For all of us there are times in our life when we encounter some form of conflict or dispute; often just within our own household or family but conflicts or difficult situations can arise at other times and places. For example, many drivers will know what ‘road rage’ looks like and how unsettling it can…
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John and Steve had a great time delivering some restorative practice training to our friends at Waterlooville Police Station. PMS is committed to supporting local neighbourhood police patrol teams with a restorative approach to anti-social behaviour. During the training session, officers were encouraged to refer low level cases of conflict and dispute. Pictured here on…
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Dr Alex Boyland is pictured delivering his last presentation as Chair of The PMS Board of Trustees at the recent Annual General Meeting. Here Steve our service manager reflects on the past few years and the crucial role Alex has played in helping to turn around the fortunes of the Charity. “I have known Alex…
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Alongside Portsmouth City Council, PMS were privileged to host a ground breaking city wide Restorative conference at Fratton Park. The inspirational event was attended by more than 200 people. The key note speakers were Ray & Vi Donovan, their very emotional and powerful story about the murder of their son helped delegates to see the…
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Here is a first for The Solent Restorative Partnership as Sue from PMS and Jo from NFSM deliver Restorative Training to delegates from Southampton and Portsmouth. The Solent Restorative Partnership (SRP) is the operating name of a working alliance between Portsmouth Mediation Service (PMS) and NFS Mediation (NFSM). The SRP aims to promote and deliver…
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Portsmouth Mediation Service, in partnership with Portsmouth City Council, is promoting and hosting a city wide Restorative Conference at Fratton Park on Tuesday the 2nd April. This significant event will be another important step towards Portsmouth becoming a restorative city aiming to encourage and envision existing and new champions to build restorative communities and cultures. …
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It was a huge pleasure for PMS to host so many of its friends and partners at its Annual Christmas Conference. The event provided the perfect occasion for the charity to premier its short film promoting the vision of a Restorative Portsmouth. Among the speakers was special guest Sam Nesbit, the Safeguarding Manager at Portsmouth…
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It’s beginning to look a bit like Christmas……….it might not be the John Lewis advert, but the PMS Christmas card shoot is a big event! The core team rose superbly to the challenge of recreating the Nativity Scene for the cover of the 2018 PMS Christmas Greetings Card. Check back later on our web site…
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A Great day of Restorative Training with these brilliant ladies from Portsea! – All part of Portsmouth Mediation Service being at the forefront of developing Restorative Approaches and Practice for ordinary people in everyday life. This important project is strategic to our future plans to help equip local communities with the restorative skills tool kit…
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On behalf of Portsmouth Mediation Service it was a huge privilege and honour for our manager Steve Rolls to be invited by The Portsmouth Jami Mosque committee to join them for their Annual Islamic Awards. Steve addressed the congregation and said “PMS really value our relationship with our friends at this Mosque, as part of…
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