Resolving Conflict: Educating For Peace
Services Offered
Peace education is both education for peace and education about peace
The Project aims to develop an understanding of how conflict, if resolved creatively and without violence, can be a positive force for change.
We believe that everyone is special and that no-one should accept that violence and injustice are inevitable.
The main focus of our work is professional training courses and teaching materials for creative conflict handling for schools and staff in other organisations involving young people. We also offer a wide range of specific courses for adults working with young people. These are designed for each individual circumstance.
The work is undertaken by a team of education workers with a wide variety of professional skills. The current team includes teachers, former headteachers, counsellors, psychotherapists, further education lecturers and people experienced in international conflict resolution work as well as those trained in mediation skills. All have been vetted in accordance with our child protection policy.
The Project has a peace education library at the office in Edgbaston. It is open at the same times as the office but can be available at other times by telephone appointment. Books and other resources such as puppets, koosh balls, a parchute, videos and song CDs may be borrowed by individuals, schools and other organisations. Book boxes can be provided on request.
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How we can help
We run workshops with year groups 5 or 6 on peacemaker themes. We can train groups of students to be Peer Mediators. We train staff on the principles of creative conflict resolution. Options include:
- 10 week Peacemaker courses
- 2 day Peer Mediator training
- Inset days on conflict resolution skills
and we offer bursaries to help with the costs of the training. Contact us for more information on how we can help your school.
Latest News
We are recruiting a Peace Education Trainer to run our workshops on creative conflict resolution and peer mediation in schools, for children, young people and adults.
Support Us
We are looking for people interested in becoming freelance Education Workers with the project. Please see the Volunteer page for more details about what this involves. Finally, WMQPEP is always glad to hear from individuals, groups or grant-making trusts who would like to offer financial help to the Project.