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4th Annual Desmond Tutu
International Peace Summit
Causes, Consequences and Cures
Thursday 11 April 2019
Regent’s University London
Inner Circle, Regent’s Park
London NW1 4NS
International Peace Summit
Foreword
Welcome to the 4th Annual Desmond Tutu International Peace Summit.
This is a poignant year in the UK for the consideration of peace as a vital economic
and social commodity. The summit continues its tradition of attracting eminent
speakers and panel members, and engaging audiences as participants in the struggle
to consider how trouble spots can become safe spaces.
Our speakers this year include Michael Palin, Rabbi Baroness Neuberger DBE, Andrew Mitchell MP, Director General Dr Ahmad
Al Dubayan of the Islamic Cultural Centre and London Central Mosque and South African High Commissioner to the UK,
Nomatemba Tambo.
Participants are drawn from wide-ranging backgrounds: politics, the media, NGOs, the voluntary sector, academics, students and
others who are simply intrigued by this innovative opportunity for listening and engaging. The whole day is free, including lunch,
refreshments and a drinks reception. The emphasis is on bringing together different voices, encouraging discussion and sharing
approaches to building peace.
The collaboration between Regent’s and the Tutu Foundation UK began six years ago when the exceptional barrister-turned-
mediator, Paul Randolph, started to train mediators for the Tutu Foundation in South Africa and the UK. Sadly, Paul died in
January this year. His huge contribution to the summits, his integrity, enthusiasm and sense of humour are sorely missed. Paul
played a leading role in the summits, which have been highly effective in promoting the legacy of Archbishop Desmond Tutu.
The theme of this summit and its strands during the day were conceived by Paul.
We wish you an inspiring and special experience.
Professor Simon Jarvis Dr Judith Ackroyd
Acting Vice Chancellor and CEO, Regent’s University London Professor Emeritus, Regent’s University London
Carole Stone CBE Yossi Mekelberg
Honorary Senior Fellow, Regent’s University London Professor of International Relations, Regent’s University London
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Regent’s University London and the Tutu Foundation UK
4th Annual Desmond Tutu International Peace Summit
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Programme
8:45 – 9:30 Registration and coffee 13:00 – 14:00 Lunch
9.30 – 9.45 Introductions 14:00 – 14:50 Session 3: Hate and Resolutions – Africa
■■ Welcome from Acting Vice Chancellor Chair: Georgina Godwin
Professor Simon Jarvis and Dr Diana Panellists:
Walford, Regent’s University London ■■ Andrew Mitchell MP QC
■■ Welcome from Archbishop Desmond Tutu ■■ John Battersby
(by video) ■■ Nomatemba Tambo
Master of Ceremonies: Dr Elif Toker-Turnalar Q&A session: 14:50 – 15:00
9.45 – 10.05 Keynote 1: In Conversation with Michael 15:00 – 15:50 Session 4: Youth and Gang Gun and Knife
Palin on North Korea and other travels Violence – Hate Crimes
Speaker: Michael Palin Chair: Dr Mireille Hebing
Chair: Carole Stone CBE Panellists:
Q&A session: 10.05 – 10.15 ■■ Joseph Duncan
■■ Dr Victor Olisa
10.15 – 11.05 Session 1: Perspectives of Hate and ■■ Noel Williams
Resolutions ■■ Natalia Morgan
Chair: Professor Mark Allinson Q&A session: 15:50 – 16:00
Panellists:
■■ Dr Ahmad Al Dubayan 16:00 – 16:30 Tea and coffee break
■■ Rabbi Baroness Neuberger DBE
■■ Sir John Jenkins 16:30 – 16:40 Keynote 2: To remove violence from our
streets, we must remove hatred from our
Q&A session: 11.05 – 11:15 hearts
11.15 – 11.45 Tea and coffee break Speaker: Shaun Bailey
Chair: Professor Simon Jarvis
11.45 – 12.30 Session 2: Resolved and Unresolved Q&A session: 16:40 – 16:50
Conflict
Chair: Professor Rosemary Hollis 16:50 – 17:00 Closing remarks
Panellists: Carole Stone and Edith Slee
■■ Peter Taylor OBE 17:00 – 18:00 Reception
■■ Professor Tom Villis
■■ Dr Pippa Malmgren
Q&A session: 12:30 – 12:40
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Participants
Dr Ahmad Al Dubayan
Dr Ahmad Al Dubayan is Director General Dr Ahmad was awarded a PhD from Ruhr
of the Islamic Cultural Centre and London University in Germany from the Department
Central Mosque. He was born in Onayazah, of Philology & Indology in Arabic Philology,
Saudi Arabia, and gained his BA degree from Islamic Studies and Linguistic Studies. Dr
the Arabic Language & Linguistics Faculty in Ahmad Al Dubayan has made it possible for
the Imam Mohammed Bin Saud University. all sections of the community to attend the
He was appointed as junior lecturer at the London Central Mosque’s various welfare and
same university immediately on completion educational programmes, including training
of his first degree. He completed his MA of volunteers for the Islamic Cultural Centre’s
degree in linguistics from the same university multi-dimensional activities. He has also
with special emphasis on study of the introduced a system to make it easy for poor,
Abbasid translator Hunain Ibn Ishaq and his destitute, ill and needy persons to receive
works and translation from Ancient Greek financial help from the funds.
