How can we be better at explaining restorative justice and practice to people and sharing the impact it can make?
This one day online conference will explore a variety of ways to communicate benefits and experiences of restorative practice and restorative justice in different contexts. It will be of interest to anyone who is involved in talking about restorative practice with others, whether you are a restorative practitioner, involved in running a restorative practice organisation, working within education or criminal justice, or a communications professional.
Our topics and speakers will include:
Reframing restorative justice - Lucy Jaffe (Why Me?)
Overcoming barriers and gatekeepers to restorative justice - Professor Joanna Shapland (University of Sheffield)
Communicating restorative justice to victims of crime - Dr Rebecca Banwell-Moore (University of Nottingham)
Communicating restorative practice in the context of neurodiversity - Tom Procter-Legg/Charlotte Roberts (Iffley Academy)
Communicating restorative justice through film and the arts - Deborah Mitchell (RJ Working)
Introducing children to restorative practice through stories - Dr Lindsey Pointer (Vermont Law School)
We will also end the day with a panel discussion and ensure there is plenty of time for questions and discussion during the sessions. Our panel speakers will include:
Esther Wanjie-Nyeko (CEO of Belong) - chairing panel
Hardyal Dhindsa (RJC Trustee, Labour Councillor, and former Police and Crime Commissioner)
Clifford Grimason (Restorative Justice Manager, HMPPS)
Wesley Grinham (Mentor and groupwork facilitator for vulnerable young people, with lived experience of the criminal justice system and restorative justice)
Lindsey Pointer (Vermont Law School)
Tickets are £35 (full price) or £30 (early bird price, if booked more than a month before the event) and can be booked on Eventbrite.
The conference sessions will be recorded, but recordings will only be made available to those who have booked a place at the conference.
The conference schedule can be downloaded here: Communicating Restorative Justice and Practice Schedule
Speakers
Lucy Jaffe is the Director of Why me? and has built the organisation up over the last 11 years to become an influential national voice for Restorative Justice in UK and Europe.
Joanna Shapland is the Edward Bramley Professor of Criminal Justice at the University of Sheffield. She has researched restorative justice in England and Wales, Northern Ireland, Belgium and Scotland and is the Chair of the Restorative Justice Forum (Scotland). Currently she is looking at experienced facilitators' views of mitigation and risk whilst doing restorative justice, for the Scottish Government. She is also the Executive Editor of the International Review of Victimology.
Rebecca Banwell-Moore is a Research Fellow on the UKRI funded 'Prison Regulation for Safer Societies: Participatory, Effective, Efficient?' study at the School of Sociology and Social Policy , University of Nottingham. Her area of expertise is restorative justice. Her particular focus is on victim participation in restorative justice and the role of criminal justice stakeholders.
Tom Procter-Legg and Charlotte Roberts are the Headteacher and Deputy Headteacher of Iffley Academy in Oxford, a school for students with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and one of the first schools in the UK to adopt restorative approaches.
Deborah Mitchell is the CEO of RJ Working, an organisation promoting and implementing restorative approaches across Cornwall, particularly with young people and through creative programmes.
Lindsey Pointer is an Assistant Professor at Vermont Law School and collaboratively leads the National Center on Restorative Justice. Lindsey has worked as a restorative justice facilitator, community program manager, educator, and researcher. She is the author of three books on restorative justice: The Little Book of Restorative Teaching Tools (Good Books, 2020), The Restorative Justice Ritual (Routledge, 2021), a children's picture book, Wally and Freya (Good Books, 2022).
Panelists
Esther Wanjie-Nyeko (Panel Chair) is the CEO of Belong and a senior restorative justice practitioner with two decades of experience working with people who have offended and/or been a victim of crime.
Hardyal Dhindsa is a Derby City Labour Councillor of 27 years and former Derbyshire Police and Crime Commissioner. He commissioned a Restorative Justice Service for Derbyshire and has 30 years experience in the criminal justice system.
Clifford Grimason is the Restorative Justice Manager for Her Majesty’s Prison & Probation Service (HMPPS).
Wesley Grinham is a mentor and groupwork facilitator for vulnerable young people, with lived experience of the criminal justice system and restorative justice.
Lindsey Pointer is an Assistant Professor at Vermont Law School and collaboratively leads the National Center on Restorative Justice. Lindsey has worked as a restorative justice facilitator, community program manager, educator, and researcher. She is the author of three books on restorative justice: The Little Book of Restorative Teaching Tools (Good Books, 2020), The Restorative Justice Ritual (Routledge, 2021), a children's picture book, Wally and Freya (Good Books, 2022).
The session recordings, presentation slides, delegate list, and other follow-up resources can be found at this link (password protected - only for access by conference delegates):
If you need the password, please email joy@minthouseoxford.co.uk