NVC UK INFOPOINT
Nonviolent Communication in the UK


This web page has information about ways Nonviolent Communication (NVC) is being used in the UK, to help you find people working in your region and in your area of interest.
 
Those listed below are part of a network disseminating NVC in the UK and beyond.

They are:

  • working within the guidelines specified by the Center for Nonviolent Communication (CNVC)

  • contributing to CNVC as and when they receive income from NVC-related activities

  • working collaboratively

 
The Center for Nonviolent Communication (www.cnvc.org) is a global organisation whose vision is a world where all people are getting their needs met and resolving their conflicts peacefully. In this vision, people are using NVC to create and participate in networks of worldwide life-serving systems in economics, education, justice, healthcare and peace-keeping. It links trainers, organisers and supporters working with people from all walks of life in 35 countries.

Marshall Rosenberg began developing his model of Nonviolent Communication more than forty years ago in the US, in response to the physical, emotional and spiritual violence he witnessed in society. Since his first visit to the UK in 1993, enthusiasts here have developed a variety of approaches for making NVC accessible to others. Of these, two are more common:

  • An agreed curriculum is presented as an ‘NVC Foundation Course’, with subsequent courses offering increased depth, breadth and complexity, some targeted at particular issues.

  • NVC is used in workplaces and communities to help people apply it to the issues they are encountering and to bring about a shift in situations characterised by conflict and suffering. The emphasis is on bringing change to the live situation. Participants in these initiatives absorb NVC by observing experienced practitioners and by practising the skills in real situations.



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Name: Maria Arpa

Phone: 07831 302010

Email:              maria[at]mariaarpa.co.uk

Website:           www.mariaarpa.co.uk

Region: Based in London, works throughout UK

Focus: Mediation and Conflict Resolution practice, training and supervision, UK and International for individuals, couples, young people, communities, corporations and government

 

Name: Yon Anjali

Phone: 01803 862543 

Email:              yonanjali[at]onetel.com

Website:            
Region: Based in Devon, works in South West England

Focus: Public trainings, facilitating practice groups, couples and individual sessions, spiritual communities

 
Name: Beauchamp Bagenal

Phone: 01462 679670         

Email:              b.bagenal[at]ntlworld.com

Website:            
Region: Based in Hertfordshire, works in Hertfordshire / London

Focus: Public trainings, mediation, training in schools, individual/couples sessions practice groups, generating training materials

           

Name: Aasia Bora

Phone: 07960 592119   

Email:              querns[at]hotmail.com

Website:            
Region: Based in South London and the Midlands.

Focus: Working with children in alternative education

 
Name: Shantigarbha CT

Phone: +44 (0) 7941 611254         

Email:              sg[at]seedofpeace.org

Website:           www.seedofpeace.org

Region: UK, continental Europe, the US and India

Focus: Residential trainings, retreats, Year Program, supporting Certification Candidates, Buddhists, teachers, prisons, parenting, war-torn areas, magazine articles

 

Name: Leo Sofer CT

Phone: 01309 692058   

Email:              leo[at]sofer.com

Website:            

Region: Findhorn, Scotland

Focus: Public trainings and ongoing practice groups, mediation and individual work. Co-ordinates local NVC Network, works with organisations in the public and private sector

 
Name: Andy “Ray” Taylor

Phone: 0845 058 0537

Email:              nvc[at]andy-taylor.org or via websites
Website:           www.CourageousCommunication.com and www.TheGlobalCoolingProject.com
Region: Teleworking from Findhorn and Dakar in English, French and Slovak
Focus: Coaching (by phone, SKYPE and email); NVC for businesses communication; inclusion of interesting minorities; participative decision-making; overseas development and environment/climate change
 

Name: Penny Vine CT

Phone: 0113 2261829                

Email:              penny[at]vine16.freeserve.co.uk 

Website:            
Region: Based in Leeds, works in north England

Focus: Education: supporting practitioners, parents/carers in schools, nurseries and children’s centres. Works with Early Years Foundation Stage, Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2. Public trainings and one-to-one support
 

Name: Gina Lawrie CT

Phone: 0845 456 1050              

Email:              gl[at]ykw.com

Website:          

www.GnB.org.uk   www.ginalawrie.co.uk

Region: Based in Surrey, works worldwide

Focus: Organisations, coaching individuals and couples, public training, trainer and facilitation development, The NVC Dance Floors

 

Name: Cliff Lloyd

Phone: 020 7916 9821     

Email:              cliff.lloyd[at]blueyonder.co.uk

Website:            

Region: Based in North London; will work anywhere

Focus: Training, supporting individuals, couples, families & intentional communities, mediation, community building, NVC & organisations

 
Name: Sarah Ludford

Phone: 017687 74601 / 07906 350845                            

Email:              sarah[at]connectwithcompassion.com

Website:            
Region: Based in Cumbria, works North West

Focus: Public trainings, organisations, one-to-one coaching, freedom and empowerment, living NVC, experiential  retreats, NVC with young chiildren

   
Name: Jo McHale

Phone: 01252 792322               

Email:              jomchale[at]onetel.com

Website:            
Region: Based in Surrey, works throughout UK and beyond

Focus: Prisons, organisations, public trainings, individual and couples work, generating  materials

           

