Programs and Initiatives

It’s all about relationships

Programs and Initiatives

Safe spaces to inspire, equip and connect individuals, communities and organisations to promote trust building, ethical leadership, and sustainable living.

Programs

Our programs run on a regular cycle each year - click through to see what’s coming up, or go straight to events.

In 2020, Australians Sharing a New Story and Sprout Community are going into a research phase, pending further development. 

You can stay in touch with us and learn of new opportunities by signing up for news and alerts here. We'll let you know when there are opportunities to participate, and you'll also receive our electronic newsletter, Newsbriefs, once every two months.

Where needed, IofC Australia sometimes provides part-funding to enable participants to travel to events and undertake community projects

Life Matters 

offers residential weekends, workshops and gatherings towards discerning life direction and purpose.

Creators of Peace

brings the concept of peace into our daily lives, to reflect on its role in creating the relationships that enable us to thrive. The program offers space for people from diverse backgrounds to meet in Peace Circles and other practice groups.

Australians Sharing a New Story

partners with local communities to share and appreciate our rich and varied histories, and articulate new stories for ourselves and our communities.

 

Initiatives

We believe that everyone has a part to play in building a just, peaceful and sustainable world, based on relationships of trust and integrity. The initiatives that we list here are current efforts or projects that our national team is supporting with partners who have approached us with a specific need. Some of this work is helping individuals to develop their own ‘initiatives of change.’

Contact us if you'd like to pitch us an idea for a joint initiative, or if you'd like some help developing your own. We're listening!

First Nations initiatives

are working for reconciliation between Aboriginal and other Australians.

Peace and Leadership Training

equips tertiary students in peacebuilding and culturally-intelligent leadership. 

Regional trustbuilding exchanges 

take place with international and Asia-Pacific partners to heal conflicts, fight corruption, and build sustainable communities. 

 

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Photo courtesy of The Sunday Times Sri Lanka
03-Mar-2020

A business culture conscious of all stakeholders, has integrity, is empathetic and listens; that is what Michael Smith hopes his book will motivate

07-Feb-2020

Members of the IofCA network share their hopes, thoughts and actions for a different kind of Australia Day devoted to healing and reconciliation.

CoP Facilitator training in Kathmandu - March 2017
03-Feb-2020

Creators of Peace facilitators bring immense change in the lives of women.

Organisers and participants at the trust-building workshop at Griffith University, Brisbane, on 14 December 2019, organised by IofC Australia with partner organisation Together for Humanity and co-host BEMAC.
28-Jan-2020

Can sharing a story about yourself build peace in our world?

Johnny Huckle entertaining the audience at Samvaad
24-Dec-2019

Raymond Finn, Johnny Huckle and Andrew Flynn participate in the 6th annual Samvaad Tribal Festival in Jamshedpur, India and visit Nagaland.

Life Matters Participants at the November 2019 workshops.
12-Dec-2019

A personal retreat that offers a platform for each participants to find the inspiration and energy they need to take the next step in life.