Impact

The greatest mark of Leap Confronting Conflict’s impact comes from the mouths of those we work with.

You will find quotes from young people and adults who work with them woven throughout this site.
Behaviour challenged. New skills learned. Communities transformed. Lives changed.

Facts and figures in 2008:

Leap Confronting Conflict

• 270 organisations worked with
• 1,900 adults trained
• 7,160 young people worked with
• Impact – 40,000 young people in local schools and communities benefit from the work through mediation and learning cascaded by project participants and adult learners.

PeerLink Project

• 32 schools and organisations worked with
• 30 young volunteers across the UK
• Young people volunteered over 1500 hours to PeerLink
• 1,600 PeerLink members supported from across the UK
• 500 young people and 50 adults gained skills through workshops and conferences
• Impact – From evaluation of 100 mediations in schools, 90% ended in agreement or apology. If agreement has not been reached, 76% of young people surveyed thought the conflict would have continued or escalated, potentially resulting in violence.

Quarrel Shop Project

• Delivered 2 open Quarrel Shops and worked intesively with 33 young people from across London
• All gained Leap Certificates
• Recruited 2 Apprentices who worked directly with 280 young people and 100 adults
• 6 young people trained as young trainers graduated in November 2009

Schools Programme

• Peer mediation training for Year 10 students.
• Asked ‘did you enjoy the training?’ the average rating was 4.8 (5 is excellent, 1 is poor).
• Asked ‘how easy did you find it to participate?’ the average rating was 4.1.
• Impact – 86% said they’d apply their new skills with friends.
• 80% said they’d apply their new skills with siblings, or in the playground.
• 77% said they’d apply their new skills with parents or teachers.

“You felt you could get involved in the workshop without people laughing.”

“It has helped me to become more confident and clear.”

“I don’t think I will react as fast and get so heated so quickly.”

“I will use the skill of talking to someone and explain their options before they do something they regret.”

“What I’ve learnt has made me think more about conflict and has made me change the way I think about life!”

Read some of the independent and commissioned evaluations of our work.
Read the impact report of our work with young people and gangs.

What do we achieve?

Outcomes achieved through our work include:
Young people gain confidence, skills and certificates and go on to further education, training, employment
There are more peer mediation schemes in schools, with more skilled and confident young mediators.
Community based youth centres, young offender services, housing projects, social inclusion projects and so on are better resourced as practitioners become skilled to tackle youth conflict issues through Leap adult training

We contribute to the 5 outcomes for young people described in ‘Every Child Matters’
Be healthy
Stay safe
Enjoy and achieve
Make a positive contribution
Achieve economic well-being

Impact achieved through our work includes:

• Local communities benefiting from a reduction in youth conflict and violence
• Teachers freed up to teach and schools become safer and more positive learning environments.

Leap’s work in local communities and schools contributes to current definitions of what works in promoting community cohesion:

• Developing the role of young people as cohesion champions
• The duty of schools to promote community cohesion
• Young people as conflict resolvers in inter-generational and territorial conflict

Make a difference. Make a change. Make a Leap.

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