Leap Confronting Conflict works with young people and the professionals who work with them. We take as our starting point the belief that conflict is inevitable in the lives of young people, and that what is important is to enable them to deal with it in ways which are constructive and creative rather than destructive and harmful. We work in partnership with other organisations and practitioners, for example schools, youth services, Connexions, the prison service and community organisations to develop the potential of the young people they serve, and developing the resources and skills of the adults who work with them.  Leap has been working in this way with young people and adults for eighteen years and has a reputation and track record for high quality interventions which have a positive impact on the lives of hard to reach young people. 

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Our approach is to work in partnership with you to ensure that the programme meets the aims and objectives of the overall project.  Our teams will also work in close partnership with staff to ensure that there is commitment from relevant stakeholders and to ensure that there is meaningful development for the school/ organisation/ community.

The trainers are drawn from Leap’s growing pool of trainers who are specialists in enactive learning techniques and confronting conflict work with qualifications in youth work, teaching and therapy. Leap trainers work to a rigorous Code of Practice which is monitored regularly.  We will provide a mixed gender, ethnically diverse team of trainers which will reflect the groups represented in the community.  The training style is lively, engaging, challenging, rigorous and fun. We use drama exercises, games, image work and facilitated large and small group work as a way of accessing useful frameworks for understanding conflict and our part in it.

 Leap’s long-term relationship with schools in Tower Hamlets, an external evaluation of our work concluded that “benefits included:

• a positive change in school culture and ethos;

• a significant reduction of high-level conflict previously experienced by both young people and staff, with bullying less likely to escalate into physical violence;

• staff feeling less threatened by conflicts when they do occur an more confident in dealing with them;

• greater self-confidence among young people to take responsibility for their behaviour and achievement;

• an increase in annual attendance rates year on year since 1995 [one year after work began with Leap];

• a fall in the number of permanent exclusions since 1995/6;

• general improvement in GCSE examination results year on year since 1996.”*

 We have been identified as contributing to PSHE and Citizenship curricula, the Healthy Schools scheme, and the five Every Child Matters Outcomes:

 ·        Children and young people's mental health is supported (Be Healthy)

·         Steps are taken to provide children and young people with a safe environment (Stay Safe)

·         Children and young people are supported in developing personally and academically (Enjoy & Achieve)

·         Children and young people are helped to develop socially and emotionally (Make a positive contribution)

·         Children and young people are helped to manage changes and respond to challenges in their lives (Make a positive contribution)

·         Action is taken to challenge and reduce bullying and discrimination by children and young people (Make a positive contribution)