Your region -please edit

Please use this page (password to edit is 'inclusivity') to define the characteristics of the region you work in, its main problems, how many mediation services operate in it, what types of cases they tend to mediate and  any information about the groups that meet together within the region.

 

 

North East

The North East Mediation Practitioners Group covers the region from the Tees to the Borders, including the services UNITE, BLISS and MINT.

 

 

 

North West

 

If you want to be added to the mailing list for the North West region, please contact CPN and give them your details. Alternatively, please e-mail v.dawson@manchester.gov.uk.  A number of services are already involved, including:

 

Smile, Burnley

Mediation Services, Manchester

Home School Mediation Service, Manchester

Calm Talk

Bolton Mediation

Pathway Mediation

Resolve Mediation

Wirral Mediation

 

 

NORTH WEST NETWORK DAY FRIDAY 11 JULY 2008, Bolton Mediation 2-6 Mayor Street, Bolton.  For Further information please contat Maura Rose, Bolton Mediation, 01204 335258.

 

Yorkshire and Humberside

MedNorth or Yorks and Humber are in the process of strengthening regional network infrastructure with a grant from Change-Up. I have been asked to continue the work started by MedNorth and George Tslivakis which resulted in a business plan and which will continue with promotional work and awareness building of mediation services in

the region. This work was in process before the closure of Med UK and is the result of there being a strong Yorkshire regional network for the last 10 years. (information from Judith Scott)

 Join in regional development training here

 

East Midlands & West Midlands

-meeting as Midlands Mediaition

 

 

East Anglia

 

 

London

  

 

South East

Sub-regional groups include:

 

- Kent Mediation

    (Kent Mediation are a network that intends to become a company limited by guarantee, and to appoint a  member of staff to co-ordinate funding bids.

Service managers across the county are keen to:

v     Standardize practice and Mediator competency standards.

v      Develop and standardize training courses

v      Bid for Kent-wide contracts which would be more attractive to some larger organisations like DfES of MoJ

v      Promote awareness of RJ approaches (like a PR team) provide more accessible information for members of the public and other organisations

v      Develop a ‘service users’ forum to inform best practice

v      Undertake evidence based need for future funding opportunities

v      Evaluate and monitor work undertaken across Kent , as part of evidence building to reinforce successes

v      To seek out information useful in the promotion of RJ in government and other areas such as education and courts systems

v      Set up and maintain links and network with other mediation and RJ organisations, providing contributions to newsletters if appropriate and producing our own newsletter

v      Provide comment or response to government or media as appropriate

v      Plan and deliver high quality promotional activity, seminars, training, focused AGM’s and other events.

v      Strengthen membership across Kent

 

- Thames Valley Consortium of Mediation Services

 

 

The Wessex Group of mediation services  (which covers South East & South West regions -see map below)

-represents a loose affiliation of services covering an area from Portsmouth to Dorset and north to Surrey. Between us we represent in excess of 100 paid and voluntary mediators

 

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South West Regional Network

  

"Wendy Hall represents the South West region on behalf of the not for profit Mediation, mostly Community Mediation, Services. Wendy is based in Swindon and is the part time Chief Executive of "Family Mediation (North Wiltshire)". The South West Group meets every 3 months to share and discuss operational/strategic issues. The dates of future meetings are 10th June, 9th September and 18th November 2008. We take it in turns to chair/host the meetings. Please contact me if you would like to attend/would like to know more: tel 01793 527285 e-mail: admin@familymediation.fsnet.co.uk".

Chair:  Wendy Hall, Family Mediation (North Wiltshire)

 

Agencies involved in the network include Mediation Dorset, Mediation Somerset, Devon Mediation, Northern Devon Community Mediation, South Devon Mediation and Mediation North Wiltshire.

 

The Wessex Group of mediation services - See above (covering some of South East Region & South West Region)

 

 

Wales

no regional representation since the demise of Mediation Wales.

-new regional representation needs to lobby the devolved assembly as well as centrally government.

Suggested division of Wales region into North, Mid & South Wales.

 

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