Session leader, Rachel Weiss (biography below) will give an overview of the most common mental health issues in the workplace: • Depression • Anxiety • Stress • Trauma and Adverse Childhood Experiences(ACEs) Covering definition and what can be done to mitigate the symptoms. We will discuss how these mental health issues can affect participants’ ability […]

Strathclyde Housing Mediation Project invite you to observe a "Mock Housing Mediation Session" on Wednesday 16 June at 11.00am – 12noon. This event is free but registration via Eventbrite is required. A link will be emailed to participants who register nearer the time of the event. Mediation makes particular sense for housing matters. Cost-effective, efficient, […]

Cyrenians Scottish Centre for Conflict Resolution (SCCR) are inviting you to ‘A Discovery of Voice’ Series’ of FREE ONLINE EVENTS in June. The aim behind ‘A Discovery of Voice’ is to create an interactive series of events incorporating the discovery of emotions through music that focuses on promoting understandings of mental health, emotions, relationships, communication […]

PLEASE NOTE THIS EVENT IS FOR MEMBERS ONLY. This session will introduce speaker Veena Ralli at 2.45pm, on Mediation Centres in India, and how the mediation process works. Note: no separate CPD extra session. To book this free session please click HERE

A free online event to increase awareness and promote good reflective practice. The new standards highlight and encourage different ways of improving practice through learning and supervision. The event is aimed at those who are new to mediation as well as experienced who would like to explore more about methods, benefits and expectations. Why: The […]

This Scottish Mediation seminar (run by Roy Poyntz, biography in link below) will build on the foundations laid in our earlier June 2021 meeting, although you don’t have to have attended: all welcome. It will be a highly interactive encounter with reflective practice using exercises, group work and applications. It will be of relevance to […]

PLEASE NOTE THIS EVENT IS FOR MEMBERS ONLY. 1pm: Group business session: Chair’s welcome Volunteer for notes: ….. 1) SM Chair / Director - short updates 2) Updates and check in from Group 3) Update on next WEIG meeting Speaker c 1.45pm will be John Armstrong, MSc Student of Mediation and Conflict Resolution, University of […]

This event will showcase a short mock mediation session between a police officer and an environmental activist. The event is suitable for mediators, advice workers and anyone with an interest in mediation. To book this session please click HERE

We are delighted to host this seminar in conjunctions with the Young Mediators Group. The Singapore Convention on Mediation was opened for signature in 2019 and to date has 55 signatories across the globe. the Convention is a uniform and efficient framework for international settlement agreements resulting from mediation. It applies to international settlement agreements […]

Scottish Mediation is hosting a CPD event with Robert Lambden of Sacro’s Scottish Community Mediation Centre (SCMC) and Andrew Boyd from Cyrenians Scottish Centre for Conflict Resolution (SCCR) to help shine a light on community mediation and the power of earlier intervention and mediation to prevent youth homelessness and relationship breakdown in Scotland. We will […]

Come along to join in our conversation with Bill Marsh, one of Europe's most experienced international mediators, where we'll be talking about all things mediation, including what makes a successful mediation. We're keen to hear from you, so most of the session will be an open forum where you can put your questions to Bill, […]

A Masterclass that will discuss how Trauma, Human Development and Personality Disorders can affect participants’ ability to engage in face-to-face conversations. This half day CPD workshop is likely to appeal to frontline workers who experience challenging presentations within the face to face work they undertake with clients. The focus will be on recent or historic […]

Please note that this event is only available for members of Scottish Mediation. Agenda: 1400: Group business session: Chair’s welcome Volunteer for notes: ….. 1) SM Chair / Director - short updates 2) Updates and check in from Group 3) Update on next WEIG meeting 1430: break 1445 Speaker: Zaza Johnson Elsheikh and Spenser Hilliard of […]

This seminar will combine a modest amount of talk and electronic chalk with scenarios and tricky questions. The aim is to encourage us to reflect and share what each of us would do when faced with an ethical dilemma in a mediation, and why. We will set the scene, connecting ethical frameworks with the fundamental […]

This half day CPD workshop is likely to appeal to frontline workers who support, or work with clients in a professional capacity who have experienced trauma in their lives. The focus will be on the signs and symptoms of PTSD and Complex PTSD, their impact on psychological functioning, physical functioning and perception. Links will also […]

Join us for our annual conference, Mediate 2022, for a day of listening, learning, connecting and reflecting. The event will include the following: Keynote Speakers: Kathryn Mannix, who believes that bringing ourselves into conversations that we perceive as ‘tender’ rather than ‘difficult’ can help us to be companions to people in distress. Rather than ‘fixing,’ […]

Please note this event is for Scottish Mediation members only. Scottish Mediation has been working for a period on how it can best understand the equality and diversity issues that make an impact on mediation and how we can best respond. During that period we have undertaken a journey with Hallmark of Inclusion which has […]

Scottish Mediation have recently been recognised by the Lord Presidents Office as a body that can accredit family mediators. For those interested in how the accreditation works we are holding a free online seminar on Tuesday 17th January 2023 from 10am - 11am. If you would like to book this event please click HERE Zoom link […]

Please note this event is for Scottish Mediation members only. Our next WEIG meeting will be Tues January 31st by zoom (link issued day prior). It will include a self help session themed on “It’s not about the money – creative solutions I have experienced – and should we nudge parties by sharing creative solutions?”. […]

Thinking of joining the Scottish Mediation Register? You can become a member or registered practitioner. Attend this free online seminar to find out more about registration. What is required to be a registered mediator and what are the required standards. Find out about the many benefits and opportunities for sharing practice and learning. The hour-long […]

Pease not this event is for Scottish Mediation members only. Our next WEIG meeting will be on Monday 27th February, from 1400 - 1600, which will take place on Zoom. Details of the session as below. 1400: Group business session: Chair’s welcome – check if everyone happy to record? Volunteer for notes: Guy Lipert 1) […]

Online session of the first module for the Family Mediation Course, taking place on 28th February 2023 from 9.30am - 4.45pm. Overview of Scots Family Law and Procedure including the law relating to: i) Divorce/Dissolution ii) Property and financial matters arising from marriage/civil partnership & cohabitation iii) Parental responsibilities and parental rights iv) Financial support […]

Join us in University of Strathclyde’s new Teaching and Learning Building. The keynote from Tony Allen “Mediating in the Shadow of the Law” and with Dr Anna Howard, John Sturrock KC and Sheriff Livingston among others will be facilitating workshops, panel discussions and dedicated networking time. The event will be chaired by award winning broadcaster […]