Amnesty International UK Student Action Network
Anti-Bullying
Network Website of the Scottish Anti-Bullying
Network that provides
information and advice on all things bullying.
-
Beat
bullying - need2know
"Bullying can mean doing or saying something that deliberately hurts, threatens or frightens someone. Use this site to find out how to sort out the situation you're in or where to go if you need help".
- BeforeYouSignUp.info
- an independent information service about enlisting in the UK armed forces. Get the facts before you sign up.
- Better World links
massive collection of links with sections on Peace and on Youth
- Bradford University Department of Peace Studies
Bully Free Zone
Aims to raise awareness of alternative ways of resolving conflict and reducing bullying
- Camas Centre (part of the Iona Community)
"...
offers a unique adventure to all. Many young people and adults have
found their visits both memorable and meaningful through discovery and
recreation, laughter and conversation, peace and activity coming
together in this beautiful place. "
- Centre for Peace and Reconciliation Studies - Coventry University
Childrens
& Teenage Books from News From Nowhere Radical & Community
Bookshop, Liverpool
-
Children
Learn What They Live
Poem by Dorothy Law Nolte
- Christians Aware
"an
international and ecumenical movement aiming to develop multi-cultural
understanding, raising awareness of the gifts and needs
of God's people everywhere."
- Conflict and Change School's work
... just one part of the work of this project established in Newham in 1984 as a response to the
social tensions arising from economic change and population shift. -
Conflict Resolution Network
offers Conflict Resolution skills to
build stronger organisations and more rewarding relationships.
Connect
part of the Interfaith Nework UK - encourages
young people to get involved with inter faith activity and bridge
building between communities. Connect aims to
provide ideas and inspiration for you to get involved and begin your
own initiatives.
Counselling Directory
They
aim to give counselling advice and information, connecting those in
distress with the largest support network in the UK . The website lists
counsellors and psychotherapists who are registered with a recognised
professional body or those who have sent the website copies of their
qualifications and insurance cover.
- Ctrl.Alt.Shift , a Christian Aid Initiative:
"
isn’t here simply to raise awareness - we want to bring about change.
So for every issue that we highlight, we offer you easy ways for you to
help. You can comment and interact with articles and even the upload
your own images and video to start debate and conversations. "
- Cultural Diversity and Anti-Racism links...
from SALTO-YOUTH - Support, Advanced Learning and Training Opportunities within the European YOUTH programme
- CyberMentors
A
BeatBullying project: " all about young people helping and supporting
each other online. If you're being bullied, or are feeling a bit
low, or are maybe troubled by something and you're not sure what to do
or who to talk to, then CyberMentors is where you can go for
help. It doesn't matter how big or small you think the problem
is, or whether you're being targeted online or offline, CyberMentors
are here to listen and support you."
- Discovering Diversity
...
a three-year project aimed at providing teaching materials for use by
teachers and pupils with the objective of exploring issues of diversity
and tolerance.
- Diversity and Dialogue
...
aims to build trust, address stereotypes and promote community cohesion
between young people from diverse backgrounds throughout the UK through
dialogue and social action programmes about controversial and timely
issues.
- Eurokid
An anti-racist and inter-cultural website, seen through the eyes of young people from Spain, Sweden, Britain and Holland.
-
European
and Middle East Young Friends EMEYF is a loose
group of Quakers aged between 18 and thirty-ish
from all over Europe and the Middle East.
- A FORCE MORE POWERFUL - The Game of NONVIOLENT Strategy
" the first and only interactive teaching tool in the field of nonviolent conflict"
Foundation
for Peace an educational peace charity. We inspire people to
lead more
peaceful lives by participating in our educational programmes
- Global Youth Connect
... dedicated to empowering youth to advance human rights and create a more just world.
GYC’s
programs provide youth (ages 14-30) from a wide range of ethnic,
national, economic and religious backgrounds with opportunities to
enhance their ability to take action on pressing human rights issues.
- Greenbelt
Christian
Arts festival held each year at Cheltenham race course. There are
normally activities and displays at a dedicated PeaceZone, organised by
the Network of Christian Peace Organisations -
Hands Up
This site is intended for anyone under
the age of 24. Whether you're involved in some
grassroots action - like a petition, boycott or demonstration - part
of a local youth group or national campaign, or if you don't have any
experience but want to get yourself heard, Hands Up aims to help you.
Making things easier to understand, and working to make the
information you need more straightforward.
- Iona Community
a
dispersed Christian ecumenical community working for peace and social
justice, rebuilding of community and the renewal of worship.
