Restorative Justice with Sensitive and Complex Cases
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 by 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 can 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.
COURSE DATES
16th April 2026 - 2nd June 2026
LOCATION
4 webinars online from 4pm to 6pm. 3 in person practice days at 3Space International House, 6 Canterbury Crescent, Brixton, London SW9 7QD.
COURSE FEES
£500. If you wish only to attend the online webinars £60.
BOOKING INFORMATION
Contact info@why-me.org for further information or to register.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Contact Name | Tim Chapman
Email | info@timchapman.eu
This course is being hosted by an RJC member organisation. It is not delivered by, or on behalf of, the RJC. The RJC has not assessed and is not responsible for the quality of the course content