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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27-Jul-2019

On South Sudan's 8th birthday, David Vincent wonders if the absence of celebrations in Juba is due to lack of resources, or deep despair.

23-Jul-2019

IofC Australia has published its annual report for the financial year 2018-19.

CoP facilitator training at Armagh
21-Jun-2019

IofC is partnering with the Southern Migrant Resource Centre (SMRC) in Dandenong to expand Creators of Peace outreach to Melbourne’s southeast.

Nigel Heywood from Australia (left) interviews a community leader as part of a research project on community-based peace building in Sri Lanka. Image courtesy of Jeremy Liyanage.
18-Jun-2019

Ethnic tensions have flared up in Sri Lanka after the recent devastating Easter Sunday bombings.

PeopleCraft partners in Melbourne. L-R: Abidha Niphade from India, Tinotenda Mhungu from Zimbabwe and Dahlia Rera O from Indonesia.
14-Jun-2019

IofC Australia is strengthening the global IofC network through its new PeopleCraft program, which provides support for hosting IofC workers.

Smoking ceremony performed by the Dharug people at the launch of the project.
27-May-2019

An IofC pilot program in Blacktown, one of Sydney's most multi-cultural areas seeks to challenge old narratives and find a new story to share.