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Service Spotlight, July 2024: Aberdeenshire Council Community Mediation Service
Aberdeenshire covers an area of 2,437 sq miles, has 19 main towns and has a population of around 262,690. Aberdeenshire Council have 13,000 council properties spread throughout the area, in towns, villages and remote rural areas.
Aberdeenshire Council have always been very proactive in their use of mediation to resolve neighbour disputes, and an outside organisation provided this for them for many years. However, in 2018 it was decided that an in-house service would be more cost effective, so they employed their first full-time mediator and along with service development implemented policies and procedures while adhering to mediation principles.
Restorative Justice Council award
The Centre has recently been awarded Registered Training Provider status by the Restorative Justice Council (RJC). In addition, we have - following assessment – gained Approved Course status for our Restorative Skills training.
The Restorative Justice Council is the independent membership body for the field of restorative practice, covering the whole of the UK. Sacro is a member of the RJC.
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