Leap offers programmes for young people and adults across a wide range of institutions, including in education, criminal justice, the voluntary sector and local councils. Get in touch to find out how our programmes could help the people in your organisation better understand and manage conflict.
Our training approach
Leap is the only national charity that provides training for young people and the professionals that support them in the creative management of conflict. We have been doing this for 30 years.
Working in partnership
We work in partnership with organisations, such as pupil referral units, youth offending services, voluntary sector organisations and local councils to design bespoke training programmes. Our programmes support professionals to develop their confidence and skills to best support young people's needs.
We also offer consultancy services, supporting a range of organisations to gain a greater understanding of the way they manage conflict and supporting lasting culture change.
Group training
Our group work is highly participatory and interactive. Experienced trainers guide participants through a series of exercises using role-play, tableaux and facilitated discussions, and create the safe space necessary for self-reflection and sharing. Participants gain a greater understanding of how and why they behave as they do and what they would like to change.
Building on participants skills and experiences
We are not prescriptive in the way we work and we do not provide all the answers. Rather we encourage participants to recognise their existing skills and support them to build on these. Our focus is on encouraging people to change themselves rather than others.
Participants draw on their own experiences for the exercises. Our experience is that the more participants share of themselves, the more they get out of the training.
