Overview of national representative organisations in the mediation and Alternative Dispute Resolution sectors

1) Not for Profit

Conflict Practitioners

Status: building on exisiting Community Mediation Services, restorative practitioners and aspiring to support all others who work with conflict.

National Family Mediation

Status: umbrella body with m’ship of nfp family mediation sector

Links: with MOJ, Family Mediation Council, UK College of Mediators

Aims: to represent nfp family mediation sector and promote quality and prof practice development

Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution -CEDR

Status: umbrella body for training and standards in commercial and civil dispute resolution. Professional Association.

Links: MOJ, other gov depts, Civil Mediation Council

Aims: to represent all prof. commercial practitioners e.g. lawyers, accountants, and other specialist private practitioners.

Family Mediators Association FMA (part of the ADR group-agreement press release)

Status: umbrella prof association for lawyer and non-lawyer family mediators

Links: Family Mediation Council, MOJ,

Aims: to represent family mediators and set quality standards and training for ppd

The College of Mediators (formerly UKCFM)

Status: building on exisiting m’ship of all family mediators and new mediators from all practice areas

Links: CRUP,NFM, FMA, Family Mediation Council, MOJ

Aims: professional association and ppd, quality, training etc for conflict practitioners across practice areas

Restorative Justice ConsortiumHere is a historical account of the establishment of Mediation UK, The Restorative Justice Consortium and the Association of Restorative Practitioners

2) Profit

ADR group

Status: commercial and civil mediation service and training provider

Links: Civil Mediation Council, MOJ

Aims: professional membership bdy for c&c meds

Conflict Management Plus, Total Conflict Management and other private practitioners with national (ish) focus

Status: private sector mediation service providers mostly in workplace mediation

Links: independent but some with affiliation to nfp sector

Aims: business development