into Arabic and his terminology. In 1999
Professor Mark Allinson
Professor Mark Allinson is Head of Academic department at Royal Holloway, London, before
& Educational Developments at Regent’s taking up a professorship at the University
University London. His role is to promote and of Leicester. He has published three books
support the development of both institutional and many chapters and articles. His practice
strategy in learning and teaching, and the and research now is focused on teaching and
professional development of academic staff. educational and leadership development.
Originally a linguist, Mark set up the Spanish
Shaun Bailey
Born in North Kensington, Shaun Bailey engagement experiences, he ventured into the
took to politics after witnessing the route political arena to continue making a positive
to crime taken by many of his peers. He difference. Shaun was elected to the London
became a youth worker for the Blenheim Assembly in 2016, and sits on a number of
Project in Ladbroke Grove, and later co- committees including the Transport Committee
founded My Generation, a charity addressing and the Environment Committee. Prior to this
the social problems that affect struggling he has stood for parliament in London twice
young people and their families, such as and was appointed to be a special adviser to
anti-social behaviour, drug abuse, crime, then prime minister David Cameron. Shaun
pregnancy, educational underachievement was selected last September to be the
and unemployment. Over the last 20 years Conservative Party’s candidate in London’s
Shaun has worked across a number of different 2020 mayoral election, and is hoping to
organisations to help improve people’s become the first-ever black mayor of any major
lives. Following his community and charity European city.
John Battersby
John Battersby is an author, journalist and Africa abroad. He is chair of the board of
communications consultant. He was editor- trustees of the Canon Collins Educational
in-chief of the Sunday Independent in and Legal Assistance Trust and a trustee of
Johannesburg (1996-2001), the New York Life is Wonderful, a charity honouring the
Times southern Africa correspondent 1987-89 lives and values of the Rivonia generation.
and the Christian Science Monitor southern He is co-author of Nelson Mandela: A Life
Africa correspondent from 1989 to 1994. From in Photographs, published by Sterling in the
1994-96 he served as the Monitor’s Middle United States in 2010. And he wrote the
East correspondent, based in Jerusalem. Afterword for the revised edition of Mandela:
John is former country manager of Brand The Authorised Biography by Anthony
South Africa in the UK (2004-2015). As such Sampson (Harper Collins, 2011).
he was entrusted with creating, maintaining
and enhancing the brand that is South
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Joseph Duncan
Joseph Duncan works with young people change. Joseph co‑founded the Youth Futures
as a coach and facilitator on a daily basis programme, which works with over 300 local
and is deeply passionate about the potential young people in the boroughs of Southwark
of personal development and youth. He and Lambeth. He has been directly involved
believes that this is a missing element in and led on mediating with troubled families
schools and that organisations and projects in conflict and making other interventions
outside the normal school curriculum which with parents and the youth offending team.
work on self-esteem and accelerated learning With the Tutu Foundation Joseph co‑created
techniques have a vital role to play. Combining Conversations for Change, a community
his qualifications and experience of personal cohesion and capacity-building programme
development processes, Joseph is able for communities working with and for young
to design, manage and deliver inclusive, people across the UK using the philosophy of
learner‑centric programs that encourage active Ubuntu.
