Peacebuilder, Dramatherapist, Trainer & Project Manager
Responding creatively to the needs in schools, organisations, and communities through training, Dramatherapy, conflict resolution and arts programmes
Responding creatively to the needs in schools, organisations, and communities through training, Dramatherapy, conflict resolution and arts programmes
September 2012 News
I graduated as a Rotary Peace Fellow on August 30th 2012 at a Ceremony in Bangkok, Thailand after a three month Programme at Chulalongkorn University.
The Professional Development Certificate was a wonderful complement to my MA in conflict resolution at Bradford University in 2010. It was an up to date summary and exploration of the conflict resolution field globally and we covered topics such as conflict analysis, gender and conflict, mediation and negotiation, media, non-violence, post conflict reconstruction, trauma and recovery, peace education, and religion and peacebuilding. We also undertook two field trips to northern Thailand and to Cambodia which were both inspiring and moving.
I have a new Project for Key Stage 1 & 2;
'A Journey Around Southern Africa.' Please view the Project here
The Professional Development Certificate was a wonderful complement to my MA in conflict resolution at Bradford University in 2010. It was an up to date summary and exploration of the conflict resolution field globally and we covered topics such as conflict analysis, gender and conflict, mediation and negotiation, media, non-violence, post conflict reconstruction, trauma and recovery, peace education, and religion and peacebuilding. We also undertook two field trips to northern Thailand and to Cambodia which were both inspiring and moving.
I have a new Project for Key Stage 1 & 2;
'A Journey Around Southern Africa.' Please view the Project here
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What people say about working with Helen.......
"Helen is kind and very perceptive to the needs of the children. Her art sessions have helped motivate and draw out the shy and less visible students. Helen has also assisted our management team to review our organisation's core business strategy and procedures. She facilitated the process in a very professional manner and this has finally given us a very clear vision of where we are going. I would recommend her without reservation.
Cynthia Tosu, Director Hope Mission, Bokaa, Botswana
'I have worked closely with Helen in developing the delivery of a Creative Therapy group for women with, or at risk of suffering from, post natal depression. Helen’s work in facilitating this group has resulted in some phenomenal outcomes for the women who have been referred to the group. Simple moves forward for many of the women which were unthinkable before meeting Helen. Helen is extremely professional and intuitive in the tailored care pathways which she initiates for each of the women individually. Feedback from the women within the group and the professionals that make the referrals to the group is always extremely positive.Helen, quite simply, is an amazing practitioner that is a joy to work with who I would have absolutely no hesitation in recommending. ’Kirsty Jones, Childrens Centre Manager, Hayle Cornwall. Click here for more information on this project
"Helen has a profound commitment to working in the conflict resolution field which she has demonstrated both intellectually and in a series of practical engagements in peace related projects. She is exceptionally skilled and talented in bring together creative arts and drama with peacebuilding projects and in my view this culturally creative work in peacemaking will be increasingly needed and increasingly productive in international peacemaking.
Professor Tom Woodhouse, Adam Curle Chair in conflict resolution, University of Bradford
'Helen is highly professional and has made relationships of the highest calibre with children, parents and staff in our school. She has the ability to listen effectively and in an inclusive way which makes everyone feel equally valid and important.In her capacity as one of our Creative Practitioners we have seen a lot of Helen over the last three years and she has effortlessly turned what was a freelance appointment into a highly popular and effective additional member of staff--she is certainly looked on as one of our 'team'. Mrs Jill Wood, Headteacher Little London Primary School, Leeds Click here for more information about this project |



