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Volunteering with Scottish Centre for Nonviolence

Change often brings benefits.

The Centre is delighted to announce that the mandate for change, implemented since November 2005 has given birth to new and exciting volunteering opportunities. Go to our new page Volunteer with SCNV and see:

Scotland is part of the UK it has great cultural history and beautiful scenery. The Scottish highlands offer the stunning Isle of Skye, magical Loch Ness, the old Castle of Urquhart and the city of Inverness, the at least 5,000 year old Calanais Standing Stones, as well as Cawdor Castle, Britain’s highest mountain Ben Nevis, the world famous Great Glen and John O'Groats. Not to mention the finest whisky in the world to keep you warm. UK Net Guide covers holidays and things to do in Scotland from day trips to flights or searching and booking a hotel online or want to stay in then simply see what’s on Scottish television for the day or evening.

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If you choose to visit Scotland on holiday to enjoy an active holiday or to practice English or even learn English then consider your holiday with MovingOn Courses who also offer an English course with a multi national group of students. A great many of the English course students are Spanish. This is to be expected as Cursos de ingles de verano are incredibly popular with Spanish students. Indeed they attend their cursos de ingles in Spain aswell. However the point is that they have a similar nature to the Scots and will liven up an English course.

The Centre is delighted to reannounce that the mandate for change, originally implemented late 2005 has given birth to a new and exciting project and opportunities. We have been given a number of Edinburgh apartments by the city council to renovate and use for our services and even an office. 2010 looks like a good year for the group. Again we will challenge our violent world with nonviolent alternatives.

Volunteer Job Descriptions for eleven roles All of our policies for Volunteers included in our virtual Handbook And links to helpful organisations.

If you are an organisation or group who are developing your own policies and are here to “have a look at what we've got...” the SCNV operates a policy of sharing and are happy for people to use the material on our site. Do take care though, regulation can vary from country to country so get it checked out locally before you implement any policies - we did.

What is nonviolence?

If you or your group is interested in nonviolence training, contact the Centre for attention of the police.

Nonviolence is a successful working strategy which:

  1. Tackles unjust situations
  2. Confronts abuse and bullying
  3. Works for social change and community action
  4. Builds international peace and disarmament

Nonviolence:

  1. Respects individuals
  2. Tries to understand people with whom you disagree
  3. Refuses to humiliate the opposition
  4. Avoids the use of violence
  5. Creates alternatives

Why is it needed?

We know that using violence doesn’t work. It does not solve conflict. It leads to ‘no-win’ situations. People get hurt and the conflict remains. But it can be very hard to think of other ways to act.

The Centre exists to challenge a violent world with nonviolent alternatives.

Updated May 2009
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