm   This one- day course entails reviewing...
One Day Workshop – Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder: Hiding in Plain Sight
Fri 8th April 10am to 2pm   Do you know that Foetal Alcohol Spectrum...
One Day Workshop – Trauma and Victimology
Tue 8 March - 10am to 4pm   This one-day workshop will examine the...
One Day Workshop – Trauma and Post-Traumatic Growth
Tue 22 February - 10am to 4pm   This one-day workshop will delve in...
One Day Workshop – Moving Forward, Thinking Back: Reflective Practice for Coping after COVID
Wednesday 16th March - 10am to 4pm   “The more reflective you are, the...
One Day Workshop: Moral Injury and Repair in the workplace: From Veterans to Veterinarians
Wednesday 9th Feb 10am to 4pm COVID-19 has served to highlight, not only the...
Trauma Education – Post-traumatic Growth module at University College Cork
6th December 2021 Within the WAVE Trauma Education team, we continually seek to improve our learning materials...
Search for Columba McVeigh
25th November 2021 Oliver McVeigh whose brother Columba was abducted, murdered and secretly buried by the IRA...
ICLVR Welcomes Oireachtas Committee ‘Disappeared’ Information Call.
18th November 2021 18 November 2021. The joint United Kingdom and Irish Commissioners for the Independent Commission...
WAVE Omagh Newsletter
8th October 2021 WAVE Omagh’s Autumn/Winter newsletter. We have a variety of exciting workshops taking place as...
TROUBLES PERMANENT DISABLEMENT PAYMENT SCHEME (TPDPS) FAQ’s
31st August 2021 TROUBLES PERMANENT DISABLEMENT PAYMENT SCHEME (TPDPS) FAQ’s The scheme has been designed to provide...
Ballymoney Update July 2021
19th July 2021 See the link for an update on the many fun and interesting trips planned...
The Government may say their process is victims-centred but it is nothing of the sort.
15th July 2021 15 July 2021  The Government may say their process is victims-centred but it is...
WAVE on SoSNI Legacy Statement.
14th July 2021 Sandra Peake, the CEO of the WAVE Trauma Centre, the largest cross community victims...
Open letter to PM on Legacy Amnesty Proposals
5th July 2021 Prime Minister Boris Johnston MP, 10 Downing Street, Westminster, London SW1A 2AA. 5 July...
TROUBLES VICTIMS URGE PM TO RETHINK AMNESTY PROPOSALS
The WAVE Trauma Centre, the largest cross community victims and survivors support group in...
WAVE Omagh Summer Newsletter
29th June 2021 New chapter new beginnings - have a look to see what we have to...
WAVE’s Day of Reflection
21st June 2021 WAVE's Virtual Annual Day of Reflection is being broadcast tonight on NVTV @ 9.00pm....
Searching for the “Angel” who saved my life
30th April 2021 Peter was shot and paralysed during Northern Ireland's Troubles.  He is now hoping to...
BBC2 Saved by a Stranger
29th April 2021 For years Peter Heathwood has talked movingly about his care in Musgrave Park Hospital...
TROUBLES PERMANENT DISABLEMENT PAYMENT SCHEME TO OPEN ON 30 JUNE
27th April 2021 Judicial Communications Office 27 April 2021   TROUBLES PERMANENT DISABLEMENT PAYMENT SCHEME TO OPEN...
NESBITT AND HAIN WELCOME INJURED PENSION COMMITMENT.
12th April 2021 Actor James Nesbitt, a long time patron of the WAVE Trauma Centre, and former...
Easter has arrived at WAVE Armagh
26th March 2021 Our clients participated in our online Easter Wreaths Zoom Workshops with Charlene on Wednesday...
The Troubles Permanent Disablement Scheme
26th February 2021 A welcome development with the appointment of the Board members for the Troubles Permanent...
Appointment of President of Victims’ Payment Board 01.03.2021
24th February 2021 Our Best wishes to Justice McAlinden who has been appointed the President of the...
Regional Newsletters
19th February 2021 We're excited to bring you news and updates from the five WAVE Centres. Please...
Towards Inclusion Project – National Lottery Funding
18th February 2021 [embed]https://twitter.com/WAVETrauma/status/1359193513875890180[/embed]
Medical students placement
19th January 2021 We are delighted to welcome 3rd year medical students from QUB on placement. It’s...
