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The Hidden Cost of Trauma: a journey through the history of healing at the first-ever Scar Free Foundation Annual Lecture
An evening exploring trauma’s hidden costs, and how reconstruction has changed for the better, led by expert psychiatrist Professor Sir Simon Wessely
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You’re invited: Professor Simon Wessely to deliver inaugural Scar Free Foundation Annual Lecture
Please join us for Prof Wessley's lecture 'Facing forward and backward: the visible and invisible cost of trauma' on Tuesday 21 October 2025
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HRH The Duchess of Edinburgh sparks new project on conflict-related sexual violence
The Duchess, our Royal Patron, visited Swansea University to discuss SPARC, a new initiative to help survivors of conflict-related sexual violence in DRC.
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Celebrating 25 years of The Scar Free Foundation
It's our birthday! And we'll share a special message if we want to...
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The Scar Free Foundation Symposium 2024
Find out what happened when we brought the brightest minds, at the cutting-edge of scar free research, together.
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