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CRESST, like many places, has moved to working remotely. We continue to be active but will not be delivering any face-to-face work in schools for the foreseeable future – we imagine until at least September. Meanwhile we will be working hard on creating more resources, developing programmes and securing funding so that our work can…

On Thursday 23rd January 2020 CRESST held its 14th annual Peer Mediators’ Conference. Around 100 children who have been trained by CRESST as Peer Mediators came together at Sheffield University’s Students’ Union to share activities, games and ideas relating to cooperation and building positive relationships. After the Lord Mayor Councillor Tony Downing’s opening welcome, they…

Conflict resolution for young people by young people CRESST is looking for innovative and inspiring artists and freelance trainers to bring skills and creativity to our expanding conflict resolution education programmes, enabling young people in schools and beyond to gain and use skills in conflict resolution. This is an opportunity to be at the forefront…

From Wednesday 20 November to Saturday 23 November, thousands of local causes will be celebrating with Co-op colleagues and saying thank you to Co-op members for raising £17m nationwide for good causes. CRESST is delighted to have been one of the handful of local charities chosen for 2018-19 Co-op big community pay out. Over the…

Seven Hills has trained a group of students to be Peer Mediators. Peer mediation is conflict resolution for young people by young people, where students of the same age-group facilitate resolving disputes between two people or small groups. Peer mediators do not “make decisions” but rather work towards a win-win resolution for both sides in…

We’re delighted to have received funding from Foundation Derbyshire to support our Youth Resolving Conflict programme. Foundation Derbyshire is an independent charity, building an endowment fund to provide vital grant funding to voluntary and community groups across the county.  They enrich the lives of people living in Derbyshire by funding a wide range of groups,…

There’s been a near 50% increase in referrals to child health services from pupils aged 11 and under, over the past three years. But some children are on a waiting list for years before being offered help. Three head teachers spoke to the BBC about the lack of support for children in their schools. See the piece…

The vast majority of teachers want the government to scrap high-stakes primary school tests such as Sats, an indicative ballot of members at the UK’s largest education union suggests. Some 97 per cent of members surveyed said they backed the National Education Union’s (NEU) campaign for an alternative to the exams, which are taken by…

The Government has taken the bold and necessary step of requiring all schools to provide relationships education in primary, and relationships and sex education in secondary, the final guidance was published this week. Carolyn Leary CRESST’s Programme Director said: “We welcome the drive to ensure that young people are taught essential skills in navigating relationships….

We will be working at Ecclesfield Secondary School with two groups of young people to listen to their experience of conflict in their daily lives, increase their understanding of how conflict affects us personally and our interactions with others, and learn conflict resolution skills, techniques and strategies. They will produce a video promoting conflict resolution…