citizenship, self‑advocacy and sustainable
Georgina Godwin
Georgina Godwin is an independent broadcast member of SWRadio Africa, Zimbabwe’s first
journalist. A regular chair of literary events independent radio station (for which she was
worldwide, she’s the voice of the Arts Podcast deemed ‘an enemy of the state’ and banned
for The British Council. She is also books editor from the country of her birth), and of the Harare
for Monocle 24 and presenter of the in-depth International Festival of the Arts. She serves
author interview show ‘Meet the Writers’. She is on the board of the charity, Developing Artists
a frequent host of award-winning current affairs and is a fellow of the Gabriel Garcia Marquez
programme The Globalist and a commentator Foundation. She tweets at @georginagodwin
on Southern African politics. She was a founder
Dr Mireille Hebing
Dr Mireille Hebing is an experienced lecturer the BA (Hons) Liberal Studies. She teaches
with considerable knowledge and experience across several social science areas, including
of designing, planning and delivering high- sociology, politics, criminology, international
quality teaching in a range of subject areas, relations, human rights, research theory and
including sociology, international relations, methods and the liberal arts. Her modules
politics, human rights, research theory and cover many areas of crime, including crime
methods, and across the liberal arts. She and society, human trafficking, criminal justice
situates student experience at the centre processes, and gender violence. Her research
of her teaching philosophy, has a strong interests include gender violence, domestic
emphasis on interactive teaching methods, abuse, asylum and the nation state and
experiential learning, and encouraging refugee stories. She is a trustee for Rights of
students to fully participate in class. She Women, an organisation which specialises
is currently Course Leader for the MA in assisting women to access the law. As
International Relations at Regent’s University such, she convenes the Rights of Women
London and teaches several modules on seminars at Regent’s.
Professor Rosemary Hollis
Rosemary Hollis is a professor of international Programme at RUSI (Royal United Services
politics. She was director of the Olive Tree Institute for Defence Studies). Professor Hollis
Scholarship Programme, City University London gained a PhD in political science (1988) from
(2008-2018), director of research (2005-08) George Washington University in Washington,
and head of the Middle East Programme DC, where she also taught for several years in
(1995-2005) at Chatham House (the Royal the 1980s. She also holds an MA in War Studies
Institute of International Affairs). From 1990-95 (1975) and BA in History (1974) from King’s
Rosemary was head of the Middle East College, University of London. .
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Professor Simon Jarvis
As Deputy Vice Chancellor, Professor Simon He has held a number of positions in the UK
Jarvis leads Regent’s University London’s including Pro Vice-Chancellor at the University of
academic, research and enterprise strategies Westminster, Dean of Biosciences and Professor
aimed at providing excellence in learning and of Biochemistry at the University of Westminster,
teaching and research and further enhancing the and Reader in Biochemistry at the University of
student experience. Professor Jarvis joined the Kent at Canterbury. He also worked for six years
University in January 2015 from the University at the University of Alberta, Canada and was an
of Greenwich, where he was Deputy Vice- Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research
Chancellor (Academic Development). His research Scholar. Born in London, Simon was educated at
has focused on improving the uptake of drugs the University of Nottingham where he studied
into cells, with benefits for the treatment of Applied Biochemistry (BSc, Hons First Class) and
cancers, viral infections and parasitic diseases. obtained a PhD from the University of Cambridge.
Sir John Jenkins
Sir John Jenkins is a Senior Fellow at Policy the 2011 revolution, ambassador to Iraq, Syria
Exchange in London and a Board Member of and Burma and consul-general in Jerusalem.
the Middle East Centre at the London School In a 35-year career in the British Diplomatic
of Economics and Political Science. He was Service he also lived and worked in Kuwait,
executive and then corresponding director Malaysia and the UAE and was director for the
(Middle East) at the International Institute for Middle East and North Africa at the Foreign
Strategic Studies (IISS), based in Manama, Office in London from 2007-2009. He was the
Bahrain from January 2015 to December 2017 lead author of the British government’s Muslim
and a senior fellow at Yale University’s Jackson Brotherhood Review in 2014. He studied at
Institute for Global Affairs from January to Cambridge University (BA, PhD), SOAS (Arabic
December 2017. Until January 2015 he was and Burmese) and the London Business
the British ambassador to Saudi Arabia. He School. Sir John has also written for the New
was also the Benghazi-based British special Statesman, Guardian, Daily Telegraph and Arab
representative to the National Transitional News and is a regular commentator on regional
Council and later ambassador to Libya during affairs for the BBC and other broadcasters.
