Peace Foundation Network

Annual Review 2010

Chairperson's Report 2010

Lockerbrook weekend and the AGM are here again and another very eventful year has passed since I last composed my report for PFN in 2009, and once again I can't believe the many ways in which changes have been a large part in our lives and the effects these changes have had. After a very enjoyable, eventful and uplifting weekend at Lockerbrook last year where people certainly seemed to have a great time, I found myself reflecting on the way home and afterwards on what was likely to be available from then on as Claire, our project manager, was away in France soon afterwards for several months and was considering gradual retirement. Nonetheless we remained very optimistic in our discussions and Committee Meetings, committed to the principles of the Art of Living in Peace and Peace Foundation Network and, sure enough, there then followed in April another highly successful and enjoyable Art of Living in Peace workshop led once more by David Keith and Rena, well attended and very uplifting. Having these events available always reminds me strongly of all the reasons why I find being connected with this work so rewarding. I am not a person who carries this work into schools or other group situations as do Claire and Rena but, the fact that PFN can do that work, and events such as Lockerbrook, keep me in mind of all the amazing work we have carried out over the last ten years and makes me hopeful that people will continue to respond to our work in ways so that they, too, can carry it on into the future as some of we more mature members get a little older (and maybe even slower!).

We have continued to move forward, exploring as many new areas as possible in our meetings and following up these ideas with success. We have run fewer of our Juniper programmes in Sheffield Schools as previous sources of funding have dried up, but also due to increasing Government and local authority awareness of the needs of children in addition to the core curriculum and the introduction of the SEAL programme which covers some of the methods we had been introducing. Our workshops and training for teachers have however remained popular. In the last few years we have increased our work with different communities and have made available more activities such as Lockerbrook and other nurturing events where people can come along and experience how we live and work together utilising the principles we have found to be most effective. The ALP workshops have been well attended and enjoyed hugely by all involved and there have been successful fund raising events and group support meetings arranged by Rena.

We have recently been successful in two new funding bids, despite the current economic climate, and these will assist us in continuing to move forward in our work and efforts to spread the ways and the benefits of the wonderful opportunities of peaceful ways of living and being, in which we all believe and to which end our work is offered to all.

Alec Aubrey - Chair

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Annual Review 2010

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Last updated 22 April 2010


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	Home Page Adult Programmes Youth Programmes Teacher Training Resources Support our work News/Opportunities Annual Review Contact Useful Links		Annual Review 2010 Chairperson's Report 2010 Lockerbrook weekend and the AGM are here again and another very eventful year has passed since I last composed my report for PFN in 2009, and once again I can't believe the many ways in which changes have been a large part in our lives and the effects these changes have had. After a very enjoyable, eventful and uplifting weekend at Lockerbrook last year where people certainly seemed to have a great time, I found myself reflecting on the way home and afterwards on what was likely to be available from then on as Claire, our project manager, was away in France soon afterwards for several months and was considering gradual retirement. Nonetheless we remained very optimistic in our discussions and Committee Meetings, committed to the principles of the Art of Living in Peace and Peace Foundation Network and, sure enough, there then followed in April another highly successful and enjoyable Art of Living in Peace workshop led once more by David Keith and Rena, well attended and very uplifting. Having these events available always reminds me strongly of all the reasons why I find being connected with this work so rewarding. I am not a person who carries this work into schools or other group situations as do Claire and Rena but, the fact that PFN can do that work, and events such as Lockerbrook, keep me in mind of all the amazing work we have carried out over the last ten years and makes me hopeful that people will continue to respond to our work in ways so that they, too, can carry it on into the future as some of we more mature members get a little older (and maybe even slower!). We have continued to move forward, exploring as many new areas as possible in our meetings and following up these ideas with success. We have run fewer of our Juniper programmes in Sheffield Schools as previous sources of funding have dried up, but also due to increasing Government and local authority awareness of the needs of children in addition to the core curriculum and the introduction of the SEAL programme which covers some of the methods we had been introducing. Our workshops and training for teachers have however remained popular. In the last few years we have increased our work with different communities and have made available more activities such as Lockerbrook and other nurturing events where people can come along and experience how we live and work together utilising the principles we have found to be most effective. The ALP workshops have been well attended and enjoyed hugely by all involved and there have been successful fund raising events and group support meetings arranged by Rena. We have recently been successful in two new funding bids, despite the current economic climate, and these will assist us in continuing to move forward in our work and efforts to spread the ways and the benefits of the wonderful opportunities of peaceful ways of living and being, in which we all believe and to which end our work is offered to all. Alec Aubrey - Chair Download complete documents in Adobe Acrobat pdf format here Annual Review 2010 This will take a while to download as it contains colour pictures. Please be patient.

	Last updated 22 April 2010

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