Peace Committees operate according to a Code, which is read at the beginning of a PeaceMaking Gathering. 

The purpose of the PeaceMaking Gathering is to help understand and resolve the dispute.  The disputants and any other people who may be in a position to help resolve the conflict are called together within days of the dispute being brought forward to the Peace Committee.  The role of the Peace Committee members is to facilitate and not to propose any practical solution.  The gathering is focused on making a better and more secure future and ensuring that the problem does not happen again.  The current problem is listened to with this in mind.  There is no accusation or judging.  The disputants are considered as participants in a dispute, not as victims and offenders.

Community activism is a primary aim of the Peace Community Programme.  In a decade of this project to date, a culture of personal and civic responsibility, respect and patient problem-solving has been built and is daily confirmed and reinforced in practice. 

The constructive and non-threatening dispute resolution service provided by Peace Committees has earned the trust and confidence of community members and organisations.  Peace Committees provide a forum in which they will be listened to without prejudice or blaming on grounds of ethnicity, gender or class.