What is Peace First?

Peace First believe in the power of young people to change the world! Peace First is a non-profit organisation dedicated to helping young people around the world to become powerful peacemakers. They do this by investing in their ideas, providing them with tools and skills, connecting them to other young people around the world and sharing their stories!

Peace First are inspired to teach young people the skills they need to solve the problems that are most important to them, and by investing in these ideas they hope to change our world for the better and celebrate the stories of youth peacemaking around the world!

Peace First’s UK Challenge is uniting young people from different backgrounds to take action together, using the power of their collective voices to create a healthier and fairer country in which to live, work, and play. The UK Challenge is powered by a group of UK-based organisations and offers a safe space for young people to talk about the issues facing their communities and initiate projects that help solve problems through the Peace First Platform. 

Throughout the challenge young people are invited to submit their ideas to be part of a movement around a particular injustice or group of injustices. Issues you might want to address include civic engagement, bullying, education, LGBT, poverty, violence and much more. If you’re not sure what injustice you would like to address Peace First have tools and guidance to help you decide what is most important to you!

Funding is available as past of the challenge! Groups are awarded mini-grants up to £250 to support the delivery of their project plan. You can submit a project as an individual but are advised to work in a group to develop your plan.

Once you have submitted your project you will have access to a community of mentors, other young people and the Peace First team to help you along the way.

The UK Challenge is open for you to join and start submitting your projects! Join the UK Challenge here. You can get points for joining and submitting projects.

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