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The Benefits of Restorative Justice for Victims and Offenders

19.11.2020

This week is Restorative Justice Week 2020, which aims to spread the word about how RJ can be used in a wide range of contexts. RJ is where people who have been harmed and people who have caused that harm communicate with each other, whether that’s in face-to-face, facilitated meetings, writing letters, or something else. This process allows the harmed to express how the incident has affected them and get some kind of resolution. It can help the harmer see the error of their ways and give them a chance to make up for their actions. In today’s post, we’re going to outline 5 of the benefits of RJ for victims of crime and offenders.

Bon Voyage, Gary!

16.11.2020

Our Executive Chair Gary Stephenson has decided to step down after thirteen years with Restorative Solutions CIC.

"I hugged the man who murdered my father."

21.10.2020

"You can experience incredible trauma and it is not your fault, and a lot of people will say, 'Well why is it on me to forgive when I didn't do anything? “But I would say to that, every time you give that incident or that person power, you are inflicting more damage on yourself, so you are re-traumatising yourself, and in many ways you are giving that person continued power over your life." - Candice Mama

Three Marks of Quality Awarded to Pioneering Restorative Justice Organisation

15.10.2020

Restorative Solutions CIC is pleased to announce it is amongst the first practitioners to begin achieving the new Restorative Justice Council’s marks of quality delivery, practice and training.

Restorative Solutions' Innovative Child-to-Parent Violence Programme Has Been Shortlisted For a National Award

14.10.2020

The Howard League for Penal Reform has shortlistedStep Up in Cumbria for its Restorative Justice award.

Restorative Solutions is delighted to be working with the Police & Crime Commissioner for West Yorkshire and West Yorkshire Police, in partnership with the Hampton Trust, to set up and mobilise Project CARA across the force area.

17.06.2020

The West Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner’s commitment to tackling domestic abuse and sexual violence was supported by his published Domestic and Sexual Abuse Strategy in 2017. The strategy underpins the need for partnership working, providing the framework for a West Yorkshire Domestic and Sexual Abuse Partnership to jointly plan and deliver support services. A two-year pilot programme was commissioned and the learning from this now leads the PCC to re-commission a West Yorkshire wide service with a focus on first time/standard perpetrators of domestic abuse who receive a conditional caution.

Job Vacancies: Manager and Sessional Facilitators

16.06.2020

Restorative Solutions is recruiting for a full-time Manager and a number of sessional facilitators to develop and deliver the Cautioning and Relationship Abuse (CARA) project across West Yorkshire.

Why Me? In Discussion With Gary Stevenson

14.05.2020

Trevor Watson from Why Me? interviewed Gary Stevenson, our Executive Chairman. Watch the interview here.

Restorative Solutions' response to the coronavirus pandemic

27.03.2020

We are adapting our Restorative Justice provision in response to the developing coronavirus pandemic. Our aim is to maintain ours service in the safest way possible.

DCI Paul Coleman from Lincolnshire Police on the Benefits of RJ

12.03.2020

Detective Inspector Paul Coleman, from Lincolnshire Police's Spalding and South Holland CID, explains the benefits of Restorative Justice, and how it differs from community resolution.

Non Executive Director Vacancy

27.02.2020

The Board of Restorative Solutions are seeking a motivated and talented individual to work alongside them on an equal basis as a Non Executive Director.

A Restorative Approach to Justice and Fairness in Prisons

24.02.2020

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