Course Leader: Carolyn Merry & Martina Hunt
Course Date: Wednesdays 1, 8, 15 & 22 December
Course Options: Full Price for series- £40
Course Timings: 6:30pm-8:30pm
Course Code: D3927
Course Information: The daily practice of living nonviolently calls us to examine our hearts & minds. If we are to choose nonviolence as a way of life, taking time out to reflect in a peaceful environment combined with gentle, personal questioning of the heart & mind may draw us deeper into a spiritual way of seeing.
This retreat offers a welcoming & inclusive space, open to all faiths & beliefs, to rest, examine & explore nonviolence as a way of being. This retreat is offered as a one-day in-person (July) or online advent series over four evenings (December).
Course Leader Information:
Carolyn became the Leader of The Ammerdown Centre in 2025 from being Director of Place for Hope. She has been fascinated about the concept of peace since childhood and spent over 25 years working in the humanitarian, international development and peacebuilding sectors around the world, often in places of war, extreme poverty, repressive discrimination and exclusion of those most vulnerable. Her passion for nonviolence and peacemaking in its most holistic sense, is deeply rooted in her Christian faith and experiences around the world living and working beside people with different faiths, cultures, beliefs, worldviews and life experiences. Carolyn has qualifications in International Development, Human Rights Law & Advocacy and Conflict Transformation, and is an accredited mediator. Although Carolyn grew up in Australia, she settled back in her native UK in 2014 to focus on nurturing spaces for peace, nonviolence, and reconciliation. Carolyn loves the 4 different seasons here (& really loves snow), cycling, and time spent with God and nature on long daily walks with her dog, Pace (Italian for peace).
Martina has a passion for justice, peacemaking and nonviolence and brings many years of experience of developing, delivering and evaluating training and development programmes in the international, charity and academic sectors, including facilitating conflict transformation workshops with faith and community groups around the UK. Martina is also a Florist and a Spiritual Director, who facilitates retreats and workshops that interweaves themes of faith, nature and peace.
