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Join us to hear about organisations doing work in peacebuilding and reconciliation in Christian and multi-faith settings across the UK!
Event recordings, where available, can be found on the individual event pages below and on our Event Recordings resources page:
Online gathering of the Churches Restorative Practice Network. We will spend time together for learning and peer support, including a reflective practice circle.
POSTPONED TO SEPTEMBER (DATE TBC). Gathering of the Churches Restorative Practice Network. We will spend time together for learning and peer support, including a reflective practice circle.
Charity preview performance of Macbeth by Wild Goose Theatre with proceeds going to The Mint House and Oxford Winter Night Shelter.
One day in-person CPD workshop to learn foundational skills for facilitating restorative circles, including circles with large groups of people.
One day in-person CPD workshop for experienced practitioners to extend their facilitation practice and for managers to expand the scope of their programmes.
One day in-person CPD workshop to learn foundational skills for facilitating restorative circles, including circles with large groups of people.
A 90–minute pay as you can webinar from SMK in partnership with The Mint House to reflect on where the social fabric of community has been damaged during the elections and what and how it can be repaired.
Exploration of the use of restorative justice to address environmental harm. We will be sharing highlights from the recently published Restorative Justice Approaches for Environmental Harm Practice Guide from the EFRJ and looking at where and how Environmental Restorative Justice could be developed in the UK.
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Meeting on the reserve in the midst of the city, we invite you to join this initiative to develop the use of restorative practice in nature and community.
An afternoon of storytelling and story-making for anyone interested in how stories, imagination and conversation pave the path to peace. Come and explore tales of trees, community, conflict, and reconciliation, with three events facilitated by The Mint House with traditional storyteller and restorative justice facilitator Hannah Moore.
Please join us for an online Restorative Teaching Tools workshop to learn games and activities for teaching restorative justice concepts.
Join Dr Anamika Tywman-Ghoshal and Dr Anna Gregory for a one-hour online conversation exploring what meaningful inclusion in restorative practice asks of us.
Drawing on recent research, this session moves beyond presenting findings to opening questions:
Who is missing? What changes when new voices enter the room? And what responsibility do we each hold?
Rather than offering answers, we invite shared reflection, curiosity, and dialogue. This is a space to think together about race, representation, language, and power in restorative practice, and about what might shift in our own contexts.
Please note that this event will NOT be recorded due to the interactive and reflective format of the event.
Meeting in a 3 acre reserve in the midst of the city we invite you to join this initiative to develop the use of restorative practice in nature and community.
What are some practical ways to address specific issues and conflicts in churches? How can talking circles and restorative conferences be used to facilitate dialogue when there are disagreements?
We are very pleased to welcome Michael Wood (Anglican priest in Melbourne, Australia, restorative facilitator, and professional leadership coach) to share his extensive knowledge and experience in using restorative approaches in churches. We will also be joined by Sue Grimmett (Anglican priest in Brisbane, Australia), who will share some of her practical experiences of talking circles and conferences and examples of ways these have been used in church settings.
We will explore how restorative group conferences and talking circles can be used to facilitate dialogue in churches on issues where there is disagreement and conflict such as differing theological beliefs, disagreements on how churches should respond to political and cultural issues, and team dynamics causing issues for church governance and community life.
The event will include a time for Q&A and discussion with Michael and Sue.
This event is part of our programme of events for the newly established Churches Restorative Practice Network, which seeks to draw together church leaders and members in the UK who are interested in developing the use of restorative approaches in churches and equipping and supporting church leaders to build the skills needed to bring about healing and reconciliation in their congregations.
Could restorative approaches help us to avoid furthering polarisation in our campaigning?
The Mint House and the Sheila McKechnie Foundation are partnering to host this event to explore restorative approaches and how they could be relevant in campaigning.
Katie Roberts will highlight some of the challenges those in campaigning are currently facing around polarisation. Pete Wallis will share some key themes from restorative practice that might be helpful, such as listening with curiosity, understanding harms and needs, and working together to find solutions. We will also hear the personal experience of Becks Sutton who has used listening exchanges to facilitate dialogue on the Oxford Low Traffic Neighbourhood (LTN) issue.
The event will be interactive and include time for discussion in breakout rooms to think about where these types of approaches are already happening, the positives and challenges of restorative approaches, and what this might look like in practice in future work.
This practical 2.5 hour workshop shares best practice in a restorative approach to the handling of a safeguarding disclosure.
When a child or adult discloses a safeguarding concern, a golden opportunity can easily be missed if the response is insensitive. We will co-design the best approach to handling safeguarding disclosures, drawing on restorative tools and practice using real life scenarios. We will consider how best to speak about confidentiality and reflect on culturally sensitive practice in a safeguarding context. The format of the workshop will be very interactive and involve circle discussions, breakout room group work, and opportunities for skills practice.
