Peacemakers have put together some ideas and activities that teachers can use in circles – to help build relationships and explore the social and emotional impacts of pupils’ experiences of lockdown. The activities are themed around the RESTORE framework: Recognition, … Continue reading →
Throughout recent years the UK has seen a worrying growth in violent crime – specifically knife crime. Official figures showed 2019 had the highest recorded knife crime cases in England and Wales since data collection began in 2010 [1]. Knife … Continue reading →
Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP) is a peer mentoring programme that aims to create safe and supportive learning environments by challenging bullying and abuse, building relationships and creating partnerships between schools and communities. MVP trains secondary school students to speak out … Continue reading →
Article by Rebecca Bollands, Deputy Head, Howes Primary School. The project started as an education project involving five Coventry primary schools and a Noh theatre group “Between the Stones”. The school communities learnt about the links between Coventry and Hiroshima … Continue reading →
The Peace Education Programme (PEP) is a media-based educational programme, created by The Prem Rawat Foundation. The purpose is to help participants explore the possibility of personal peace and discover inner resources – innate tools for living such as inner … Continue reading →
There are many videos dealing with Restorative Justice (RJ) on the Internet. Here we list some useful ones by topic. The RJ Process Giving victims a voice – Ministry of Justice video Restorative justice – Everything you need to know … Continue reading →
The lead for the new Coventry Restorative Justice (RJ) service, Claire Elwell, is keen to engage with schools to offer RJ for issues within schools such as bullying, and also, to recruit RJ Ambassadors who, working with the Coventry RJ … Continue reading →
A School of Sanctuary is a school that is committed to being a safe and welcoming place for all, especially those seeking sanctuary. This could be people whose lives were in danger in their own country, who have troubles at … Continue reading →
The following is a Peace Charter produced by the pupils Cardinal Newman Catholic School. Other schools could produce their own charters.
Continue reading →Show Racism the Red Card Competitions encourage young people from schools and other educational settings to produce creative work with an original anti-racism theme. In England, Wales and Scotland a competition is held annually and thousands of young people participate. … Continue reading →