Restorative Justice Council Annual Conference 2025
This year’s theme, "Restorative Pathways," underscores the expanding role of restorative practices in confronting issues such as harm, conflict, inequality, and disconnection. The conference will also address the challenges posed by existing behaviours and power structures that contribute to underrepresentation in our institutions and communities.
EVENT DATE AND TIMES
Date | 17th - 18th November 2025
Start Time | 09:00 (GMT)
Finish TIme | 16:30 (GMT)
CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
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Monday 17th November 2025 |
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09:00 |
Conference Opening Jim Simon, Chief Executive Officer, RJC |
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09:15 |
Keynote Presentation Speaker to be announced |
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10:00 |
Screen Break |
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10:15 |
Adopting a Language that Cares: Walking Torbay Council’s Path of Culture Change through the Language that Cares project Dr Matthew Vince, Rebecca Rushton and Andrea Gjikolaj Challenging inequality and underrepresentation restoratively Lucy Pearson and Lily Reece |
"Doing the Work by Doing the Work": Relational Leadership in Practice The Restorative Lab |
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11:15 |
Screen Break |
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11:30 |
Transforming Criminal Justice Workshop Belong: Making Justice Happen |
Panel Discussion The Use of Technology and AI in Restorative Justice: Promise or Pitfall? |
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12:30 |
Lunch |
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13:15 |
Keynote Presentation Face to Face - In Conversion with Nick Dawson |
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14:00 |
Screen Break |
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14:15 |
From Youth Justice to a Child-First Reach Service Steve Green and Victoria Finnigan-Lord |
Leeds City Council Children & Families Directorate – relational and restorative in a climate of financial challenge Sue Orwin and Sarah Horner Restorative Practice: Learnings from Kirklees Council Dr Gill Danby and Claire Armitage |
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15:15 |
Screen Break |
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15:25 |
Restorative Pathways: Panel Discussion Restorative Justice in the Criminal Justice System: Troubled/Dangerous Waters? |
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16:25 |
Conference Close Debbie Watters OBE, Chair of Trustees, RJC |
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Tuesday 18th November 2025 |
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09:00 |
To what extent can shuttle mediation be considered a form of restorative justice? Dr Masahiro Suzuki Embedding Lived Experience in Commissioning Restorative Justice Services – A West Yorkshire Case Study Alex Beerjeraz |
Restorative Just Culture interventions: implementation and effectiveness in NHS Trusts Dr Nikki D’Souza, Northumbria University |
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10:00 |
Screen Break |
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10:15 |
Restorative Pathways: Panel Discussion Pre-Sentence RJ |
Restorative Circles in Residential Schools: Shifting Power, Building Belonging, and Redefining Discipline Binu Thomas Equipping Young People with Conflict Resolution Skills: Peer Mediation Case Study in South Blantyre Primary School Mallory Hybl and Heather Zajac |
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11:15 |
Screen Break |
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11:30 |
UK Summer Riots 2024: Restorative Responses and Interfaith Instincts Rebecca Collins Restorative Climate Conversations Nicky Abrahams and Phil Green |
Restorative Pathways: Panel Discussion Doing research restoratively: Reflections on a PhD peer-mentoring scheme Dr Benjamin Fisk, Inger Brit Lowater, Thomas Procter-Legg and Samantha James |
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12:30 |
Lunch |
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13:15 |
Guidebook for the People: Restorative Practices for Systems Change Nicodemus Ford |
"Once upon a time, so long ago, nobody but the storytellers remember…" Olga Ziori |
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14:45 |
Screen Break |
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15:00 |
Significant Contribution Award Jim Simon, Chief Executive Officer, RJC |
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15:30 |
Closing Keynote Speaker to be announced |
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16:15 |
Conference Close Debbie Watters OBE, Chair of Trustees, RJC |
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LOCATION
This event is being delivered online via MS Teams
EVENT FEES
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Early Bird (Up to 5th September 2025) |
After 5th September 2025 |
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Member |
£120 |
£140 |
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Non-member |
£190 |
£210 |
BOOKING TERMS AND CONDITIONS
The following Terms and Conditions apply to this event:
- Payment of the registration fee must be made prior to the event commencing. Where payment has not been received, the RJC reserves the right to cancel your registration
- RJC members must be logged in to their RJC account to receive the appropriate discount
- The RJC reserves the right to amend the content of the provisional programme for this event
- All changes made to the programme will be communicated to registered delegates prior to the event start date
REFUND POLICY
In the event that you need to cancel your event registration you can either:
1) Transfer your registration to another person - up to 14 days before the event start date
In the event that a higher fee becomes payable, the RJC will invoice this amount to the new delegate
2) Request a refund
The RJC will process this request in line with our refund schedule outlined below:
| Within 14 days of booking | 100% |
| Between 15 days and 5 days of the event | 50% |
| Within 4 days of the event | 0% |
Refunds will only be made to the account from which the payment was received
CONTACT INFORMATION
Email | enquiries@restorativejustice.org.uk
This is an approved Connect CPD event. You can confirm the status of this event HERE.
| Conference Pass | £210.00 |