ABSTRACT
In this chapter we examine the value of using sport as a vehicle through which to promote community relations and social inclusion in politically and socially fractured societies. We begin with a general discussion about the pacifist potential of sport, followed by a brief consideration of the context of sport and community relations in Northern Ireland. The main body of the chapter concerns an in-depth look at one particular sportbased community relations project run by the World Sport Peace Project (WSPP) in Israel’s historic Galilee region. This is a three-year programme that, at the time of writing, is entering its third and final phase. Particular attention is paid to the experiences and reflections of trainee Physical Education teachers who worked on the project during 2002 and the implications this had for their teaching of children with distinct cultural differences.
