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FINDHORN PEACE CIRCLE

GUIDING STAR:

“A community where individuals take responsibility for personal peace and where structures exist that support a return to peace on an individual, relational and systemic level.”

NEAR STAR:

“To map all Community structures (organisations, resources, services, skills, events etc.), that support a return to peace, onto the 8-Shields model.”

FRAMING QUESTION:

What forces enable/inhibit a return to peace on a personal, relational and systemic level (in the Findhorn Community)?

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PURPOSE OF FRAMING QUESTION�

The purpose of the Framing Question is to help keep focus on why the system is the way that it is.

Start by asking, “What are the forces that create the current conditions?”

EXAMPLE: What forces account for the current responses to conflict in the Findhorn Community?

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FORCES

Forces can include: beliefs, shared values, norms, trends, agreements, policies, rules, laws, organisations, committees, groups, people etc.

Forces can be positive (enablers) or negative (inhibitors)

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ENABLERS & INHIBITORS

An enabler is a significant force in the environment that supports, encourages or increases the health and effectiveness of the system as defined by your Guiding Star.
An inhibitor is a significant force in the environment that undermines or prevents the health and effectiveness of the system as defined in your Guiding Star.

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FRAMING QUESTIONS

1. What forces enable/inhibit a constructive response to conflict (in the Findhorn Community)?

2. What forces enable/inhibit a return to peace on a personal, relational and systemic level (in the Findhorn Community)?

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ENABLERS: INHIBITORS:

Listener Conveners
Peace Keepers
S&PD
Mental Health Strategy Group
Health & Wellbeing Group
Community Care Circle
Common Ground
Personal Networks
Rainbow Bridge
Park Connected facebook group
Meditation/Sanctuaries
NHS Support
Visitor Centre

Lack of resources
Lack of support for mental health
Confidentiality - not knowing who needs support (Outside Authorities taking care of people but not sharing info)
Individuals not being associated with a specific body in the community
Economic barriers
Lack of skilled practitioners
Practitioners not making their skills available to the community
Lack of locally available training to develop skillsets in community members

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THEMATIC CLUSTERS

ENABLERS

Support structures
Communication platforms

INHIBITORS

Lack of resources
Difficulty in Accessing info
Gaps in formal support structure
Economics

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SAT ANALYSIS

STRUCTURAL – Institutions, the law, economy, policies, organisations, committees…

ATTITUDINAL – Beliefs, values, attitudes, trends, norms…

TRANSACTIONAL – Impact of leaders, individuals with influence, power…

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THEME:

UPSTREAM CAUSES:

Structural:

Attitudinal:

Transactional:

DOWNSTREAM EFFECTS: