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Diversifying the restorative sector

 This is a blog by our Communications and Campaigns Manager, Keeva Baxter.    A new report, ‘Diversifying the Restorative Sector: Lessons from Practitioners’, has recently been published, exploring how the Restorative Justice sector can be diversified in order to better represent the people it serves, and the communities and cultures that the restorative principles are […]

National Road Victim Month: Road Harm and Restorative Justice

National Road Victim Month

This is a blog by our CEO, Sara Dowling.    Every August, National Road Victim Month offers a moment to reflect on the devastating toll of road death and injury, honour those who have lost their lives, support those left behind and call for urgent action to prevent future suffering. Road deaths are a global […]

Rhiannon’s journey to Why me?

This is a blog by our Team Administrator, Rhiannon Vivian.   When I applied for the Team Administrator role at Why me? I had decided that I wanted to pursue a career in the charity sector. I’d spent many years writing for brands, and prior to that, working in magazines. Both were interesting, varied, and […]

Ministry of Justice prove the decline of prisons and probation

This is a blog by our Communications and Campaigns Manager, Keeva Baxter.   At the end of July, the Ministry of Justice released a variety of new statistics on the state of prisons and probation. Ranging from deaths in custody, self harm rates and drug finds to the performance of probation services, the statistics expose […]

Supporting young victims of violence

This is a guest blog by Steven Green, Deputy Practice Manager Restorative Approaches at Reach, part of Wigan Council.    As incidents of violence are increasingly documented and disseminated through social media platforms, the emotional and psychological repercussions for young victims have become more pronounced.  GWiNN, an initiative established by dedicated restorative justice practitioners from […]

What do victims want? New report on out of court resolutions

This is a blog by our Communications and Campaigns Manager, Keeva Baxter.   Transform Justice recently published a report titled ‘Beyond the courtroom: do out of court resolutions work for victims?’. The research provides a useful insight into the needs of victims of crime who are often failed by the court process, and how out […]

Youth Justice Board release report on their new KPIs

This is a blog by our Communications and Campaigns Manager, Keeva Baxter.   The Youth Justice Board have published a new report on the ‘Quality and methodology information for youth justice services’ key performance indicators’. In 2022, 10 new key performance indicators (KPIs) were given to Youth Justice Services in England and Wales, that they […]

New report: Leveson’s independent review of the Criminal Courts

This is a blog by our CEO, Sara Dowling   This week (9th July), the Rt Hon. Sir Brian Leveson published the first of two reports on the ‘Independent review of the Criminal Courts’. The review aims to address the criminal justice crisis that has resulted in 75,000 outstanding cases in the Crown Court and […]

Moral injury and Restorative Justice

This is a blog by Kitty Ellison, Homeless Link’s Senior Learning and Development Manager. Whilst the article is focused on the homelessness sector, we wanted to share it due to its reference to the use of restorative approaches to repair some of the harm that professionals can face in the workplace. The blog was originally […]