Coming Up

Founded in 2009 in response to increasing conflict within the Church of Scotland, Place for Hope has grown from a small network of trained mediators into an independent charity that supports and equips faith communities across the UK and beyond to navigate conflict and build peace.

OUR VISION is for a world in which all embrace the transformational potential of conflict and nurture the art of reconciliation.

OUR PURPOSE is to accompany and equip people and faith communities so that all may reach their potential to be peacemakers, able to navigate change and conflict well.

OUR ORGANISATION comprises seventy highly skilled volunteer practitioners, seven members of staff and six trustees. Our practitioners are all trained in mediation, and each holds expertise in working within a faith context.

OUR REACH currently means that we train around four hundred people in conflict transformation every year, and support between fifty and a hundred faith communities to navigate a specific conflict every year.

OUR PARTNERS currently comprise three major denominations. Our work with them aims for long-term capacity building and institutional learning.