BRADFORD on Avon Friends of Palestine will be holding a day-long conference entitled War On The Mind: Trauma, Survival and Resilience: A Conference on Mental Health in Palestine and Israel which will be on the impact of oppression and conflict on the mental health of Palestinians and Israelis - as individuals, but also as communities and societies.

They will be hosting a panel of high-profile speakers visiting from all over the UK. , and one travelling specially over from Canada.

All the speakers are mental health specialists who have close links to the region from extensive experience working there, and, for some of them, because they themselves are of Palestinian or Israeli background.

It will be on March 14 at St Margaret’s Hall. Tickets are £30/£20 con incl a light lunch.

Book at Ex Libris The Shambles, Bradford on Avon or via: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mental-health-conference-war-on-the-mind-trauma-survival-and-resilience-tickets-93792424667