Name: Vicky Peirce CT

Phone: 01454 238712   

Email:              v.peirce[at]btinternet.com

Website:           www.cometolife.org

Region: Based at The Come to Life Barn, Bath/Stroud

Focus: Regular 5 day 'Living NVC' residential experiences throughout the year, workshops in self exploration and empowerment, one to one, couples and family group work, public Foundation trainings
 
Name: Shona Cameron CT

Phone: 0161 862 9195           

Email:              shona.cc[at]virgin.net

Website:           www.withunity.co.uk

Region: Manchester, North of England and North Wales

Focus: Education: supporting adults in schools; resources to share NVC with children. Coaching (finding your life purpose); intentional community; public trainings

 

Name: Pat Dannahy CT

Phone: 01865 730212   

Email:              pat[at]Touchstones.org.uk

Website:           www.Touchstones.org.uk 

Region: Based in Oxford, works in England, Ireland and beyond

Focus: Mediation & reconciliation, communities, prisons, coaching, personal development, public trainings, research

 

Name: Daren De Witt   CT

Phone: 020 8506 9793/07968 034 828     

Email:              daren[at]nvc-resolutions.co.uk

Website:           www.nvc-resolutions.co.uk

Region: Based on London border, works in London and beyond

Focus: Public training; mediation and conflict resolution training for organisations; peer mediation and conflict resolution for schools; support / coaching for individuals and couples

 

Name: Trish Dickinson CT

Phone: 0121 4546231                   

Email:              trish[at]jadegate.demon.co.uk

Website:            
Region: Based in the Midlands, travels Worldwide

Focus: Ministry for Peace, Westminster-linking NGOs UK wide in  Conflict management. Integrating NVC through Conversation cafes running  in Europe /Kenya and Middle-East

 
Name: Elizabeth English (Locana) CT

Phone: 01223 429926 / 07811 289671       

Email:              info[at]lifeatwork.co.uk

Website:           www.lifeatwork.co.uk

Region: Based in Cambridge, works widely in UK

Focus: Courses, consultancy, coaching; conflict resolution,  mediation, team-work for personal and professional  development

 
Name: Anna Finlayson CT

Phone: 020 8506 9793 / 07800 511 797      

Email:              anna[at]nvc-resolutions.co.uk

Website:           www.nvc-resolutions.co.uk 

Region: Based on London/Essex border, working in London and beyond

Focus: Public training, conflict resolution for organisations, couples work, mediation

 

Name: Michael Forrest CT

Phone: 01803 867727 

Email:              mforest[at]hotmail.co.uk

Website:            
Region: Based in Totnes, Devon and works mainly in South West England

Focus: Counselling, individual sessions and public training
 

Name: Fabiola Fuentes CT

Phone: 01309 671237 / 07733 456711        

Email:              fabiolafuentes[at]onetel.net

Website:            
Region: Works in Brighton, North Scotland, Spain and South America

Focus: Public trainings, individual and couples sessions, practice groups, interested in bringing nvc to public/private organisations and community groups

   

Name: Michael Gabriel

Phone: 01923 897599 / 07951 004670        

Email:              michael[at]changes-context.co.uk

Website:           www.changes-context.co.uk

Region: Based in London, works throughout UK and Europe

Focus: Workshops, public trainings, 1-1; mediation and conflict resolution for couples; business and public sector; psychotherapist; life coach; counsellor; dance therapist

 

Name: Jane Gear

Phone: 0131 556 1546      

Email:              janegear[at]hotmail.co.uk

Website:            

Region: Based in Edinburgh, works mainly in Scotland/North of  England

Focus: Counselling, education, training, business.

 

Name: Alison Harper

Phone: 0118 966 0457    

Email:              alison[at]communication-and-action.org.uk

Website:           communication-and-action.org.uk

Region: Based in Reading, works in Central Southern England        

Focus: Community building, applying NVC to organisational, social, economic and political issues

 

Name: Laura Harvey CT

Phone: 07986 581952       

Email:              lauraharvey[at]sharedspace.org.uk

Website:           www.sharedspace.org.uk

Region: Works widely in the UK including the North, East Midlands and Oxfordshire

Focus: Public trainings, organisations, education & parenting, the arts and individual coaching

 

Name: Luli Harvey

Phone: 020 8 674 8950 / 07720 548 104

Email:              lucillaharvey[at]btinternet.com

Website:            

Region: Based in London

Focus: Using NVC in psychosexual and relationship counselling with individuals and couples, in NHS and private practice. Teaching 10 week Adult Education course in Compassionate Communication

 

Name: Dunia Hategekimana CT

Phone: 01425 611896       

Email:              db-hategekimana[at]daraja.com

Website:            

Region: Based in Hampshire/Dorset, works in UK, Africa, Asia, Latin America

Focus: Social change projects, training trainers to apply NVC to social, economic & political issues, material for social change and diversity

 

Name: Liz Kingsnorth CT

Phone: 0131 658 1676 /  07811 356 438      

Email:              lizkingsnorth[at]gmail.com

Website:            
Region: Based in Scotland and India. Works throughout UK and internationally

Focus: Business, voluntary and public sectors (including schools); communities; Mediation and conflict resolution; public open trainings

   
Name: Vajrasara Rankin CT

Phone: 01373 463217 / 07931 573 775

Email: vajrasara[at]fwbo.org

Website: 
Region: Based in Somerset near Bath. Works widely throughout the UK

Focus: Public trainings, medical education, charities, spiritual community, staff & team coaching, conflict resolution, mentoring & one-to-one. Experienced in leading meditation courses & retreats.
 


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