Making a Flag or Banner
Create a flag or banner for your group or district to take to events or camps. How you do this is completely up to your group! Perhaps there are some group members who are particularly artistic and have skills they could teach others. Perhaps the group has a particular use for the flag/banner in mind, […]
Programme Planning using Fist-to-Five
Plan programme for the group for the coming term. Use Fist to five to reach consensus
Barriers to peace
An activity where groups design their own walls to explore their function in conflict situations and how they
affect people.
Planet of Aliens
A simulation game about aliens from different planets, to show the importance of communication and dialogue
in transforming conflicts
What is Violence?
Introduce young people to the topic of violence thought-provoking situations. You will be discussing different topics of violence in conflict and thinking about whether they consider the situation to be violent or not.
Pins and Balloons
An introductory game to explore violence and its roots, where everyone has to try to survive with their pin and a fully inflated balloon.
Selective Simon
Variation of simon says – pay attention to find out something new about your friends
How to resolve conflict
Give out copies of the How to Resolve Conflict sheets. Ask the participants to describe and share a variety of conflicts that commonly occur at the group, at home or at school. List these on a flip chart sheet. Select two or three of these ideas and discuss how the steps for resolving conflicts could […]
Analysing Advertisements
What to do Get into groups of 2 or 3 and give each group an advertisement (printed from the internet or from a magazine/newspaper), a large blank sheet of paper, a marker pen, glue and a set of questions. Each group should glue their advertisement onto the paper and spend 15 minutes discussing the questions, […]
Circle Pile-up
Get everyone onto the same chair for a circle pile up!
Face Your Carbon Elephant
Face the elephant in the room and discuss carbon usage with your group
Crossing the border
A look at the difficulties refugees have crossing borders