Next Regional Development Day -London 2008; date to be determined by participants
-if you intend to come it is necessary to book in advance using the conflict practitioners contact form. (expect a reply from Paul Crosland, organiser for this event).
Last Regional Development Day was in September 2007, BIRMINGHAM -North West, North East, Midlands (East & West) Yorks & Humberside & the South East all now have identified mediation facilitators/representatiives/champions.
Trainer - George Tzilivakis
Programme Outline
The Regions…
Regional Activity…
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What Is Happening At The Moment?
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Examples of Best Practice
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Professional Development & Problem Solving: What needs to be done at a local, regional or national level?
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Making It Sustainable (without being a chore)
The Future…
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The Old National Body: What Worked & What Did Not Work?
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A New National Body: Mechanisms For Communication & Consultation
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Defining Perceived Current and Future Need
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Designing Contributions to the Business Plan for Conflict Practitioners
Overview
This one day course is designed and delivered by George Tzilivakis who has been Co-ordinator of Mediation North Staffs for 9 years, Chair of the Midlands Mediation Network for 7 years and has recently undertaken work in Yorkshire and Humberside to enable their regional development. He was on the last board of Mediation UK and is currently contributing towards the development of CPUK.
The course is an opportunity through structured workshops and activities to answer some of the questions below and perhaps generate new ones that will help define the new national picture for mediation services & practitioners.
We may identify with where we live, or where we work, and we may identify with a particular country or nationality – but what about the region that we live or work in? Geographical and governmental boundaries may constrain our understanding of regions, and often force alliances upon us that do not match those that occur naturally. And so we may not identify with them.
If mediators are to find one voice and achieve unity through collaboration and working from the grass roots upwards, then we must work to improve our understanding of what is happening (and should be happening) at a local and regional level before we even begin to build the national picture.
Anyone intending to come on a regional training day for developing (and optionally) representing your region (or sub-region) will be asked to bring along on the day a description of their region (or sub-region) in 150-300 words.
The description will define the characteristics of the region, 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.
Describe your (sub) region
If you wish to contribute material that begins to describe your (sub)region then please do so here.
Represent your (sub) region
A 'regional circle' (or commitee) brings together the 9 regions of England and Wales, with an aspiration to represent the interests
of all the types of mediation in each region, or at least bring some regional and local perspective to the Conflict Practitioners Network.
East
East Midlands
London
North East
North West
South East
South West
West Midlands
Yorkshire
& Wales.
Are you involved/ keen to be involved in representing mediation services within the region? (Including community mediation, commercial mediation, family mediation, health mediation, generations mediation, neighbour mediation, restorative practice, school mediation). Representation chiefly involves liaison with groups in the region, supporting regional forums and raising their profile, being familiar with the developments of the Conflict Practitioners Network and providing regional/sector perspective.
You may also wish to engage in encouraging the sharing of local practice in the newsletter.
If you wish to represent a local or regional area then you presumably have a mandate from local mediation services. Ideally it involves a minute from a regional meeting supporting them having you, and maybe others as representatives. Alternatively phone local mediation services and list the names and services of those you spoke to who agreed to your representing them at regional level.
Next you may want to attend an initial Regional Rep training (in which there will be opportunity to work on defining the role further eg whether you see your self as a facilitator, representative or champion).
See top of this page for registering interest in the next national training date -early 2008 in London, led by George Tzilivakis, who is a Midlands Rep.
Please send all communication to us here
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