Our Work: Resolve Project

The project comprises of the following strands:

• To raise awareness of the mediation approach, when dealing with conflict situations, across London.
• Promotion of and support to Capital Conflict Mediation service and other mediation service providers.
• Resolving Conflicts Workshops will be delivered to young people 11-19 years old in Enfield, Islington, Waltham Forest, Haringey and Newham
• Community Focus groups will also be held in the boroughs outlined above.

The project will be delivered from April 2009 to March 2013.

Services to be delivered:

• Delivery of Resolving Conflicts workshops
• Development of community focus groups to reinforce the themes of mediation.

Beneficiary Eligibility Criteria
Young people referred to attend the workshops must be:

• Be aged between 11 and 19 years old
• And be Not in Education, Employment or Training (NEET)
• Or at risk of involvement in gang culture, gun or knife crime.

Potential referral agencies
Examples of agencies who would benefit from referring their clients include*:

• Youth Offending Teams
• Social Services
• Schools and Pupil Referral Units
• Police intervention projects
• Connexions
• Youth Clubs and other organisations

*Example only. All agencies are welcome to refer clients into this project providing beneficiaries meet the eligibility criteria.

Contact
For more information, please contact Jessica Amsterdam, Project Co-ordinator on 020 7793 0842 or email jessica.amsterdam@lat.org.uk.

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