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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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Camber Community Champions

Portsmouth Mediation Service (PMS) has over the past year been working well in Old Portsmouth to help support the local community to build a more restorative neighbourhood where strong positive relationships help underpin a more cohesive community. One of our key partners in this ground-breaking journey is the Camber Property Management Team headed up locally…
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All Together Now

Working alongside Portsmouth City Council, The Portsmouth Mediation Service has been helping to spearhead a new Restorative plan and approach to the annual challenges that residents and business owners of Old Portsmouth face during the hot summer months, when large groups of young people visit the Hotwalls & Camber Dock to hang out and jump…
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PMS Trustees Turning the Management Pyramid Upside Down

PMS are extremely grateful to Mark, Tim and Nez from Camber Property Management for hosting our Trustee Away Day at The BAR building on The Camber Dock. It was the perfect environment for our Trustees pictured here with John (in the middle) our Restorative Consultant & Trainer. The ground-breaking sessions focussed on Restorative Leadership and…
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Discovering Forgiveness

The first of 6 Relational and Restorative Practice seminars took place today at Oasis Portsmouth on “Discovering Forgiveness” – the presentation sparked much discussion among delegates and was based on the outcomes of a project between Pushing Change and Dr Aaron Pycroft from University of Portsmouth School of Criminology and Criminal Justice which has co-produced…
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