MINDFUL APPROACH TO MENTAL HEALTH

MINDFUL APPROACH TO MENTAL HEALTH

Nina is currently Head of Operations at the Fight for Peace London Academy, and has been practicing mindfulness for around eight years.  As part of Mental Health Awareness Week, Nina tells us some of the ways that mindfulness and meditation can have a positive impact...
JUSTICE AWARD FOR OUR SPECIAL PROJECT

JUSTICE AWARD FOR OUR SPECIAL PROJECT

Fight for Peace’s Special Project has won the highly competitive Youth Justice Award at the 2020 Children & Young People Now Awards. The awards celebrate the very best in services for children, young people and families in the UK, and are selected by a judging...
Peace Garden Phase One complete

Peace Garden Phase One complete

03/03/2021 – One thing that didn’t stop in a year of lockdowns was the growth of the Peace Garden at our London Academy. This tranquil space tucked in behind our main gym continued to develop over the course of the second half of 2020, and recently completed...
VRU FUNDING FOR NEWHAM CONSORTIUM

VRU FUNDING FOR NEWHAM CONSORTIUM

02/03/2021 – A Newham consortium of local organisations – which includes Fight for Peace – has been awarded funding from the Mayor of London’s Violence Reduction Unit (VRU) as part of the MyEnds programme. Funding will see Fight for Peace, Ambition...
Collaborating across the community

Collaborating across the community

[Illustration by Ada Jušić – www.adajusic.com] 19/02/2021 – An important focus of the Pan-Newham Partnership over the last year has been on building strong relationships between different organisations in Newham, writes Pan-Newham Programme Manager...
Overcoming adversity in Lockdown three

Overcoming adversity in Lockdown three

05/02/2021 – A third lockdown in twelve months presents substantial challenges and hardships for young people in London. It has also demanded speedy and wholesale adaptation by our Fight for Peace team of staff to ensure that, in whatever way possible, we are...