Leap Confronting Conflict
- national voluntary youth organisation for young people and
adults
to explore creative approaches to conflicts in their lives, who recently opened the first Academy of Youth and Conflict
- LearnPeace
part
of the Peace Pledge Union web site that brings together resources which
are most likely to be of interest to pupils, teachers and parents.
- The Leaveners
the Quaker Performing Arts Organisation for the Religious Society of Friends in Britain.
-
Letterbox
Library - books of peace and conflict
-
need3know
information for young people on a wide range of issues
No
War Zone
No
War Zone is a War Child Canada initiative that provides meaningful
opportunities for youth from all around the globe to become effective
voices in support of human rights and global issues through a growing
and dynamic on line network.
Pax
Christi - Youth as Peacemakers space for
young people to express and share with
their concerns, ideas, suggestions.
-
Peace Builders
Peacebuilders - Children for Peace is a programme of church
partners in India and the UK, working together and sharing what we
know about the ingredients of peace and how to take steps towards it.
-
Peace
Child International - empowers young people to take
responsibility for peace, human
rights and the environment through education, leadership development
and direct participation in the events that shape our world
community.
-
Peace
Education Network The Peace Education Network
brings together education
practitioners and others committed to promoting education for peace
in schools and the wider community.
-
PeaceJam
Every
year Peacejam brings together teenagers, students and Nobel Peace Prize
winners at the University of Bradford – the only such event in the
whole of the UK or Europe
-
Peace Pals
International Peace Pals is a program
designed to encourage young people ages
5-19 to become peacemakers dedicated to living in the spirit of the
words
- Peace School
Have
you ever wondered what peace really looks like? Is peace more than
simply the absence of violence? What does it mean to be a genuine
peacemaker?... These are some of the questions that the community of
participants grapple with on the Peace School programme.
Peer Mediation Network
aims to promote and support the
development of conflict resolution and mediation among organisations
working with young people.
-
Peerlink Are you a young person involved or
interested in peer mediation
and conflict resolution? then PeerLink is for you!
-
People
& Planet
- UK student action on world poverty, human rights and
the environment
- Richardson Institute
peace research centre at Lancaster
-
QPSW
Peace Education Advisory Programme Via their Peace
Education Advisory Programme QPSW (Quaker Peace and Social Witness) supports those who
encourage young people's pursuit of nonviolent lifestyles and
approaches to conflict.
-
Quaker
Bookshop catalogue section - Children: Peace
-
QuakerYouth
QuakerYouth is a resource for Friends provided by Friends
General
Conference (in the USA).
- St Ethelburga's Centre for Reconciliation and Peace
aim to "inspire and equip people to pursue reconciliation and peace-making in their own comunities and lives"
-
School
Students Against War
School
Students Against the War is a self organised group of young people,
based all around the country, campaigning against Bush and Blair's
so-called "War on Terror", and for peace.
- Speak
a network of students and young adults who pray and campaign about issues of global injustice.
- Student Christian Movement (SCM)
a
movement seeking to bring together students of all denominations to
explore the Christian faith in an open-minded and non-judgemental
environment.
Talking
With Children When The Talking Gets Tough Wars,
shootings in schools, natural disasters, deaths at sporting
events-as adults we hope that these and other tragic outcomes will
never happen ... what is a parent, teacher, or other caring adult to
do when disasters fill the airwaves ... ?
thesite.org
provides factsheets and articles on all the key issues facing young
people Aimed at 16-24
year-olds.
- Windows for Peace (UK)
works
with Windows - Channels for Communication (Windows CfC) in Israel and
the Palestinian territories to promote dialogue and understanding
amongst Jewish, Palestinian and Arab young people in the area, as well
as the communities in the UK.
-
The
Woodcraft Folk
an
educational movement for children and young people, which aims to
develop self confidence and activity in society, with the aim of
building a world based on equality, friendship, peace and co-operation.
Young Friends
General Meeting national organisation for Young
Quakers (18-30 ish) in Britain
-
Young
Peacemakers Network - Fellowship of Reconciliation
a loose association of people interested in peace and conflict
issues and who are interested in or involved in FoR's work
-
YAP.org
:: Youth Action for Peace an international peace
movement which aims for societies of peace,
justice, and self determination.
- Young People's Trust for the Environment
a charity which aims to encourage young people's understanding of the environment and the need for sustainability.
- Youth Action Network
"national organisation with unique experience and expertise in the Youth Action approach to volunteering."
- Youth and Student CND
- youthinformation.com
is an online information toolkit for young people and all those working
with them.