Ivan Toombs 40 Year Anniversary
17th January 2021 A brave and poignant reflection about the loss of a father and grandfather Ivan...
Paul Quinn New Gardai Investigation
Paul Quinn was 21 years of age. He had his life ahead of him....
Teebane Massacre Anniversary Reflection
Today is the 29th anniversary of the Teebane massacre. We think of all of...
Remembering Norman Houston
12th January 2021 Such sad news that Norman Houston has died suddenly. He was hugely supportive &...
New Developmental Trauma Course
New Developmental Trauma Course - 4 weekly sessions on Mondays 10am to 11.30am, starting...
Remembering Prof Jean Orr
11th January 2021 Today we remember Professor Jean Orr on the 1st anniversary of her death. Jean...
#100 Days Of Wellbeing
10th January 2021 We are delighted that our esteemed patron Colin Davidson has helped us launch a...
STATEMENT FROM WAVE TRAUMA CENTRE ON SOSNI ALLEGATION THAT HE WAS ASKED BY WAVE NOT TO ENGAGE ON LEGACY ISSUES
2nd December 2020 What we made clear to the SoS was that the timing of the Written...
SILENT WALK FOR THE DISAPPEARED Press Statement
2nd November 2020 Statement Release:     1 November 2020 SILENT WALK FOR THE DISAPPEARED The 14th annual...
Columba McVeigh Appeal
31st October 2020 Halloween bears painful memories for Dympna. Her younger brother Columba McVeigh was abducted in...
Omagh Centre – Update
28th October 2020 WAVE Omagh Centre remains open for the provision of support and services to you,...
Victims Payment Scheme Minister of Justice Update
27th October 2020 Update from the Minister of Justice Naomi Long regarding the Victim Payment Scheme We...
BACP accreditation successfully renewed
21st October 2020 In these trying times it is great to have some good news! We have...
‘Secretary of State Deluded On Northern Ireland Legacy Proposals’ WAVE Trauma Centre
20th October 2020 The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Brandon Lewis MP, is ‘dangerously deluded’ if...
WAVE Legacy Letter to MPs
20th October 2020   Houses of Parliament Westminster London SW1A 0AA   To All...
News coverage today on Victim Payment Scheme – Press Statement
25th August 2020 We wanted to share our press statement about the news coverage today on the...
Jennifer McNern – Injured Pension Judicial Review
17th August 2020 Jennifer McNern who lost both her legs in the Abercorn Bomb atrocity in 1972...
Masterclass Trauma Studies Post Graduate University College Cork
30th July 2020 Masterclass Trauma Studies Post Graduate University College Cork Tuesday 4 August at 7pm via...
Post Graduate Diploma in Trauma Studies
5th July 2020 An Invitation to join us on the online Post Graduate Diploma in Trauma Studies...
Tributes to Paddy Cassidy
24th June 2020 The news that Paddy Cassidy, one of the Injured Campaigners, has died is devastating. ...
Day of Reflection – NVTV Coverage
21st June 2020   [embed]http://www.nvtv.co.uk/shows/wave-day-of-reflection-2020/[/embed]
Day of Reflection 2020
On the Day of Reflection held each year on the 21st June, the longest...
Now recruiting for PG Dip in Trauma Studies at University College, Cork
12th June 2020 Now recruiting for the Post Graduate Trauma Studies Online Pathway !!!! We are delighted...
Lord Hain on the Injured Pension Delay
2nd June 2020 Lord Peter Hain addressing the House of Lords today raised concerns regarding the delay...
National Volunteers Week – Time to say thank you
Celebrating National Volunteers Week - 1 June to 7 June 2020 with a huge...
WAVE Remembers
29th May 2020 Friday 29 May 2020 was the day when injured people throughout Northern Ireland should...
The Long, Long Road
Friday 29 May 2020 should have been a day of celebration for injured victims...
Trauma Education Workshops
27th May 2020 A selection of Trauma Education Workshops are now available through Eventbrite. Log in through...
Mental Health Week – Tommy Larkham Poetry
23rd May 2020 As Mental Health Awareness week draws to a close we wanted to share with...
Pending legal action regarding the Victim Payment Scheme.  
22nd May 2020 The first stage in a potential legal action against the Northern Ireland Executive for...
