National Hate Crime Awareness Week begins today the 10th October and Portsmouth Mediation Service (PMS) is taking the opportunity to promote it is a Third Party Reporting Centre (TPRC) which means people who are the victims of hate can report a crime to us. Often victims find visiting a police station can be intimidating or…
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Portsmouth & Southampton Mediation Services have joined together to form the Solent Restorative Partnership (SRP) and have today had a great visit to the Learning Disability Forensic Service, Ashford Ward in Calmore, Southampton. Pictured here is Wendy Johnson, Forensic Social Worker, who works on the Ward and our own John Swindell representing the SRP. Good…
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Impossible to imagine just a few months ago, The Portsmouth Mediation Training team has honed its skills in pioneering its new online training proposition. PMS has a great reputation for delivering top quality courses helping to equip local people with restorative practice and mediation skills. The Training Team has over recent weeks taken its cutting…
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Pictured here are some PMS Trustees both past and present – we are always looking to attract new talented people to help shape and invigorate our Restorative Vision & Mission in Portsmouth and the local area. PMS is both a charity and a company limited by guarantee. It has a small group of Trustees, also known…
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Portsmouth Mediation Service has been operating as a front line service throughout the Corona Virus emergency and especially during the Lock Down period when we were able to help and support many people who felt fearful and isolated. Like many voluntary organisations we have had to quickly adapt to new methods of working and to…
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The current Covid crisis has meant many organisations have had to adapt and adopt new ways of operating. The PMS team has quickly embraced the Zoom Platform technology to continue to function well and deliver a consistent assessment and restorative service for our clients and community. The team members are pictured having their first online…
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We are delighted to announce that Radian Homes has invested £700.00 from its Community Safety Fund to help support Portsmouth Mediation Service in its front line work with problems exasperated by Covid 19. PMS and Radian understand that some people are currently feeling frightened, isolated and often angry with others who do not seem to…
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The team at the Portsmouth Mediation Service works hard to help Portsmouth become a truly “restorative city” and hopes it can help you keep a peaceful community and home during the restrictions due to Covid-19. During this difficult time we all have a role to play – we need to STAY HOME & SAVE LIVES. …
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Portsmouth Mediation Service is at the centre of a vision to see Portsmouth become established as a Restorative City – we are excited at the opportunity of collaborating with Imagine Portsmouth to see this vision become part of the future heartbeat of Portsmouth. Imagine Portsmouth want to create a vision for Portsmouth that belongs to…
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John Swindell, pioneer of the Restorative Modules of training that he has personally delivered to literally thousands of people across Portsmouth, is pictured here with a gifted group of Restorative champions from many different local communities. This is the first two-day train-the-trainer course that has just completed this evening and is the first of many…
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