COMPLEX CONTEXTS AND SENSITIVE PRACTICES LEVEL 2, ONLINE (RJC accredited)

This is an online course. Over eight sessions we will cover:

• CORE MODULE - Sessions 1 and 2 - The Practice model for complex contexts and sensitive practices (Tuesday 16th, Wednesday 17th June)

• RACE MODULE - Sessions 3 and 4 - Applying a restorative approach to race hate harm (Monday 22nd, Tuesday 23rd June)

• DOMESTIC ABUSE MODULE - Sessions 5 and 6 - Applying a restorative approach to domestic abuse (Thursday 25th June, Monday 29th June)

• HATE CRIME MODULE - Sessions 7 and 8 - Applying a restorative approach to homophobic and transphobic hate harm (Tuesday 30th June, Wednesday 1st July).

DATES

16th, 17th, 22nd, 23rd, 25th, 29th, 30th June and 1st July 2026 - from 3pm-6pm

Price: £500

Places: 20 places plus waitlist

This is a Restorative Justice Council accredited course enabling those who complete it to apply to be accredited practitioners. To qualify for accreditation, it is compulsory to complete the core module (sessions 1 and 2) and one other module. Participants are encouraged to attend all modules. Sessions will be recorded, however to get the most from the course, participants are strongly encouraged to attend all sessions.

This online RJC accredited course adopts a fresh response to restorative justice practices based upon practice-based evidence and research carried out by Tim Chapman and colleagues. Prior participation in Tim’s Foundation Principles and Practices of Restorative Justice is advisable but not essential. But you should have participated in a foundation restorative justice skills training.

The online sessions will be facilitated jointly by people with lived experience of harm and restorative justice, and by Tim Chapman and Anika Cosgrove.

Tim Chapman has conducted research into the experience of survivors of serious harm who have participated in restorative processes and has been engaged for over four years in restorative justice practice with adults who have experienced sexual abuse as children. The learning from this has led Tim to review and revise his approach to restorative justice practices. He has also engaged people with lived experience of systemic harm and who will participate actively in facilitating learning.

The course will reflect the internal and external struggles of both victims and perpetrators of harm caused by imbalanced relations of power and surviving trauma.

This is a fresh approach to the practice of restorative justice. It explores how seven elements of restorative processes can be combined to create an exemplary experience of restoration of whatever has been damaged, lost or violated by being harmed or harming someone.

By attending you will:

• Learn and practice the integration of trauma informed principles into the 7 competences which enhance the 7 key conversations that guide participants from inclusion through preparation to the restoration of what matters to them.

• Through these conversations learn to identify potential risks to participants speaking freely with each other and risks to their safety and well-being and to identify resources which will protect them from these risks and support them to address what matters to them.

• Learn to engage participants in co-designing restorative meetings in which they are supported and facilitated to say what they want without fear of intimidation, domination or further harm.

• Learn to facilitate complex restorative meetings.

• Learn to evaluate the process with the participants.

This course is for you if:

• You wish to learn how to engage victims of serious and complex harm because you believe that their inclusion and participation are critical to the effectiveness of restoring justice, human dignity, solidarity and truth to participants and the community.

• You believe that restorative justice is value-led and that restorative processes should be co-designed with participants to address what matters to them.

• You believe that narratives and open dialogue generate understanding, responsibility, and commitment to embrace just and respectful relations with others.

• You believe that the origin of most harm is systemic and includes abuses of power and that undoing injustice and restoring personal power are primary motivations of participants in restorative processes.

• You want participants to have an experience of community that frees them from attachment to past harms and restores new possibilities for the future.

Training viability and Cancellation policy

The training is limited to 20 participants, and will only go ahead if sufficient bookings are received. In the case of insufficient numbers, any fees paid will be fully refunded.

Cancellation Policy:

• Full refund for cancellations made 3 weeks before the training start date.

• Partial refund for cancellations made up to 1 week before the start date.

• No refunds for cancellations made within 1 week of the in‑person accredited event.

If you have any questions or need any assistance with your booking, please contact us at info@why-me.org.