How can we talk to other people about restorative justice and practice in ways which connect with them?

How can we be most effective in encouraging people to take part in restorative work and making it accessible for them?

Sessions and speakers at this online conference will include:

• Solutions-focused journalism and working with the media (Jodie Jackson - News Literacy Lab, Myra Anubi - BBC, Nina Champion - Criminal Justice Alliance)

• How to amplify the voices of people with lived experience of restorative justice and share their stories (Sussex Pathways and Sussex Police)

• Communicating restorative justice to people who harm (Esther Wanjie-Nyeko – Belong)

• Communicating restorative justice to people who have been harmed by crime (Mike Bailey – Victim Support)

• Communicating restorative justice to gatekeepers (Dr Nikki D’Souza – Northumbria University)

• Communicating restorative justice across cultures, faiths, and languages (Sula Blankenburg – Why me?)

• Explaining restorative justice to young people (Leah Robinson – Why me?)

• Adapting restorative practice for language and communication needs (Paul Cornall – Stockport Inclusion Service)

• Communicating restorative justice at a national level (Jim Simon – RJC)

• Refocusing the narrative: aligning with respect (Monica Morris and Rachel Quine - Understanding People (UP) Project)

• Networking breakout rooms

• Resources sharing session

The sessions will vary in format, including presentations, circle conversations, and storytelling sessions (with some sessions running in parallel). All sessions will involve an element of discussion, and we are hoping to learn a lot from the invited speakers as well as each other in this participatory conference.

The conference 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.

Parts of the conference sessions will be recorded, but recordings will only be made available to those who have booked a place at the conference.

With your booking for the 2023 Conference, you will also receive access to all of the recordings from our 2022 Conference!

The conference has received CPD Approval from the RJC and CPD certificates will be available after the event. Please note that we will only be able to award CPD hours to those who attend the full day.

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Tickets are £45 (full price) or £40 (early bird price, if booked more than a month before the event) and can be booked on Eventbrite.

(A very limited number of discounted tickets for students are available upon request. Please email joy@minthouseoxford.co.uk for details.)

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Myra Anubi is a seasoned storyteller and solutions journalist who currently hosts the BBC World Service solutions programme "People Fixing The World." This podcast explores creative ideas that people have found to tackle some of the most pressing challenges we face today.

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Mike Bailey is a Restorative Justice Area Coordinator at Victim Support

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Sula Blankenburg is a Restorative Justice Development Officer at Why me?

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Nina Champion is the Director of the Criminal Justice Alliance. The CJA is committed to changing the narrative around criminal justice and promoting more sensitive, constructive and solution-focused journalism to drive systemic change.

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Paul Cornall is the Restorative Approaches Lead for Stockport Inclusion Service. He has worked in education for over 10 years, including as a senior leader implementing and using restorative practices to support children with significant SEN and SEMH needs.

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Nikki D’Souza is an Assistant Professor in Policing Organisation and Practice at Northumbria University. After many years in the probation service and on staff in Durham Constabulary in a range of roles, Nikki completed a PhD on the feasibility of using restorative justice in the context of serious and organised crime. She now teaches on the policing programmes at Northumbria University for qualifying police officers.

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Jodie Jackson is the founder of the News Literacy Lab and an author on the transformative power of changing our media diet. She has spent a decade researching solutions journalism as an antidote to the negativity bias in the news and delivers solutions journalism workshops and training to journalists, educators, parents and students worldwide.

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Monica Morris was first introduced to restorative justice over 15 years ago and has worked in a variety of settings since then. As a black woman, Monica embraces restorative practices as the necessary healing part of her practice, which she combines with a revolutionary zeal in the hope to make our world a better one where all lives really matter. Monica works with The UP (Understanding People) Project to extend the reach of RA to those who do not currently benefit from it.

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Ryan will be sharing his lived experience of restorative justice and perspective as someone who has caused harm, joined by staff from Sussex Pathways and Sussex Police.  Rosanna Summers is the Restorative Justice Manager for Sussex Pathways which are based in HMP Lewes. Rosanna has worked with Sussex Pathways since 2015, working in RJ since 2021. Toni Dean is the Restorative Services Delivery Manager for Sussex Police. Toni has worked for Sussex Police for 16 years and has worked in the area of Restorative Justice since 2019.

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Leah Robinson is a Restorative Justice Development Officer (Youth Justice) at Why me?

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Jim Simon is the Chief Executive Officer of the Restorative Justice Council. He joined the RJC as chief executive in April 2019, having been an RJC assessor since 2014 and currently chairs the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Restorative Justice advisory board. He is an experienced practitioner and trainer within restorative practices and has led the strategic development and implementation of these services within educational and youth settings.

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Esther Wanjie-Nyeko is the CEO of Belong: Making Justice Happen. Esther is a senior Restorative Justice practitioner with two decades of experience working with people who have offended and/or been a victim of crime, and over a decade of senior management experience. Before setting up Belong with a cofounder in 2010, Esther gained an understanding of issues in criminal justice globally by working in a number of African prisons.