Leap - Confronting Conflict

Leap works with young people aged 11-25, training them to understand and manage conflict in their lives and communities. We also train the adults who work with them.

We have 20 years’ experience in researching, designing and delivering programmes that support those in the criminal justice system, including young offenders, prisoners and prison staff.

We support individuals to understand their relationship with conflict and to bring about behavioural changes. We also develop programmes for organisations, YOIs and prisons to support wider cultural changes and a common understanding and approach towards managing conflict.

Our interventions help young offenders to recognise the consequences of their actions, improve their strategies for resolving conflict and make different choices. Through this behavioural change young people start to think before reacting to situations, which reduces the likelihood of offending or reoffending and supports their rehabilitation and settlement post-custody.