Tides Training

National Network
Ireland
Address

Tides Training 48 Elmwood Aveneue
Belfast
United Kingdom

Telephone
0044 2890202026
Telephone (other)
0044 7818036180
E-Mail
lizawilkinson@tidestraining.org
E-Mail (2)
garycarpendale.tides@gmail.com
Organisation Type
Non-Governmental Organization
Year of Establishment
2000
Fields of Activity
  1. Others
General Information
Our organisation is a charity and limited company. We have a board of 9 members and a staff team of 14 people. Our annual turnover is approx. £400,000.00 We receive a small amount of funding from the Northern Ireland Government and some consultancy work. We also have a number of projects funded by European Peace Money and the International Fund for Ireland.
Mission and Objectives

TIDES has an established reputation in both Northern Ireland and internationally for helping lead the development of training modules and capacity building in a range of key cross cutting themes around the sectors of Conflict Management, Good Relations and Diversity across the Community Public and Private through • TRANSFORMATION of attitudes, contexts and relationships • Recognition of mutual INTERDEPENDENCE • Positive engagement with DIVERSITY • The building of an EQUITABLE and just society framed by SUSTAINABLE structures at both a social and ecological level TIDES Training & Consultancy is an ethically based non-profit company which offers Conflict Management, Community Relations and Mediation Training. Our team designs and delivers programmes to empower people with practical skills to: deal with the challenges of everyday life, address the legacy of political violence and engage with a more globalised society.

Main Projects / Activities

We deliver practical and applicable training programmes that empower people to deal with the challenges of everyday life at work and home.The delivery of a Training of Trainers programme in Community Relations, Conflict Management(Mediation), Advanced Group Work Skills and Citizenship. We are involved in building inter-community programmes in areas that have directly experienced violence and ongoing tensions, which can implement effective local strategies working towards conflict reduction, meditative communication and community development initiatives. We are supporting ongoing systemic and organisational management development for these initiatives to help build a sustainable future for local projects. We are directly supporting the evolution, piloting and development of new practice based projects. We are undertaking and supporting the research and evaluation of the methodological base supporting community relations and conflict management approaches. Wherever possible we engage all of these approaches through a collaborative partnership with other organisations working locally and/or internationally for peace.

Contact (1) Full Name
Mary Montague
Head of the organisation
liza wilkinson (took over from Mary Montague in 2017)
Contact (2) Full Name
Gary Carpendale