Enabling communication between people of different nations would help to promote peace and understanding. In addition, if the UK is to make a success of increasing trade with the rest of the world after Brexit it needs people with language … Continue reading →
What does being a good neighbour mean? Who or what do we consider our neighbours to be, and just as importantly, who doesn’t feel part of a neighbourhood? These are age-old questions that have become even more relevant during recent … Continue reading →
Most of the following videos have a short advertisement at the beginning. Keeping the stories of Hiroshima alive 75 years after bombing by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 6 Aug 2020, 4m:27s Seventy-five years after the U.S. dropped a nuclear bomb on Hiroshima, … Continue reading →
The Professor of Evolutionary Ecology and Director of the Evolution & Ecology Research Centre at the University of New South Wales, Rob Brooks, published an insightful article on the origins of racism on The Conversation in July 2012. He finds … Continue reading →
Intisar Chowdhury became a national figure this year after the death of his father from coronavirus led to him questioning the health secretary, Matt Hancock, on live radio. After the death of George Floyd and the national conversation on racism, Chowdhury … Continue reading →
On June 25th, Why me? held a restorative listening forum, giving people the opportunity to come together and share their experiences of racism from the police and criminal justice system. This is a particularly pressing issue following the death of … Continue reading →
The 6th and the 9th of August (anniversaries of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki) are great opportunities to do some peace education. 2020 is especially significant as this year marks the 75th anniversaries. CND have produced an online exhibition, … Continue reading →
This is part of a project created by Miriam Monga, a student at Cardinal Newman Catholic School. BLM Ballerina Here I decided to use the ballerina to put across my message of equality because ballet is such an inherently white … 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 →