Dr Pippa Malmgren
Pippa Malmgren is a former Presidential advisor World Economic Forum in 2000 and 2001.
and a prominent public speaker who co-founded Dr Malmgren also founded the DRPM Group,
H Robotics. She has a BA from Mount Vernon which advises institutional investors worldwide
College and an MSc and PhD from the London on investment trends and is a platform for her
School of Economics. She completed the Harvard public speaking. She is the author of three books
Program on National Security. (two bestsellers): Geopolitics for Investors (2015),
Pippa served President George W. Bush in the Signals: How Everyday Signs Help Us Navigate
White House and on the National Economic the World’s Turbulent Economy (2016) and The
Council, where she handled financial market Leadership LAB: Understanding Leadership in
issues and terrorism risks to the economy after the 21st Century (2018). She lectures at Sandhurst,
911. Prior to that, she was the chief currency INSEAD and Duke Fuqua Global Executive MBA,
strategist for Bankers Trust and then deputy and has lectured at the University of Texas at
head of global strategy at UBS. She ran Bankers Austin and Tsinghua University. She gave the
Trust’s asset management business in Asia. She graduation address at the London School of
was named a Global Leader for Tomorrow by the Economics in 2013 and again in 2016.
Andrew Mitchell MP QC
Andrew Mitchell is the Member of Parliament 2013) and Ernst & Young (since 2016). In 2017
for Sutton Coldfield. He was educated at Rugby he was appointed as a senior adviser to the
School and Cambridge University, where African Development Bank (AfDB). Previously
he was elected President of the Cambridge he served in the Army (Royal Tank Regiment)
Union. Andrew Mitchell was secretary of state as a UN peacekeeper before joining the
for international development in the British international investment bank Lazard, where
government from May 2010 until he became he worked on and off for 30 years. He is a
government chief whip in September 2012. fellow of Cambridge University; a visiting fellow
He was a member of the National Security at Harvard University and at the School of
Council in Britain and a governor of the International Studies of Peking University, and
World Bank between 2010 and 2012. Andrew an honorary professor in the College of Social
Mitchell is a senior adviser to Investec (since Sciences at the University of Birmingham.
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Natalia Morgan
Natalia Morgan is a 17-year-old student and regularly makes her own videos based on
currently studying A-levels, she was raised in current affairs. She is a part of the Advocacy
south-west London. Since a young age Natalia Academy and co-founded the social justice
has been interested in social issues, from movement NoLostCauses. Natalia will be
youth violence in the UK to the ‘Arab Spring’ studying international relations at university in
uprising of 2011. Natalia is an aspiring journalist autumn 2019.
and filmmaker who has written a few articles
Rabbi Baroness Neuberger DBE
Julia Neuberger is Senior Rabbi of the West and vice chair of the Van Leer Jerusalem
London Synagogue, a cross-bench peer in Institute. Baroness Neuberger was vice chair
the House of Lords, former CEO of the King’s of the Mental Health Act Independent Review
Fund, and a founding trustee of the Walter 2017-2018. She became chair of University
and Liesel Schwab Charitable Trust, set up in College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in
memory of her parents. She is also a trustee of February 2019.
Full Fact, a trustee of the Rayne Foundation
Dr Victor Olisa
Victor Olisa joined Surrey Police in 1982 became borough commander of Haringey,
straight from university, where he studied where he worked for three years before
biochemistry. He worked both in uniform and taking up the position of head of inclusion and
criminal investigation department up to the diversity for the Met, between 2016 and 2017.
rank of sergeant. He transferred to the City of In 2017, Dr Olisa was awarded the Queen’s
London Police in 1990, where he worked in Police Medal for distinguished police service. In
various roles and departments that included October 2017 he retired from the police service
operational uniform inspector and the Fraud and is currently carrying out research into police
Squad. In 2003 he went on secondment to the leadership as a Visiting Fellow at the London
Home Office to work on ‘stop and search’ as School of Economics and Political Science and
part of a small team in the Office for Criminal working as a governor at Treloar’s and Director
Justice Reform. In 2005 he was awarded a of Safeguarding at Surrey County Football
PhD in Criminology by the London School of Association.
Economics and Political Science. In 2013 he
Michael Palin
Michael Palin established his reputation with Python Live (mostly) – One Down Five to Go.
Monty Python’s Flying Circus and Ripping Yarns. He also starred in a three-part contemporary
His work includes several films with Monty ghost story for the BBC called Remember Me.
