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Established in 1987 by British Quaker Alec Davison,[1] Leap Confronting Conflict is a UK-Based educational and skills charity who prevent the escalation of everyday conflict into destructive behaviour and violence by giving young people and the professionals that work with them the skills to understand the causes and consequences of conflict.

Leap Confronting Conflict was the winner of the Civil Society's Charity of the Year in 2009[2]

History

Leap was launched in 1987 with the support of the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust and the Quaker Peace Committee; in the following year the charity received three years of funding from the Department for Education and Science. Published in 1992, Leap’s first training manual entitled “Playing with Fire” sold out and was subsequently published by the New Society Press in the United States of America. This was followed by a handbook for young people entitled Fireworks! in 1993

In 1999, Leap Confronting Conflict became an independent registered charity and launched the Young Mediators Network (YMN) whilst Leap’s Quarrel Shop became the first Leap project to gain formal OCN accreditation. 2002 saw Leap expand their outreach to Glasgow as they launched their first gang project in the city.[3] The organisation’s conference “Gangs! What Gangs?” delivered in 2003 was marked by a major piece in The Guardian.

The Institute for Public Policy Research recommended Leap’s work in educational institutions in 2006 as Leap published it manual, “Working with Gangs and Young People”. The following year saw the charities expansion as Leap recruited regional staff in Yorkshire and the South West following which the Department for Children, School and families awarded the charity Pathfinder status

At the 2009 Charity Awards, Leap had the honour of being the Overall winner as well as winning the Children and Youth Category.[4] As of 2010, Leap is now working with over 8,500 young people, 1,600 adults and 200 organisations each year

Mission, Values & Core Principles

Leap's vision is a nation of young people constructively managing conflict in their communities. Leap believes that conflict is inevitable in the lives of young people; however managed creatively can be an opportunity for personal development. Leap has therefore developed innovative and accessible models for understanding and managing conflict. Leap has a set of core principles which form the foundation of their work – developing potential, being responsible, creating communication and developing community.

Activities and Programs

Leap works nationally with young people and adults, helping them to understand and manage the everyday conflict in their lives, and supporting them to become role models and leaders of positive change.

Leap has innovated many programs in conflict resolution[5] which include Peerlink, a national peer mediation and youth conflict resolution network and support project; Quarrel Shop, a training course for 16- to 21-year-olds in peer mediation and conflict resolution and Working with Gangs, a course based on training and research in the area of gangs and territorialism in communities around the UK.

Leap is currently working in conjunction with Leeds Metropolitan University to develop a Level 4 Certificate in Youth and Conflict[6] which will study the factors behind conflict and develop skills whilst working with young people.

Media

On 20 November 2011; Leap was the feature of a BBC Lifeline documentary, originally broadcast on BBC One.[7] The ten-minute documentary gave an overview of Leap's work and featured Brooke Kinsella, sister of the violence victim Ben Kinsella and notable for her role in television soap EastEnders, making an emotional plea on behalf of Leap Confronting Conflict.

References

  1. ^ "Leap Confronting Conflict". Quakers in the World. Retrieved 2012-07-30.
  2. ^ "Overall Winner". Civil Society. Retrieved 2012-07-30.
  3. ^ Carnochan, John. "CIRV - 2010 Third Quarter Progress Report". Violence Reduction Unit. Retrieved 2012-07-30.
  4. ^ "Children and Youth". Civil Society. Retrieved 2012-07-30.
  5. ^ "Conflict Resolution". national Council for Voluntary Youth Services. Retrieved 2012-07-30.
  6. ^ "Certificate Youth and Conflict". Leeds Metropolitan University. Retrieved 2012-07-30.
  7. ^ "Leap Confronting conflict". BBC. Retrieved 2012-07-30.
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