Course Leader: Carolyn Merry & Guests
Course Date: Tuesday 7 December
Course Options: Full Price - £70 Early Bird - £66
Course Timings: 9:30am for 10:00am-4:00pm
Course Code: D4027
Course Information: Includes Morning Coffee, Lunch & Afternoon Tea
Harmful conflict & violence often arise from places of shame, trauma & unmet needs. As a result, it is vital for peacemakers to understand these roots of violence & make use of restorative practices to help transform these roots & so break cycles of violence. Join Carolyn Merry & guests who will help us explore restorative principles & different practices including deep listening, restorative circles, restorative justice, as well as particular healing practices that can help us build, maintain & heal relationships (including with ourselves) that have been broken in families, workplaces, schools, communities, prisons & the justice system.
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).