The workshop will be facilitated by Colette Selwood and Pete Wallis, both highly experienced restorative practitioners and trainers in both child and adult contexts, with specialties in youth justice. Colette has also been one of the trainers for Oxfordshire Children Safeguarding Board for several years.
This event has been CPD approved by the Restorative Justice Council. Attendees who participate in the full 2.5 hours of the workshop will receive a certificate for 2.5 CPD hours.
This practical 2.5 hour CPD workshop will provide an exploratory space in which practitioners can learn and practice a variety of creative exercises to be integrated into their own restorative practice.
Practitioners will be invited to participate in and learn creative exercises with the intention that these can later be introduced into restorative processes with clients. The creative exercises will be interspersed with brief visual presentations which will contain the theory and research behind using art and design based approaches within restorative practice. In particular, participants will learn how creative approaches have the potential to enhance dialogues as well as healing.
You don’t need to have any prior experience or knowledge of art and design or of using art materials in order to take part - just enthusiasm and curiosity!
The workshop will be facilitated by Dr Clair Aldington, a freelance researcher, practitioner and co-founder and Director-Practitioner of Space2face restorative practices and arts charity in Shetland, Scotland. Clair has over 20 years of experience in working in the field of restorative practices, with a focus on using art and design in restorative processes. She has pioneered the use of art and design as an intrinsic part of restorative processes and has authored several academic articles and book chapters on her practice and research.
This event has been CPD approved by the Restorative Justice Council. Attendees who participate in the full 2.5 hours of the workshop will receive a certificate for 2.5 CPD hours.
Lunchtime music by local artists to celebrate restorative justice week.
Bring your own lunch. Donations welcome! No booking required.
Revd Jo Williams (Co-Director of Reconciliation, The Blackley Centre), will share with us practical examples of how to have good conversations both inside church congregations and in outward looking work within our local communities. She will equip us with ideas of how to have conversations in restorative ways which will strengthen relationships while addressing issues that occur. She will also point us towards the theory and theology of restorative practice and how this is relevant to those in church ministry.
This event marks the launch of the newly established Churches Restorative Practice Network, which seeks to draw together church leaders and members in the UK who are interested in developing the use of restorative approaches in churches and equipping and supporting church leaders to build the skills needed to bring about healing and reconciliation in their congregations.
Meeting in a 3 acre reserve in the midst of the city we invite you to join this initiative to develop the use of restorative practice in nature and community.
A 2 hour CPD training event for practitioners exploring how power dynamics are present in restorative justice processes and ways to understand and address these dynamics.
We invite you to step into a ‘Builder’s School’ with us as Justin Mui andTyler Sim (Lutheran Community Care Services) share highlights from their book Relationships, Community, and the Restorative School: Lessons from Singapore.
Meeting in a 3 acre reserve in the midst of the city we invite you to join this initiative to develop the use of restorative practice in nature and community.
Sargeant Sandra Smith and Samantha Alexander (Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire Women of Colour in Policing Movement) will share their success in running listening circles with police and marginalised groups, specifically women and girls from minority groups who have been affected by male violence against women and girls.
Wild Goose Theatre have kindly allowed us to sell tickets to a preview performance of Much Ado About Nothing and for the proceeds to go to The Mint House. Come along to enjoy this fun Shakespeare play with us and support The Mint House!
Tickets are £5 and can be bought online (recommended) or on the door.
Join us at this one day online conference as we explore what it means to be a relational and restorative organisation and practical ways to embed restorative approaches in our culture and ways of working. We will think about what this means for us as individuals and how we can influence our organisations to be more relational.
The format will be varied and interactive, including presentations, breakout room discussions, conversations with experts, and opportunities to reflect on and share learning.
This conference has CPD Approval from the Restorative Justice Council.
Conference registration now open! Early Bird ticket deadline has been extended to the 4th of June!
Meeting in a 3 acre reserve in the midst of the city we invite you to join this initiative to develop the use of restorative practice in nature and community.
Margaret Thorsborne and Joe Brummer will discuss how individual educators can bring trauma informed restorative practice into their day-to-day work.
Margaret and Joe will share theory and research from their book Becoming a Trauma-informed Restorative Educator: Practical Skills to Change Culture and Behaviour, including insights from neuroscience and theories about shame.
Claudia Christen-Schneider will be speaking on her book Trauma-Informed Restorative Dialogues: The Power of Community which discusses the integration of trauma-informed practice with restorative justice. The event will be hosted by Dr Kerry Clamp, the editor of the book series Contemporary Issues In Restorative Practice.
Join us to discuss the topics covered in our Reflection Aids for Restorative Leaders as we share with each other what we have learned so far about embedding restorative practice and think about what’s next. The knowledge sharing event will be interactive and give you an opportunity to not only engage with the themes in the reflection aids but also build bridges with others by sharing your thoughts, experiences, and learning, and listen to others.
