2024 is In Place of War’s 20th Year Anniversary. From the beginnings of a research project at The University of Manchester in 2004, In Place of War has become a global charity operating with a network of 130 change-maker organisations who are making change with the arts across places of conflict, and in the Global North with ground- breaking youth-led programmes inspired by the innovative change-makers across the world.

In a rapidly changing world and, following our responsive programmatic shifts during the pandemic, In Place of War has developed a new, futureproof strategy. It responds to the needs of our change-makers across the world and the communities they serve, often as symptoms or consequences of critical global challenges we face as a planet - our accelerating climate crisis, increasing threats to civic spaces, brutal armed conflict impacting civilians, the cost-of-living crisis, and increasing inequality.