Python, as well as A Private Function, Fierce He’s narrated several new series of the classic
Creatures and a BAFTA winning performance children’s TV programme The Clangers. In
as the hapless Ken in A Fish Called Wanda. 2017 he appeared as Molotov in Armando
Michael wrote and appeared in the films The Iannucci’s film The Death of Stalin. During 2018
Missionary, American Friends and the television he played Thackeray in an ITV adaptation of
Photo by John Swannell plays East of Ipswich and Number 27. He Vanity Fair, published Erebus: The Story of a
played Jim Nelson in Alan Bleasdale’s GBH, Ship, and presented a two-part series, Michael
and has presented two Great Railway Journey Palin in North Korea for CH5. Between 2009
programmes for the BBC. In 2014, Michael, and 2012 Michael was President of the Royal
with his fellow Pythons, performed a 10-night Geographical Society. In 2013 he was awarded
sell-out show at the O2 Arena in London, Monty the BAFTA Fellowship.
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Edith Slee
Edith Slee trained as a nurse, then a her own grandchildren and in the community.
community nurse. A training which has proved She continues her arts practice alongside her
invaluable in many places and many situations interests in education – respect and courtesy
throughout her life. She worked in early years towards each other and the environment being
education as her own children and foster the common thread. She and her late husband,
children were growing up. Edith then did a Colin, knew Desmond and Leah Tutu through
degree in Art and Design, followed by a PGCE Kings College London, where Desmond and
specialising in the foundation stage, working Colin were students, and Colin later became
in a wide variety of schools across London. chaplain. They met many South African
Edith is a sculptural artist and an early years students and were much involved with the
practitioner, working more nowadays with Tutus’ role in the apartheid era.
Carole Stone CBE
Carole Stone was for many years producer Birthday Honours she was awarded the CBE
of BBC Radio 4’s current affairs discussion for her services to research and charities. In
programme Any Questions? She is counsellor 2008 Carole established The Carole Stone
for One Young World, a UK-based not-for-profit Foundation – connecting people, exchanging
organisation that gathers together global young ideas and building friendships around the world
leaders to develop solutions to the world’s to help make a fairer society.
most pressing issues. In 2015 in the Queen’s
Nomatemba Tambo
Nomatemba Tambo is South African High Company). She is also a director of Girls on
Commissioner to the UK. Born on 19 October a Mission, a charity dealing with women, a
1957, she is the daughter of apartheid struggle trustee of the Oliver and Adelaide Tambo
hero and former President of the African Foundation, patron of SchoolAid, South Africa
National Congress (ANC) Oliver Reginald and patron of People First, a charity focusing
Tambo and heroine Adelaide Tambo. Prior on the education of disadvantaged children
to being appointed South African High in Rwanda. Before London, her last diplomatic
Commissioner, Ms Tambo served in Hong Kong post was serving as ambassador to Italy, Malta,
and Italy. She is co-founder of the South African Albania and San Marino, and as Permanent
Women’s Chamber of Commerce in Hong Representative to UN-based agencies in Rome.
Kong and director/founding member of Women She also served as Consul General to Hong
in Capital Growth (a Black Empowerment Kong and Macau.
Peter Taylor OBE
Peter Taylor has reported on the conflict in political decisions that led to 1981 hunger strike,
Northern Ireland for almost 50 years, has resulting in the rise of Sinn Fein and the secret
made over 100 documentaries on the subject back-channel talks that ultimately led to the
and written eight related books, most notably Good Friday Agreement of 1998. Most recently
his seminal trilogy Provos, Loyalists and Brits, he has reported on republican dissidents and
based on his 10-part BBC TV documentary the likely impact of Brexit on the border. Peter
series. His introduction to the Irish conflict has won many awards for his work, including
was ‘bloody Sunday’ in 1972 when British an OBE for Services to Television Journalism,
paratroopers shot dead 13 innocent civil rights Journalist of the Year, the James Cameron and
marchers in Londonderry/Derry. Since then Christopher Ewart-Biggs Awards and Lifetime
he has covered all the landmark issues: the Achievement Awards from BAFTA and the
IRA’s ‘long war’ and loyalist paramilitaries Royal Television Society.
violent reaction; British security policy and the
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Dr Elif Toker-Turnalar
Elif Toker-Turnalar lectures in political she has lectured at Birkbeck, Westminster and
communications and public relations in London Metropolitan universities. Her research
the Faculty of Humanities, Arts & Social interests include political behaviour on social
Sciences at Regent’s University London. One media platforms, political communication
of her many claims to fame is that Barack used by developing countries, political public
Obama follows her on Twitter! Join him @ relations and the way this has developed with
elftok. Elif is excited by the opportunities technological change. She has also written
for societies brought through diversity and on the formal role of the military in political
her experience of having lived, studied and decision making in Egypt and Turkey. Elif is a
worked in London, Istanbul and Singapore, Turkish politics analyst and commentator for
has enriched her understanding. In London the BBC and for France 24.
