History
Conflict and Change was established in 1984 as a response to the social tensions arising from economic change and population shift.
Newham was wrestling hard with the communities undergoing rapid cultural, social and economic change, and there was little going on to help people understand what was happening. Our idea was that if enough people in the community could intervene at an early enough stage, conflict could be channeled away from violence and into something more constructive."
Paul Regan and Steven Lowe, founder members
The early approach to conflict was an experiment. Twenty two volunteer conciliators were trained and began to respond to calls from people in dispute. At first they met weekly to talk about what they were learning adn to develop their ways of working. We were the first agency in the UK to be doing this type of work. We still like to develop our own approach to conflict resolution, drawing on many frameworks.