Our Vision for Initiatives of Change - Ian Corcoran, Chair of Trustees
9th April 2025
Our movement has always been about change. It’s in our DNA as well as in our name. As times have changed, so have we, adapting our methods and message to meet new needs. Frank Buchman was an innovator of genius. He found a modern language, in the 1920s, to express…
Five Years of Qualities and Strategies of Peacemakers: A Reflection on the Journey by Peter Riddell
8th April 2025
Since the early 1930’s, or even earlier, Initiatives of Change has used film to communicate peoples’ change of heart – from recording house parties in Oxford colleges, to Hollywood-style feature films, to documentaries and much else. A few years ago, the idea occurred of bringing together a few documentary films…
'Why Didn't I Know': Andrew Stallybrass reviews Monica Spooner's new book about Britain's legacy in Palestine
11th December 2024
Released in November 2024, Monica Spooner’s new book Why didn’t I know? Britain’s Legacy in Palestine is an eye opening, moving and personal story that encourages the reader to believe that they too can find a meaningful purpose which gives hope in a world so short of hope. Read Andrew Stallybrass’s…
Uniting for Change: Building a Common Vision in the Face of Hate
28th October 2024
Amina Khalid writes on her experience attending the Nottingham More In Common Community Dialogue event. On October 17th, I had the privilege of attending the Nottingham More In Common Community Dialogue event, held during National Hate Crime Awareness Week. This gathering, organized in collaboration with Communities Inc., The Renewal Trust,…
Intergenerational Caux Experience: From the Heart of Hackney to the Heights of the Swiss Alps
2nd October 2024
Intergenerational Caux Experience: From the Heart of Hackney to the Heights of the Swiss Alps Nuha Abdulrahman writes on her experience at the Caux Forum this July. Growing up in Hackney, East London, I’ve always seen my community’s undeniable potential, but also its struggles with unrest, crime, violence and limited…
Reflections from the Caux Forum 2024
2nd October 2024
Around 70 people from Britain, of diverse national origins, participated at Caux this year. A selection of the attendees were asked to take leading roles in forums and workshops at the event and below you can read some of the reflections from the final week of Caux, the Intergenerational Forum.…
'We Are One Humanity': New website by Rajmohan Gandhi launched
26th September 2024
‘We Are One Humanity’, a new website conceived by Rajmohan Gandhi launched on Wednesday 2nd October 2024 and is “Inviting everyone to explore ways of preserving or restoring goodwill, human rights and democratic ideals in our world.” We Are One Humanity (WAOH) is a tiny response to worldwide thrusts against…
Inner Development Goals Forum 2024: Reflections from Claudia Santos
5th September 2024
Claudia Santos is a member of the faculty and trainer on the ILM Assured Refugees as Re-Builders™ Programme, specialising in the design and delivery on the Sustainable Livelihood for Resilience module. In July 2024 Claudia joined colleagues and attended the first ever Inner Development Goals Forum in Caux, Switzerland. Claudia …
Manifesto for the Future: A Workshop on Democracy and Change
31st July 2024
Manifesto for the Future: A Workshop on Democracy and Change Creators of Peace UK, the global women’s peace initiative launched in 1991, had the honour of supporting and helping to craft an important manifesto for democracy alongside the Association of Mothers and Wives of Defenders of Ukraine this summer at…
Amplifying the Role of Women in the Democracy Dialogue
26th July 2024
Amplifying the Role of Women in the Democracy Dialogue On 23rd May the inaugural Geneva Democracy Dialogue session, orchestrated by Caux Initiatives of Change with backing from the European Union delegation to the UN and the Kofi Annan Foundation, convened a group of passionate thinkers at a round table discussion…