Turning Pain Into Purpose: Figen Murray OBE on Creating Martyn’s Law

Podcast: We Are PoWEr Podcast · powered by Simone Roche MBE and Northern PoWEr Women

Opublikowano: 2026-01-26

In this episode, we speak with Figen Murray OBE, psychotherapist, campaigner, and the driving force behind Martyn’s Law — about transforming unimaginable tragedy into national change. Figen shares how her son Martyn’s death in the Manchester Arena attack reshaped her life’s purpose and how determination, kindness, and what she calls her “mosquito mindset” helped move entirely new security legislation through Parliament. Figen’s story, from studying counter-terrorism to spending weeks in the House of Commons and Lords as her work was scrutinised, reveals the reality of building a law from the ground up, the emotional toll of campai...