A study of Ireland’s first and only non-statutory youth restorative justice service has shown that it returns nearly €3 for every €1 invested. Le Chéile’s Restorative Justice Project in Limerick provides a range of restorative justice services to young people who have been involved in crime and are engaged with the Probation Service. Download […]
Images from launch of Sexual Trauma and Abuse: Restorative and Transformative Possibilities?
A selection of images from the launch of Sexual Trauma and Abuse: Restorative and Transformative Possibilities?
Media coverage of Sexual Trauma and Abuse: Restorative and Transformative Possibilities?
The research Sexual Trauma and Abuse: Restorative and Transformative Possibilities? was launched today Monday 1st December 2014 in Dublin Castle. The research a collaboration between Facing Forward Dr Marie Keenan of the School of Applied Social Science at UCD and Bernadette Fahy, a counselling psychologist, was widely covered in the media today. 1/12/2014 Read Irish Times Press […]
Download Sexual Trauma and Abuse: Restorative and Transformative Possibilities? Report
Minister Aodhán Ó Riordáin, TD, Minister of State at the Department of Justice and Equality and Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht launched the Facing Forward and UCD research Sexual Trauma and Abuse: Restorative and Transformative Possibilities? today Monday 1st December 2014 in Dublin Castle Download the full report here Download Hyperlinks to Legislation referenced in Chapter 1 here […]
Irish Restorative Practices Resources
The Restorative Practices Strategic Forum and the Childhood Development Initiative, launched two important new resources for the support of Restorative Practices in Ireland. “Towards Excellence in Restorative Practice – A Quality Assurance Framework for Organisations and Practitioners”, by Dr. Kieran O’Dwyer Download a copy here “Community-Wide Restorative Practices: an Implementation Guide”, by CDI download a […]
Launch of the Evaluation of the Le Chéile Restorative Justice Project.
Le Chéile cordially invites you to a Restorative Justice Seminar to mark the Launch of the Evaluation of the Le Chéile RJ Project on 17th November 2014 Le Chéile is delighted to have Director of the Probation Services Vivian Guerin launch our report and he will be joined by the Dean of UCC Law and Director […]
September 2014: Training with Justice Janine Geske
Facing Forward were delighted to host Justice Janine Geske from Wisconsin U.S.A, Restorative Justice facilitator, trainer and advocate. During her time with Facing Forward she spoke to the District Court judges at a training seminar, we met the Chief Justice Susan Denham, Prison Governors from Mountjoy campus and some lawyers. The Training went well, over fifty came […]
Barbara Walshe Facing Forward Chairperson featured on RTE Radio
Barbara Walshe Facing Forward Chairperson and Janine Geske spoke about Restorative Justice on RTE Radio listen here
Catherine O’Connell in the Journal of Mediation and Conflict Resolution
Catherine O’Connell, Facing Forward Committee member writes about her experience of participating in Restorative Justice in the Edward Kennedy Journal of Mediation and Conflict Resolution please.This article describes the pillars, values and principles of Restorative Justice and the essential components of restorative circles. A specific, circle based, restorative programme that has been running […]
December – Consultations to develop FETAC Programme Modules in Restorative Practices
Jim McGrath from NetCare has been contracted by CDI on behalf of the Restorative Practices Strategic Forum to develop three FETAC/QQI modules for Restorative Practices training as follow: Level 3: Getting Started with Restorative Practices; Level 5: Restorative Practice Facilitation Skills; Level 6: Design, Delivery and Evaluation of Restorative Practices Training To ensure that these […]