🟢 NEW BLOG POST! "A key question for our field is how make the leap from restorative practice training to ‘real world’ application. Skills that feel manageable in the classroom can look very different in contexts where emotions run high..."
Read more: www.minthouseoxford.co.uk/blog-1/2026/...
Posts by The Mint House - Oxford Centre for Restorative Practice
Wild Goose Theatre preview performance of Macbeth - proceeds to go to The Mint House and Oxford Winter Night Shelter.
🟢 Macbeth: Charity Performance
⚪️ Thurs 2 July, 7:30pm
⚪️ New Road Baptist Church, Oxford
Tickets are £5 and can be bought online or on the door: www.eventbrite.com/e/1986980030...
Please join us for an online workshop facilitated by Kathleen McGoey and Lindsey Pointer, authors of 'The Little Book of Restorative Teaching Tools'.
🟢 Restorative Teaching Tools (CPD workshop)
⚪️ Wednesday 29 April 2026
⚪️ Online
🟢 Register now: www.minthouseoxford.co.uk/events/2026/...
We will also examine ways to use reflective practice to support practitioners to learn on the job.
❗️Now RJC CPD APPROVED!
We'll think about adapting restorative processes in complex cases involving harm or a set of entangled issues and analyse combinations of circle processes and techniques that can be used, and revise skills for assessing and preparing for restorative processes.
Join us in person in central Oxford for a day of in-person learning and exploration with Alikki Vernon and David Moore to support the ongoing development of yourself and/or your team.
One day in-person workshop for experienced practitioners to extend their facilitation practice and for managers to expand the scope of their programmes.
🟢 Reimagining & Extending Restorative Practice (for experienced practitioners and managers)
⚪️ Thursday 18 June 2026
⚪️ 9:30am - 4:00pm
⚪️ New Road Baptist Church, Oxford (OX1 1LQ)
Spaces are very limited so book your place soon (early bird pricing available: www.minthouseoxford.co.uk/events/2026/...
One day in-person workshop to learn foundational skills for facilitating restorative circles.
🟢 Facilitating Restorative Circles (including with large groups)
❗️Now RJC CPD APPROVED!
⚪️ Wed 17 June 2026
Spaces are very limited so book soon: www.minthouseoxford.co.uk/events/2026/...
Archway decorated with banners, ribbons, and flowers, with bunting spelling out 'Harambee'
Water bottle on a table with a sticky note on it saying "resilience, community, coming together, partnership"
On World Social Work Day last month we enjoyed facilitating a circle for Oxfordshire County Council children and adult social care teams on the concept of 'Harambee', a Swahili word meaning "all pull together".
Interested to explore how we can work with you?: www.minthouseoxford.co.uk/training
🟢 Reimagining and extending restorative practice (for experienced practitioners and managers)
Wednesday 18 June 2026, Oxford
More info: www.minthouseoxford.co.uk/events/2026/...
🟢 Facilitating Restorative Circles (including with large groups)
Wednesday 17 June 2026, Oxford
More info: www.minthouseoxford.co.uk/events/2026/...
We are so excited to offer two days of in-person CPD workshops in Oxford! We are welcoming Alikki Vernon and David Moore (Australian Association for Restorative Justice) all the way from Australia to facilitate these workshops for us:
We’re proud to announce that we have become an accredited Oxford Living Wage employer. The Oxford Living Wage helps ensure more people earn a fair wage that reflects the true cost of living and working in Oxford.
🟢 Read more: www.minthouseoxford.co.uk/news/2026/3/...
#OxfordLivingWage
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This workshop will be facilitated by Kathleen McGoey and Lindsey Pointer, authors of 'The Little Book of Restorative Teaching Tools' and 'The Little Book of Restorative Teaching Tools for Online Learning'.
You will gain experience with games and activities that you can use to create more interactive, relational, and experiential learning spaces.
Together, we will explore why games and activities are a particularly good fit for teaching restorative justice, and engage with four activities designed to meet common restorative justice learning needs, all while having fun!
Join us for an online Restorative Teaching Tools workshop to learn games and activities for teaching restorative justice concepts.
🟢 Restorative Teaching Tools (CPD workshop)
⚪️ Wednesday 29 April 2026
⚪️ 3-5pm (BST / GMT+1)
⚪️ Online
🟢 Register now: www.minthouseoxford.co.uk/events/2026/...
Do you ever feel like people don’t understand the true value of Restorative Justice? Do you sometimes feel like you are shouting into a void? In our latest blog, we share three things to do, and three things to avoid, when communicating Restorative Justice.
https://ow.ly/QviQ50YsY9F
Jaimee van Gemerden has recently joined the team as a part time Events, Training, and Communications Assistant.
From New Zealand, Jaimee is a theologian and has experience working in administrative and church settings.
We're really pleased to welcome her to the team!
Missed our event 'Campaigning without polarisation: how can I contribute to a better world without further fracturing society?' with @smkcampaigners.bsky.social? You can watch a recording of the event: youtu.be/KyyBrD9MW8s
❓Who is missing? What changes when new voices enter the room? And what responsibility do we each hold?
Join us for a one-hour online conversation exploring what meaningful inclusion in restorative practice asks of us.
⚪️ Wed 25 Feb 2026
⚪️ 12-1pm
Book now: www.minthouseoxford.co.uk/events/2026/...
"An attempt to share the magic of the recent restorative practice in nature listening circle at Oxford’s Boundary Brook Nature Reserve when, with others, I braved the rain to (re)connect with nature and reflect on what this means in practice." - Rosie Chadwick
🟢 Diversifying the restorative sector
⚪️ Wednesday 25 February 2026
⚪️ 12-1pm (GMT)
⚪️ Online
Please note that this event will NOT be recorded due to the interactive and reflective format of the event.
Register now: www.minthouseoxford.co.uk/events/2026/...
Rather than offering answers, we invite shared reflection, curiosity, and dialogue. This is a space to think together about race, representation, language, and power in restorative practice, and about what might shift in our own contexts.
Drawing on recent research, this session moves beyond presenting findings to opening questions:
⚪️ Who is missing?
⚪️ What changes when new voices enter the room?
⚪️ And what responsibility do we each hold?