Professor Tom Villis
Professor Tom Villis studied at the universities Senate Research Committee. Tom’s research
of Edinburgh and Grenoble before completing has focused on anti-parliamentary and elitist
his PhD at St John’s College Cambridge ideas in British culture and the intellectual
in 2004. Since then he has lectured at the origins of European fascism. At present he
University of Cambridge, the Open University is working on the political ideas of British
and Webster University. He became a full-time Catholics. He is the author of Reaction and
lecturer in modern history and politices at the Avant-Garde: the revolt against liberal
Regent’s University London in 2008, a senior democracy in early twentieth century Britain
lecturer in 2009 and a Reader in 2013. He is (London: I.B. Tauris, 2005). His latest book,
chair of the Faculty of Humanities, Arts & Social British Catholics and Fascism, is published by
Sciences research group and a member of the Palgrave Macmillan.
Dr Diana Walford
Diana Walford has worked at the highest levels consultant appointment at the Central
in the civil service, the NHS and in higher Middlesex Hospital. Diana was appointed
education. Most recently, she was Principal of CBE in 2002 for services to public health and
Mansfield College, Oxford University (2002- holds a doctorate in medicine and fellowships
2011). Having qualified in medicine at Liverpool of the Royal College of Physicians, the Royal
University, after achieving first-class honours College of Pathologists, the Faculty of Public
BSc in physiology intercalated in the third year Health and an honorary fellowship of Mansfield
of the course, Diana trained as a haematologist College. She took up her appointment as Chair
and spent eight years working in hospital of the Board of Trustees of Regent’s University
medicine, culminating in an honorary London on 29 July 2015.
Noel Williams
Noel Williams is a criminal and social justice justice system. Noel is a board member of
policy adviser and political commentator, who Peer Power, a social justice charity that is
has featured on major news outlets, including rooted in the promotion of empathy. Its work
the BBC, LBC, C5 and C4 discussing crime, supports the most vulnerable children and
social justice, politics and current affairs. He young people in society: those impacted by
sits on various boards, including the National adverse childhood experiences, including
Advisory Board for Counter Terrorism Policing abuse, trauma, rejection and loss, those most
and the Advisory Youth Panel at the Youth excluded and not heard in society, and often
Justice Board for England and Wales, the with experience of social care and youth
government body that oversees the youth justice agencies.
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Tutu Foundation UK
The Tutu Foundation UK was founded in 2007 by the Very Ultimately the Ubuntu Round Tables and the philosophy of
Reverend Colin Slee, the late Dean of Southwark Cathedral, Ubuntu are tools to re-invent community policing, so that we
and Edith Slee, with the support of their close friends can all live in more peaceful and collaborative communities.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Mrs Leah Tutu.
Building and maintaining peaceful communities involves a
The organisation is founded on the principles of Ubuntu, an good understanding of conflict, as well as the knowledge
African philosophy that emphasises our common humanity and skills for effective conflict management. The Tutu
– our connectedness and interdependence as fellow human Foundation UK has set up the Tutu Foundation UK Mediation
beings. We work with everyone recognising the value in Service (TFMS) as well as the Tutu Foundation UK Training
each person. Academy (TFTA).
As Desmond Tutu puts it: ‘My humanity is caught up and is The TFMS panel consists of professionally accredited
inextricably bound up in yours. We belong in a bundle of life. mediators, comprising leading medical practitioners, senior
We say a person is a person through other persons.’ barristers and practising psychotherapists. This blend
of legal, medical and psychological backgrounds offers
The Tutu Foundation UK and Youth Futures have created a specialist expertise and the skill to intervene wherever
partnership to enable young people, particularly disaffected required, for peace-building and resolving conflicts.
young people, and the police in boroughs across London to
engage in constructive conversations. The conversations are Similarly, the TFTA delivers educational seminars, lectures,
led and facilitated by trained young people. Their purpose talks, conferences and training, to equip professionals in all
is to enable the police and young people recognise the sectors – health, industry, education or commerce – with
individual humanity in each other, build understanding and insights into effective conflict-management skills.
respect for each other and so improve community policing.
The programmes are designed to provide an additional
understanding of the psychology behind the skills, resulting
in improved relationships, better communications and
understanding of equality and diversity issues, greater
efficiency and productivity – and, of course, fewer conflicts.
www.tutufoundationuk.org
‘My humanity is caught up and
is inextricably bound up in yours.
We belong in a bundle of life.
We say a person is a person
through other persons.’
Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu
Image: Hattie Miles
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