The SNS youth leadership programmes for ages 16+ equip young people with the skills and confidence to navigate disagreement, build relationships across difference and prepares them to act as positive agents in communities, on university campuses, and across the diverse professional sectors they will go on to work in.
The SNS Bridge Builders Programme is an immersive student leadership initiative that brings together young people from diverse backgrounds to build understanding across difference and develop practical peacebuilding skills.
Bridge Builders will take place from Sunday 23rd to Friday 28th of August 2026. Applications for the Bridge Builders Programme 2026 are now open!
The SNS Future Diplomats Programme is a flagship leadership initiative designed to equip young people—particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds—with the skills, confidence and networks needed to pursue careers in diplomacy, international relations and peacebuilding.
More than 100 Palestinian and Israeli Empathy Leaders have volunteered their time as speakers for SNS, bringing lived experience, dialogue skills, and hopeful leadership into schools and community settings. We give them a full training programme, including a study visit to Northern Ireland to prepare them for their task of acting as role models for British young people.
"It has consolidated a lot of previous knowledge on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and on-ground reality. I learned much more in regards to history, politics, economics and religion in the region"
Bridge builder programme member
Explore how our workshops foster empathy, dialogue, critical thinking and active citizenship. Learn about our approach of applying human needs theory to conflict resolution, and the positive impact on students and classrooms.
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