What we do

With the rise in anti-social behavior, violent crime, breakdown of relationships and unprovoked rage in today’s Britain, it is clear that peace building in communities across the UK is essential to turning the tide.  The underlying attitudes and behaviours that fuel division, intolerance and hatred in our communities must  first be addressed.

The Tutu Foundation UK provides a proven model whereby broken and divided communities can mend themselves.  We bring together individuals across cultural, racial, religious and class divides to develop a common view of what is wrong in their community and how to make it better.  The Tutu Foundation UK helps them to respond positively and constructively to the challenges they face and increases the capacity of individuals and groups to be agents of reconciliation and social change.  The impact on individuals and communities is transformational!

 At the Tutu Foundation UK, we are working hard to help meet our objectives to:

• Promote community inclusion and social cohesion through our flagship Conversations for Change programme.

• Support emergent local leaders, including young people in the community, by promoting capacity building, social responsibility and accountability.

• Deliver training and personal development based on the Tutu Foundation’s work, particularly amongst young people and within seldom heard communities.

• Strengthen local community groups, through an ubuntu based leadership, coaching and facilitation skills personal development programme.

• Encourage the effective spread of Ubuntu facilitation & mediation practice amongst our partners, in health and social care, the wider public sector, professional bodies and  the private sector.

• Nurture culturally competent restorative justice practice, to meet the needs of people within communities in conflict, by supporting restorative justice practice which is fit-for community purpose and relevant.