Peace Education

Pax Christi at the Greenbelt Festival

As I stood in line, calf-deep in mud, waiting to ask Giles Fraser a question, I wondered how I had got myself into this. Two years ago, I was a confirmed non-camper, who knew next to nothing about the world of peace making, and now Here I was, four days into a festival, preparing to challenge the views of the man who teaches ethics to the military (and who had become something of a personal hero during the Occupy London protests)

Getting involved with the NCPO stand at Greenbelt festival has given me the opportunity to explore a world I knew very little about. The training provided helped educate me about some of the whys and hows of peacemaking, whilst working on the stall helped give me the confidence to talk about these to others. The extensive and inspiring talks program (from Ben Griffin describing his journey as a conscientious objector in Iraq, to Mary Gray analysing Hebrew Scripture in light of the Israel/Palestine conflict) helped me to explore areas I have become interested in further, and has inspired me to consider what else I can do.

Becoming a member of Pax Christi felt like a good start

Peace Education Links

Christian Peace Education Fund
Support the Christian Peace Education Fund and help fund small-scale education initiatives… or apply for funding for your own project

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

Fellowship of Reconciliation
Our ecumenical partners: The Fellowship of Reconciliation is an international, spiritually-based movement of people who commit themselves to active nonviolence as a way of life and as a means of personal, social, economic and political transformation

Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
CND UK produce great Peace Education resources

St Ethelburga's
St Ethelburga's Centre for Reconciliation and Peace seeks to encourage and enable people to practise reconciliation and peace-making in their communities and lives

Justice & Peace Links

Young Christian Workers
The YCW membership, by action and reflection, attempt to change and improve their lives and society. The YCW brings young people together into groups to help them answer their own needs and those of other young people.

Bosco Volunteer Action
Bosco Volunteer Action (BOVA) is an overseas volunteering organisation. It offers placements for adults to serve the young and the poor, living and working alongside Salesian communities around the world.

Progressio
Progressio works to help people in developing countries gain power over their lives and overcome barriers that keep them poor.

Jesuit Volunteer Community
The Jesuit Volunteer Community provides fully funded opportunities for volunteers aged 18 – 35 from Britain and overseas to work in British inner cities for a year, or for a month during the summer.

Vides UK
Vides facilitates training and formation for volunteers and organises activities for children and young people In the UK and abroad.

Church Action on Poverty
Church Action on Poverty is a national ecumenical Christian social justice charity, committed to tackling poverty in the UK. We work in partnership with churches and with people in poverty themselves to find solutions to poverty, locally, nationally and globally.

CAFOD
CAFOD is a Catholic aid agency for England and Wales.

Guide to Pax Christi Schools Workshops	What we offer in Universities


How does a Peace Studies Day benefit a school? - An article by Mark Dawes reflects on the experiences of Comberton Village College

To make a booking or for further enquiries about how we can support your youth ministry please contact Matt on the youth desk education@paxchristi.org.uk

		Pax Christi at the Greenbelt Festival As I stood in line, calf-deep in mud, waiting to ask Giles Fraser a question, I wondered how I had got myself into this. Two years ago, I was a confirmed non-camper, who knew next to nothing about the world of peace making, and now Here I was, four days into a festival, preparing to challenge the views of the man who teaches ethics to the military (and who had become something of a personal hero during the Occupy London protests) Getting involved with the NCPO stand at Greenbelt festival has given me the opportunity to explore a world I knew very little about. The training provided helped educate me about some of the whys and hows of peacemaking, whilst working on the stall helped give me the confidence to talk about these to others. The extensive and inspiring talks program (from Ben Griffin describing his journey as a conscientious objector in Iraq, to Mary Gray analysing Hebrew Scripture in light of the Israel/Palestine conflict) helped me to explore areas I have become interested in further, and has inspired me to consider what else I can do. Becoming a member of Pax Christi felt like a good start


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Guide to Pax Christi Schools Workshops

How does a Peace Studies Day benefit a school? - An article by Mark Dawes reflects on the experiences of Comberton Village College

To make a booking or for further enquiries about how we can support your youth ministry please contact Matt on the youth desk education@paxchristi.org.uk

Pax Christi at the Greenbelt Festival

To make a booking or for further enquiries about how we can support your youth ministry please contact Matt on the youth desk
education@paxchristi.org.uk