Last month, Micheal and I were warmly invited to Essex Prevent Development Day, organised by Essex local authority. Micheal was asked to deliver a presentation on his personal experiences, alongside three other practitioners within the field, Damian Terrill, consultant psychologist for the Ministry of Defence; Kevin Everard, ex-military and now …

“Dear Micheal – I’d like to give you a personal thank you on behalf of my organisation and partners from Essex County Council, Southend and Thurrock unitary organisations along with the wider group of Essex based safeguarding professionals who were at the recent prevent development day in Essex. I know …

A project looking at links between mental health and terrorism in three English cities has been expanded nationwide after it found a significant number of people referred to counter-radicalisation programmes suffer some form of mental illness. Studies have suggested the prevalence of mental health issues among militants working together on …