In September – December 2017, Restorative Thinking Limited was asked by POPS (Partners of Prisoners) to deliver our parenting programme, ‘Parenting without Conflict’, with four separate groups at HMP Risley. In total, 22 participants completed the course and the associated evaluation tools and 2 facilitators provided written feedback. For this short project, we decided to focus on the testing the following programme outcomes for participants: Evidence of change in thinking about the parent/carer role. Evidence of change in behaviour...

In April 2015, Restorative Thinking Limited won an open tender exercise to find a new approach to foster inclusive residential environments at Approved Premises.  We decided to rigorously test restorative practice as an approach and from August 2015, for a period of one year, we ran the pilot with eight Approved Premises in the Midlands Division and eight in the North East Division. The pilot was evaluated by Dr. Elizabeth A. Bates from the Department of Health and Social Care at the University of Cumbria.  The full Pilot Project Evaluation...

Restorative Thinking Limited delivered our Restorative Domestic Abuse Perpetrator Programme in Cumbria from April 2015 – October 2017, as part of the Cumbria PCC’s domestic abuse project, ‘Turning the Spotlight’. Relationships without Conflict is a Restorative Domestic Abuse Perpetrator Programme, delivered over ten 2.5 hour sessions.  The programme is based on sound evidence and is congruent with the ‘What Works’ literature.  Relationships without Conflict is underpinned by DBT (Dialectical Behaviour...

                  Restorative Gloucestershire delivers Restorative Thinking Limited’s intervention programme for working with offenders via an annual licensing agreement.  Programme delivery is now in its second year.  As part of Restorative Thinking Limited’s Quality Assurance, we provide ongoing training and programme observations with Restorative Gloucestershire colleagues and receive evaluation from facilitators and participants following each round of programme...

Restorative Relationships (Relationships without Conflict) and Parenting without Conflict These two programmes focus on how restorative principles and skills can underpin healthy relationships and our parenting styles.  These programmes are often delivered in sequence and we have delivered both programmes in Cumbria as part of the PCC’s ‘Turning the Spotlight‘ initiative between April 2015 and October 2017.  The programmes are also delivered in prison and probation settings. We encourage our programme facilitators to be...

Restorative Relationships programme – interviews with graduates This is a short film showing interviews with three graduates of Restorative Thinking Limited’s ‘Restorative Relationships’ (Relationships without Conflict) programme. The interviews took place in December 2016 at The Well in Barrow, Cumbria. The intervention programme is based on sound evidence and is congruent with the ‘What Works’ literature. ‘Restorative Relationships’ is underpinned by DBT (Dialectical Behaviour Therapy), CBT (Cognitive...