Coronavirus – Additional information & advice
21st May 2020   Our Welfare Advice service at WAVE Trauma Centre continues to operate by telephone...
Coronavirus  &  Employment
Our Welfare Advice service at WAVE Trauma Centre continues to operate  by telephone and...
Budget Energy Launch £50,000 Covid-19 Response Fund
20th April 2020 Budget Energy NI, a leading electricity supplier in Northern Ireland, have launched a ‘Covid-19...
BELLS TO RING OUT FOR LYRA.
18th April 2020 Bells will be rung in churches in Belfast and Derry tonight at 8.30pm (Saturday...
Transgenerational Trauma
16th April 2020 The two tables below developed by Damien McNally, one of our trauma education facilitators...
Online Scams and COVID-19.
About scams Scams are when criminals use lies and deceit to fool you into...
Resiliency
15th April 2020 Isabel Stewart, Trauma Education Officer gives the first in her series of talks on...
Easter Wishes
10th April 2020 This Easter the team at WAVE wish you hope, safety and good health. Please...
Trauma & Resilience
9th April 2020 Isabel Stewart, Trauma Education Officer shares her first video in a series on Trauma...
Candles for the Disappeared ballad
6th April 2020 On Palm Sunday for the last 20 years the families of the disappeared have...
Online Mass for the Disappeared.
5th April 2020 A special Palm Sunday Mass for the Disappeared was streamed online today (Sunday 5...
Elsie Frizzell
3rd April 2020 The funeral for our dear friend   is being held this morning.  Given the current...
Coronavirus & Welfare benefits update
Our Welfare Advice service at WAVE Trauma Centre continues to operate  by telephone and...
Stormont Budget – Injured Person’s Pension
The WAVE Injured Group which led the decade long campaign for acknowledgement and recognition...
Jean Caldwell Retirement
30th March 2020 The end of an era in WAVE Omagh came on Friday when Jean Caldwell...
Benefit Changes – Health & Disability
WAVE Trauma Centre welcome’s the suspension of all reviews and reassessments for health and...
Important message from Jon Boutcher – Head of Operation Kenova
23rd March 2020 "Any review is only as good and through as the information it has access...
Dealing with the Legacy of the Past
If the British Government presses ahead with legislation on ‘Dealing with the Legacy of...
COVID-19 Update 23rd March 2020
Just an update to you all,  to say that services are still ongoing and...
Covid 19 Update – 18th March 2020
18th March 2020 WAVE Trauma Centre wants to reassure all those who need our services that we...
Welfare Advice on Benefits in relation to Covid-19
11th March 2020 WAVE Welfare Advice Team wish to advice our clients that the Department for Communities...
Covid-19 Update
WAVE Trauma Centre are continuing to remain vigilant surrounding the health and wellbeing and...
International Women’s Day
10th March 2020 There was such love & respect on #InternationalWomenDay2020 at WAVE On Sunday 8th March...
Wellness Day – Newry
9th March 2020 WAVE Trauma Centre Armagh will be hosting an information event on Wednesday 1st April...
Mens Health Day @ Wave Omagh – Tuesday 3rd March 2020
6th March 2020 Thank you to all who attended the Mens Health Day at Wave Omagh on...
Quiz Night
19th February 2020 Please join us for an iPAD Quiz Night on Friday 6th March at Fortwilliam...
Cook It @ WAVE Omagh
12th February 2020 A great day was had by all when Cook It came to Omagh, with...
Statement from NIO Re Victims Payment for those severely injured.
31st January 2020 The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, the Rt Hon Julian Smith CBE MP,...
Drypoint Printmaking Workshop @ WAVE Omagh
24th January 2020 Clients at Wave Omagh and also Cookstown had a great day at our Drypoint...
Flower Arranging – WAVE Armagh
20th December 2019 The WAVE Armagh Craft Group finished up for Christmas with a party and flower...
Newry Drop In Christmas Party – WAVE Armagh
18th December 2019 Newry Drop In held their annual Christmas Party today (18.12.19) in Altnaveigh House. This...
Annual Christmas Draw Night @ WAVE Omagh
WAVE, Omagh held their annual Christmas draw last night raising a magnificent £1258.00, funds...
Advice NI warning for workers claiming Universal Credit at Christmas
Employees who are paid early at Christmas may be affected by a flaw in...
