Beth Colson, Author at Calm Mediation

Help Make Restorative Justice a Legal Right

Calm Mediation fully supports the ‘Right to be Heard’ campaign. We’re proud to be joining the Common Ground Justice Project and Why-Me? in calling for a legal right for victims of crime to explore Restorative Justice. Restorative Justice is one...

September 24, 2025

Restorative Justice

Calm Mediation is excited to join the conversation, curated by the The Forgiveness Project, on the power of Restorative Justice as the play ‘Punch’ takes to the stage at London’s Apollo Theatre. During Restorative Justice Week, our Head of RJ, Julie Clark,...

September 24, 2025

Restorative Justice

Creating a Centre of Excellence For Restorative Justice in London

📅 Date: Thursday, 25th September 2025🕑 Time: 14:00 (BST)📍 Place: Zoom As the commissioned RJ Service for London and a registered RJ Service Provider with the Restorative Justice Council (RJC), Calm Mediation are committed to providing the best quality training...

August 28, 2025

Mediation Helps Housing Officers Rethink Conflict

Neighbour Mediation

Mediation Helps Housing Officers Rethink Conflict

When Karibu Community Homes signed up for Calm Mediation’s Neighbour Team to run an awareness session for its housing officers, nobody quite knew what to expect. Mediation, after all, is still often seen as a last resort – or worse,...

August 27, 2025

Peer Mediation

‘They Were Like Sponges!’ Pavitar Kaur Gill On Peer Mediation Training At Ripple Primary And How She Came To Be There!

Pavitar’s path to Peer Mediation training, like many of Calm Mediation’s volunteers tells us a fascinating story about the route into dispute resolution. Her career began in the fast-paced world of broadcasting in Singapore, producing and researching current affairs programmes...

August 27, 2025

Calm Connect 2025: Join us for Restorative Approaches to Justice

Family Mediation Inter Generational Mediation Neighbour Mediation Peer Mediation Personal Development Restorative Justice Training in the workplace Workplace Mediation

Calm Connect 2025: Join us for Restorative Approaches to Justice

Calm Mediation is proud to announce the first wave of panellists for Calm Connect 2025, our annual gathering dedicated to advancing dialogue, innovation, and action around restorative approaches. Our annual conference, taking place on 9th October at Regents’ University in...

August 27, 2025

What to do about our Prisons: Why Restorative Approaches Must Lead the Way

Restorative Justice

What to do about our Prisons: Why Restorative Approaches Must Lead the Way

Earlier this month The Independent Prison Capacity Review laid bare what many already know: our prisons are in crisis. Overcrowded, overstretched, and unable to break cycles of reoffending, the system is at breaking point. But the review also presents a...

August 21, 2025

Peer Mediation

Peer Mediation in Action at Ripple Primary: Restorative Skills, Lifelong Lessons

This July, a group of Year 4 and 5 pupils at Ripple Primary School in Barking and Dagenham took their first steps as trained peer mediators—offering restorative conversations and conflict resolution to their classmates. For us at Calm Mediation, it’s been...

July 29, 2025

Say ‘Yes’ To Mediation! Come to Calm Connect 2025

Training in the workplace

Say ‘Yes’ To Mediation! Come to Calm Connect 2025

Join us for our annual conference on 9th October 2025! It’s an invitation to reimagine how we resolve conflict through restorative practices. We believe Mediation is a ‘must’ – it’s more than ‘a nice-to-have’. Calm Connect 2025 is Calm Mediation’s...

July 29, 2025

We don’t throw smoke alarms at fires. So why do we wait so long to mediate conflict?

Neighbour Mediation Workplace Mediation

We don’t throw smoke alarms at fires. So why do we wait so long to mediate conflict?

Something quietly momentous happened at the United Nations last week. The Security Council passed a resolution urging nations to avoid war by turning instead to negotiation, arbitration, and mediation. Yes, mediation. That thing most people associate with noisy neighbours, HR...

July 29, 2025

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Author: Beth Colson

Help Make Restorative Justice a Legal Right

Creating a Centre of Excellence For Restorative Justice in London

Mediation Helps Housing Officers Rethink Conflict

‘They Were Like Sponges!’ Pavitar Kaur Gill On Peer Mediation Training At Ripple Primary And How She Came To Be There!

Calm Connect 2025: Join us for Restorative Approaches to Justice

What to do about our Prisons: Why Restorative Approaches Must Lead the Way

Peer Mediation in Action at Ripple Primary: Restorative Skills, Lifelong Lessons

Say ‘Yes’ To Mediation! Come to Calm Connect 2025

We don’t throw smoke alarms at fires. So why do we wait so long to mediate conflict?

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