The Community Peacemaking Toolkit is designed to help communities, organisations, agencies, funders, and partners understand the foundations of safe and credible peacemaking practice. It can support learning, reflection, planning, and local decision-making.

Some communities and organisations may be ready to use the Toolkit as a starting point for internal discussion. Others may need support to work through readiness, training, practitioner development, implementation, coordination, or long-term sustainability.

First Nations Peacemaking, the organisation that developed this Toolkit, can assist with this work.

Support may include:

readiness conversations to help communities and organisations consider whether the right foundations are in place;

training and development to build knowledge, confidence, and role-specific capability;

practitioner development and approval pathways to support safe and responsible practice;

implementation planning to help translate local intent into a staged and workable approach;

coordination and delivery support to strengthen referral pathways, records, safety processes, follow-up, and quality assurance;

and ongoing advisory support to help communities and partners sustain the work over time.

The role of First Nations Peacemaking is not to decide what peacemaking must look like in each place. Those decisions need to be shaped locally. The role of First Nations Peacemaking is to help communities and organisations work through the standards, safeguards, questions, and practical steps that support strong place-based practice.

Communities, organisations, agencies, funders, and partners seeking to establish, strengthen, commission, or support peacemaking practice are encouraged to engage with First Nations Peacemaking early. Early support can help clarify the pathway, identify risks, avoid duplication, and ensure the work is developed with the right foundations from the beginning.