'Scottish Stories of Peace' is a podcast series from the Scottish Peace Platform (SPP). Featuring stories from different SPP members, the series is highlighting and creating a record of the varied and exciting peace-related work being done in Scotland. The SPP is a groundbreaking initiative run jointly by Beyond Borders Scotland and the University of Edinburgh Law School to connect, coordinate, and amplify the work of Scotland's peace sector. It is funded by the Scottish Government. For more information visit www.scottishpeaceplatform.org
The Scottish Peace Platform meets with Scottish Mediation to learn more about their exciting project of providing peer mediation training for teachers and students in Scottish schools. In this discussion with Graham Boyack, Director and Mallory Hybl, Project Officer for Peer Mediation we learn briefly about what mediation is, what Scottish Mediation does, and how their peer mediation in schools project has developed. We also learn about a peer mediation project in a school in Paisley, Scotland delivered in partnership with WOSDEC (also an SPP member organisation) and the Scottish Peace Platform.
6/22/26 • 11:43
The Scottish Peace Platform meets with Gender Action for Peace and Security - the UK’s Women, Peace, and Security Network and member organisation of the SPP - to learn more about their work and how they see WPS in the Scottish context. In this discussion with Alice Copland, WPS Manager, we focus on the challenging global environment for the WPS Agenda and the upcoming refresh to the UK’s National Action Plan. We also ask what role does Scotland play in this refresh, sharing reflections from a recent joint consultation session.
6/15/26 • 31:04
The Scottish Peace Platform speaks with Janet Fenton, a Scottish Quaker eco-feminist committed to peace, human rights and sustainability about the history of Scotland’s grassroots peace movement. Janet, a member of SPP’s Advisory Board, is the secretary and co-founder at Secure Scotland, organises Words and Actions for Peace in Edinburgh, and is active in the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) and Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF). Since joining Scottish Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament as a teenager she has been integrally involved in organising around disarmament and feminist peace in Scotland. Listen as she shares her experiences and how she keeps faith in the peace movement.
6/4/26 • 35:53
