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Portsmouth MP Wants to Help Make our City’s Streets Safer

Our Service Manager Steve Rolls joined with Police Sgt Shaun Farnden at the Irish Club in Portsmouth for Stephen Morgan MP Cuppa & Chat event on how we can face the challenges of crime and anti-social behaviour and help make our City’s streets safer. Steve was able to outline some of the restorative work in…
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Leo Studios Film Premiere Event

to make a Film about the annual summer challenges around the Hotwalls & Camber Dock in Old Portsmouth where tensions can sometimes arise between local people and the young people who visit the neighbourhood. Over the past year Leo has accumulated many hours of footage that he has skilfully edited into a short movie. Last…
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Hello Landport – Farewell Dave!

Tina (far left) & Katie (far right) from our Assessment team are pictured here visiting some of the top team from The Landport Housing office. We so value our working relationship and partnership with Housing Officers who refer neighbour disputes and problems to our service. At the back you can see Dave, he is leaving…
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Welcome Katie!

Everyone at Portsmouth Mediation Service is delighted to welcome Katie Porter to our team, Katie is joining us as an Assessment Officer and will be supporting the service we provide to Portsmouth City Council Housing Officers and their tenants. Pictured here on her induction morning with our Manager Steve, Katie said “I am thrilled with…
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PMS Has a New Address

Portsmouth Mediation Service has changed its Registered Office Address to: Portsmouth Mediation Service The HIVE Portsmouth Hub Aggie Weston House 22 Edinburgh Road Portsmouth PO1 1DH Based in the heart of the city, HIVE Portsmouth Hub offers co-working, hot-desking, desk rental and charity incubation services. It’s a space which gives local Voluntary, Community and Social…
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Old Portsmouth Residents Motivated and Stepping Out!

Pictured are Sue & Sophie (left) from youth organisation Motiv8 in between two local residents Angela & Eileen (right) and local business stakeholder Tim from KB boat park. As part of a PMS led initiative to help create a more restorative community and build connections between local people and young summer visitors, Motiv8 are leading…
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Restorative Empowerment is Risky

A Huge Thank you to or own John Swindell and Dr Aaron Pycroft from The Relational and Restorative Practice Community of Inquiry for hosting last week’s Seminar on Restorative Leadership & Team Building. John unpacked an inspirational message of how great teams are empowered to be innovative and to take risks with ‘bottom up’ servant…
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Fresh Thinking for ADR Students

We are grateful to Dr Andrii Zharikov, a Senior Lecturer at the University of Portsmouth (Faculty of Business and Law), for his kind invitation to our manager Steve to deliver a guest lecture to his class of LLM postgraduate students studying Alternative Dispute Resolution. Steve presented the Restorative vision for Portsmouth and the principles that…
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What we know matters, who we are matters more.

Great event today hosted by The Relational/Restorative Practice Community of Inquiry saw Claire Copeland the Executive Headteacher of Trafalgar School and some of the students (pictured) provide delegates with an inspirational presentation on the unfolding restorative story that has brought transformation to the school and its people. Claire talked about the journey to bring about a…
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Hotwalls & Camber Dock Restorative Support Group

A new and exciting restorative story has been unfolding over recent months in the Old Portsmouth Neighbourhood. Portsmouth City Council has commissioned PMS to help develop a restorative plan and strategy to create a more cohesive and resilient community and to help open up new relationships with some of the young people who visit the…
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