Justice Reinvestment

Is prison the best answer? Or might it be that the money spent on prisons might be better spent on local community projects?

Assisted Dying

The Right to Die? In June St George's House hosted a Consultation on the ethical and legal issues concerning Assisted Dying.

Effective and Sustainable Reconciliation

The Consultation was a partnership between St George’s House and Winchester Centre of Religions for Reconciliation and Peace, University of Winchester, together with its founding partners Religions for Peace and St Ethelburga’s Centre for Reconciliation and Peace. We also worked closely with the Archbishop Desmond Tutu Centre for War and Peace Studies at Liverpool Hope University. In June 2009 Lord Eames, former Archbishop of Armagh gave the St George’s House Annual Lecture taking as his theme, The Mechanics of Reconciliation Today, a wide-ranging exploration of the nature, practicalities and difficulties that surround the concept of reconciliation. The Consultation built on this theme by bringing together peace practitioners from across the world with representatives from the Middle East, Sierra Leone, Sri Lank and Northern Ireland. Using John Paul Ledearch’s seminal text, Building Peace: Sustainable Reconciliation in Divided Societies, the weekend provided an opportunity for leading policy makers, thinkers, practitioners and community leaders to explore ways in which the experience of reconciliation initiatives over the past decade can be applied in practice in the UK, and beyond, to promote durable community cohesion. The programme for the Consultation can be read by clicking here. You might also find interesting this response from Rabbi Ron Kronish from Jerusalem by clicking the Consultation title. A detailed report on the Consultation will be posted on the site soon.

Food and Health

This Consultation on Food and Health is the eighth in our series. It brought together experts in health and nutrition, farmers, academics and researchers, representatives of concerned NGOs, and businessmen, and officials. A summary of the lively discussion can be found by clicking on the title above.

Please click on the Consultation title for the Report.

A Good Childhood

In February 2009, the Children’s Society published A Good Childhood: Searching for Values in a Competitive Age. This was a groundbreaking report, canvassing the opinions of over 34,000 children and adults on the state of childhood in contemporary Britain. This Consultation, the first in a series on the theme of Childhood was a partnership between St George’s House and the Children’s Society. It brought together key people from university research departments, the media, representatives of children’s charities, experts from the education sector and policy makers to explore the question of Changing Public Attitudes to Childhood. During the 24hrs participants covered topics and heard presentations on: What does Childhood mean for Society Today?; The Media Perception of Childhood; The Impact of Stereotyping Adolescents; What do Children and Young People Think about Themselves? What are Public Attitudes towards Children and Families? This was the first in an ongoing series of Consultations on Childhood.

Reaching for Gold

St George's House was the proud venue for the final of the 'Reaching for Gold' Competition on 15 December 2009.

Vision not Division

The Vision not Division consultation, held in November 2009 at St George's House in Windsor, brought together experienced practitioners and thinkers from across the education field. They came to debate the role of non-formal learning and to consider strategies for its wider adoption as part of a broader vision for 21st century education.

Faith Schools

When the Runnymede Trust published a report entitled, Right to Divide? Faith Schools and Community Cohesion, there was a good deal of media attention. The Consultation in the House examined Faith Schools from various perspectives with a view to assessing their effect.

Ethical Finance

In the face of economic crisis how should we act? How might the economic structure of the future be constructed? Can trust be restored in the system? These are other questions were explored during a Consultation held in November.

Climate Change Regulation

This was an international Consultation enabling environment regulators to discuss their role in underpinning an international climate change agreement. With the Copenhagen summit around the corner, this Consultation was as necessary as it was urgent.