Peace for all

Stephen Hanvey tells the story of a remarkable project that Quakers helped create in Britain

by Stephen Hanvey 1st October 2009

An extraordinary meeting is to take place tonight. It may be not far from you, but you will not hear much about it, if anything. Four or five carefully selected and trained volunteers will meet and spend an hour or so talking over a cup of coffee with someone that many people would cross a number of roads, at best, to avoid. Circles of Support and Accountability (Circles) are taking root as a practical, humane and highly cost-effective means of contributing to safer communities and helping known sex-offenders to avoid reoffending.