Tutu Foundation: Stories and Achievements

"If someone hurt my kids I would have ripped their throat out with my bare hands, but now I can see how I can resolve conflict in a peaceful, calm way without resorting to bloodshed."

C4C Participant

"Getting people together speaking and listening to their own stories has served to connect previously isolated individuals."

Dr C Wales, University of Southampton

Leighanne and Karon's story

Leighanne, 16, had been excluded from school for almost three years; Karon, in her mid-40s, has a serious medical condition and is confined to a wheelchair. Conversations for Change created a safe space in which they could talk about their experiences, listen to people they would not normally engage with, and begin to understand each other. Read more

Making their Mark in Hackney

Aysha was only 14 when she came to the Conversations for Change workshops run by the Tutu Foundation UK. From a Muslim family of Pakistani origin she was born and brought up in Hackney in East London. "Hackney gets a lot of bad press," she admitted, "it's easy to say 'oh this community's bad.' But what are you prepared to do? It's no good just complaining about it." Read more

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