# PEACE DIRECT

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1123241
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [06458464](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06458464)
- **Registered:** March 18, 2008
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1123241


## Contact

- **Address:** 1st floor, Peace Direct, Dynamis House, 6-8 Sycamore Street, LONDON
- **Phone:** 020 3422 5549
- **Email:** info@peacedirect.org
- **Website:** peacedirect.org



## Activities

**Objects:** 1.TO PROMOTE CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND RECONCILIATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT WITH A VIEW TO RELIEVING SUFFERING, POVERTY AND DISTRESS AND BUILDING AND MAINTAINING SOCIAL COHESION AND TRUST WITHIN AND BETWEEN COMMUNITIES BY: A. INVESTIGATING AND IDENTIFYING PROBABLE CAUSES OF CONFLICT B. EXAMINING PROBABLE SOLUTIONS TO THE CONFLICT C. MEDIATING WITH PARTIES TO THE CONFLICT AND OTHERS TOGETHER TO DISCUSS POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS ENABLING THEM TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS OF TRUST D. RECOMMENDING TO THE PARTIES INVOLVED MEASURES WHICH ARE LIKELY TO RESULT IN THE RESOLUTION OR PREVENTION OF THE CONFLICT OR THE REDUCTION OF ANY HUMANITARIAN CRISIS THAT MAY ENSUE FROM THE CONFLICTPROVIDED THAT ALL ACTIVITIES SHALL BE BALANCED AND SHALL MAINTAIN OR ENHANCE THE CHARITY&#x27;S COMMITMENT TO REMAINING IMPARTIAL, RESPECT FOR THE RULE OF LAW, INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNISED HUMAN RIGHTS AND PRINCIPLES OF NON-VIOLENCE.  2.TO PROMOTE EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY AND RACIAL AND RELIGIOUS HARMONY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY:A. ADVANCING EDUCATION AND RAISING AWARENESS IN EQUALITY AND DIVERSITYB. PROMOTING ACTIVITIES TO FOSTER UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN PEOPLE FROM DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS AND TO PROMOTE GOOD RELATIONS C. PROMOTING KNOWLEDGE AND MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN DIFFERENT RACIAL AND RELIGIOUS GROUPS D. CULTIVATING A SENTIMENT IN FAVOUR OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY 3. TO PROMOTE DOMESTIC HUMAN RIGHTS BY:A. OBTAINING REDRESS FOR THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSEB. CONTRIBUTING TO THE SOUND ADMINISTRATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS LAW C. PROMOTING RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AMONG INDIVIDUALS D. ELIMINATING INFRINGEMENTS OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN THIS CLAUSE &#x27;DOMESTIC HUMAN RIGHTS&#x27; SHALL MEAN THOSE RIGHTS WHICH ARE ENSHRINED OR INCORPORATED INTO THE DOMESTIC LAW OF THE COUNTRY IN WHICH IT IS PROPOSED TO PROMOTE THOSE RIGHTS.

**Activities:** Peace Direct finds, funds &amp; promotes local peacebuilding. We find &amp; fund committed, pragmatic and effective individuals and organisations working at the frontline of conflict.  We support and promote their work, believing it is critical their message is heard and their knowledge shared. We believe that local peacebuilding should be at the centre of all strategies for managing conflict resolution.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Human Resources, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Education/training, Overseas Aid/famine Relief, Economic/community Development/employment, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity, Other Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** Children/young People, People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** UNITED KINGDOM, EUROPE AND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD
- Burma
- Burundi
- Central African Republic
- Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Mali
- Nigeria
- Pakistan
- Philippines
- Somalia
- South Sudan
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Syria
- Zimbabwe
- Hackney





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Aleema Shivji |  | March 27, 2025 |
| Bridget Moix |  | June 27, 2024 |
| David George Loyn |  | Dec. 13, 2018 |
| Jennie Richmond |  | June 26, 2025 |
| Jennifer Ashawa Larbie |  | Dec. 16, 2020 |
| Maryam Mohsin |  | Feb. 23, 2023 |
| Mohammad Haider |  | March 27, 2025 |
| Peace Joy Ashenafi |  | Feb. 23, 2023 |
| Sukanya Podder |  | March 27, 2025 |




