Speaker Meeting

Tue, May 7th 2019 at 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Held at King's Lynn Golf Club. Pat Webb will be speaking about the Rotary Peace Project


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Peace Project

It is widely recognised that modern day pressures on young people of all ages, exacerbated by the growth of social media, have undoubtedly increased and complicated the problems having to be faced by our young people today.

 

Some five years ago Jean Best, supported by husband Keith, launched the Rotary Peace Project in response to the needs of these young people.

 

Working initially with Kirkcudbright Academy pupils, Jean developed a programme that equips young people to practise conflict resolution. Whether this is between people or whether it is about inner conflict, the programme teaches the young people the skills and processes that are the tools necessary to achieve 'conflict resolution'. Once they have been taught the skills of conflict resolution, and then had the opportunity to practise them, these young people become Peace Advocates. They can then use their new skills, as well as their newly unlocked leadership skills, to work with and teach younger people. To give a young person the ability to make informed choices and decisions when faced with conflict anywhere, anytime will most certainly empower that person not just for the present but for later in life.

 

In recent years Jean and husband Keith have travelled extensively throughout the UK, and visited Ireland, Mexico, the USA, Australia and Germany, to introduce the Peace Project. The need for such a programme is undoubtedly global.

 

Jean is now working to include the Peace Project as one element of the very popular 'Duke of Edinburgh Award' and meetings with senior government ministers may soon see the Peace Project included in school work programmes.

 

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