Christmas Markets Bus Trip – WAVE Armagh
17th December 2019 On Wednesday the 11.12.19 we (Armagh Centre) had our annual Christmas Bus Trip. We...
Annual Carol Service @ WAVE Omagh
12th December 2019 Annual Carol Services, WAVE Omagh We held our 11th Annual Carol Service and supper...
Christmas Bus Trip – WAVE Omagh
9th December 2019 On Wednesday our Omagh Centre had our Christmas Bus Trip. We stopped off at...
JAMES NESBITT PAYS TRIBUTE TO ‘DISAPPEARED’ CAMPAIGNER.
6th December 2019 Northern Ireland actor James Nesbitt, a patron of the WAVE Trauma Centre and long...
Trauma and the Family Course in Ballymoney
3rd December 2019 Thursdays – 6th, 13th, 20th, 27th February 2020   This programme has been designed...
Derry Londonderry Coffee morning
2nd December 2019 We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who attended our coffee...
Fundraiser Coffee Morning @WAVE Belfast
Please come along to our Coffee Morning Fundraiser for WAVE on Friday 13th December for...
Derry Londonderry Watercolours class
A group of budding artists have now completed a 12 week Watercolours course facilitated...
Upcoming Coffee morning in our Derry Londonderry office on Monday 2 December 2019 from 10.30 am – 12.30 pm
27th November 2019
Community Workshop at WAVE Derry
Johann Coyle and Alan McBride addressed an audience in St Mary’s Chapel, Creggan, last...
Decoupage Workshop @ WAVE Omagh
22nd November 2019 Today our WAVE Centre Omagh went to Cookstown were we had a Decoupage Workshop...
DAGW Complete Trauma & Addiction Course
20th November 2019 Participants from DAGW, Belfast successfully completed their Trauma and Addiction course facilitated by Rosemary...
Decoupage Workshop @ WAVE Omagh
At our WAVE Centre Omagh today we had a Decoupage Workshop hosted by Charlene...
Derry Londonderry Newsletter
19th November 2019 Have a look at what is coming up in our Derry Londonderry Centre this...
Ballymoney Update October 2019
12th November 2019 Take a look through our Update and see what events and programmes are coming...
Cook It Workshop @ WAVE Omagh
7th November 2019 Today our Omagh WAVE Centre went to Cookstown for our Cook It Workshop. Here...
Drink Wise Age Well Information Session @WAVE Omagh
6th November 2019 Today in Omagh Centre we had Catherine Mullin from Drink Wise Age Well providing...
Cliff Edge NI Coalition
30th October 2019 WAVE Trauma Centre has joined a broad coalition of organisations concerned about the cessation...
Welfare News
Check when your PIP award is ending! It is important for recipients of Personal...
History Night with John Gray
28th October 2019 WAVE would like to say a big thank you to everyone who came along...
What If
23rd October 2019 This week has been a very poignant one for Gina Murray. Gina lost her...
WAVE Injured Heroes
22nd October 2019 WAVE would like to acknowledge the campaigning work of a remarkable group of individuals,...
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Warnings from History
11th October 2019 [foogallery id="1853"] WAVE Board members Mark Kelly and Peter Heathwood were joined by Ann...
Paul runs for WAVE
9th October 2019 I have been working in the WAVE Trauma Service (Armagh) since September 2018. During...
Lord Hain visits WAVE
8th October 2019 WAVE were delighted to welcome Lord Hain to WAVE yesterday  (7th October).  Lord Hain...
Local History Night to be held @ WAVE Belfast
24th September 2019 WAVE are hosting a Local History Evening with local historian John Gray, at 7.30pm...
Training Opportunity @WAVE Omagh
23rd September 2019 Exciting opportunity – WAVE Trauma Centre Omagh, October 2019   Queens University accredited, 4...
Hear My Voice
20th September 2019 Hear My Voice WAVE would like to thank Movie House Glengormley for showing the...
St Ciaran’s College raise £200 for WAVE!
17th December 2018 A 'Big' thank you to Adrianna, Katie and Kayleigh, Year 10 students at St....
Autumn Update at WAVE Derry Londonderry
9th October 2018 Here is what is happening at the Derry Londonderry centre over the next few...
What’s on in Omagh this Autumn and Winter
8th October 2018 Take a look at what is happening in the Omagh centre over the next...