Over the past year we've seen a new emphasis on responding to gun and knife crime, which has led to further policy initiatives and funding streams. Youth workers, though, have always been at the forefront of dealing with the often volatile emotions of adolescents. They help young people to resolve their conflicts without resorting to violence and enable them to see conflict as an often inevitable process that can be properly managed to give a better outcome.
One organisation that has been at the forefront of developing this area of work has been Leap Confronting Conflict. Its website www.leapconfronting conflict.org.uk offers details of its project, resources and available training. Also, www.peerlink.org.uk is the site of its peer-mediation project PeerLink, the body that grew out of Leap's Young Mediators' Network. This project helps to develop conflict resolution by offering support to young people taking on the role of bringing together two parties, helping them to examine the issues and moving beyond the conflict.
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