Our purpose is to give young people the skills to manage conflict in their own lives, reduce violence in their communities and help lead our society. We believe that no matter the choices they have made or the circumstances they face, every young person has potential and the ability to harness the positive power of conflict.
Supporting young people
What is conflict?
Conflict is a normal and continuous dynamic.
Every day, we experience conflict within ourselves, in our relationships, and in our communities. When managed well, conflict helps us to be more at ease with ourselves, better able to manage our relationships and better positioned to contribute positively to our communities. Conflict presents us with an opportunity to learn, to change and to grow.
For over thirty years, Leap has designed programmes to transform the way conflict is managed by young people and the adults who support them. By developing creative and adaptable approaches, we support young people to deal with immediate issues, whilst also addressing some of the longer term, systematic patterns of behaviour that lead to violent and destructive expressions of conflict.
Since 2017 our work has focused on working with young people across four ecosystems. They are young people:
- growing up in care
- excluded from mainstream education
- living in inner-city communities
- the secure estate
These are young people living in challenging environments, yet who have potential ready to be unleashed. Our programmes provide them with the platform to build on their existing strengths and use their lived experience to become society’s future role models and leaders.
What young people tell us
Testimonials
“Leap’s training has made me more aware of my own actions. I am more considerate of others, and I am softer as a person. ”
“We are seeing a difference in some of our young people in the way that they think and the way that they process their emotions and that is exactly what we want to happen because wewant our young people to go on and be a success. ”
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