The Intercultural Communication and Leadership School (ICLS) was
set up in Leicester in 2004 and aims to help build a new
generation of leaders for Leicester and the surrounding area.
Leicester ICLS is part of a global network of Intercultural
Communication and Leadership Schools registered in Rome, and
with a secondary seat based in Islamabad.
The concept of ICLS grew out of a programme that was first
used to bring together young people out of the conflict in
Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Since September 2007, ICLS in Leicester has received funding
from Leicestershire Constabulary and Leicester City Council for
a dedicated half-time ICLS Project Worker post to operate
through the St Philip’s Centre. I have been privileged to work
alongside some very dedicated and committed people.
The main activity of the Intercultural Communication and
Leadership School is to provide training to diverse groups of
young people aged 18-30 years, in order to equip them to “be the
change they wish to see”. ICLS provides
relevant and practical training in leadership, conflict
mediation, communication and diversity awareness, as well as
helping participants form a ‘Network of Trust’, a co-operative
of young people from diverse backgrounds who know and trust each
other; a real means of peace-building in our city and beyond.
Rachel Smith
Project worker
Contact
icls@stphilipscentre.co.uk.
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ICLS group discussion
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Website: http://www.icls.org.uk/leicester.
http://iclsleicester.wordpress.com
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