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. 

 

Latest News

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05-Dec-2019

It's International volunteer day and time to thank those who give so willingly of their time and resources to make it all happen.

CoP National Gathering 2019 - Greenhills Conference Centre, Canberra.
Pic by Shoshana Faire
26-Nov-2019

CoP circles bring together a group of diverse participants and the energy continues to vibrate with follow up activities and support networks.

Flowers and tributes at Linwood Avenue memorial for Christchurch mosque shootings, 20 March 2019
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29-Oct-2019

Nigel Heywood writes about a peacebuilding response to the Christchurch massacre

View from Asia Plateau
24-Oct-2019

An international conference in India will focus on social challenges and the personal qualities needed by all who wish to make a difference.

 Pastor Wuye (L) and Imam Ashafa (R) speaking at a public event arranged by the Auckland Interfaith Committee.
18-Oct-2019

IofC New Zealand invited two peacemakers from Nigeria to share their wisdom on healing, after the 15 March massacre of Muslims in Christchurch.

08-Oct-2019

Life Matters alumni continue to meet, grow and network through follow-up events.