Conflict Resolution in the Community: Working in Partnership

Mediation + Time 2 Talk are holding a half-day Wealden Conference entitled 'Conflict Resolution in the Community: Working in Partnership' on Wednesday 30th June 2010, 9.30am-12.50pm followed by buffet lunch at: Committee Room 1, Wealden District Council, Vicarage Lane, Hailsham BN27 2AX. 

The conference will be chaired by John Gallop, currently Head of Environmental Protection WDC and Chair of Trustees, Mediation+. Our Keynote Speaker is Sue Bowers, a founder member of Kingston Friends Workshop Group who published the first English handbook for practitioners: 'Ways and Means: An Approach to Problem Solving'. She trained with American Quaker community mediators in London and at the School of Conflict Managers in New York. She was involved with the 'Alternatives to Violence Programme' and the 'Children's Creative Response to Conflict'. Following retirement, she and her husband set up Mediation Dorset, a community service which developed a Young Mediators Project for local schools. She has been a Quaker prison chaplain and served on the Executive and Accreditation Committees of Mediation UK. She has also delivered workshops in Northern Ireland, Europe and Moscow. 

Following the keynote speaker, the morning will continue with presentations and discussion sessions from guest speakers across the community, including: Connexions, Sussex Police, Occupational Health, Wealden District Council, Housing Service, Safer Wealden Partnership and the Youth Offending Team.

The conference will give delegates the opportunity to learn more about:

• Community Mediation
• Intergenerational Mediation
• Victim Offender Mediation & Restorative Justice
• Prevention work
• Dealing with Anti-Social Behaviour
• Addressing conflict in the school setting
• Peer Mediation
• The emotional impact of conflict: on individuals & on families
• Resolving conflict at work - the benefits on workplace health
• Working in partnership with other agencies
• The way forward for Wealden

Please refer to the attached document for a list of confirmed speakers to date (this list may be subject to change). 

There is no charge to book your place on the conference, but places are strictly limited so we recommend that you complete and return the attached booking form as soon as possible. Your place will be confirmed by 16th June.

Please see more information in the attachments below: