Sligo Community Mediation Service
Resolving Conflict through Mediation
OUR NEWS
Family Mediation Training
In 2021 a number of our mediators trained in Family Mediation (Separating Couples) through Roundtable.
The training took place online over several weeks and was a fantastic success. This has helped expand the number of mediators who can help and support parents and families who have separated or are in the process of separating.
Sligo Community Mediation Services would like to thank the Sligo Rural Development Programme and the funders below who supported this training, Roundtable for the excellent facilitation, and our Mediators for their dedication and commitment.
Seminar on Mediation and Conflict Resolution
On Thursday 23rd January 2020 we held a very engaging seminar on Mediation and Peace Building.
A variety of speakers spoke on topics such as:
The impact of Mediation on the Peace Process in Northern Ireland
The effects of Brexit on the Peace Process
Family Mediation and Community Mediation
Thank you to the speakers and all who attended. A very special thanks also to Sligo County Council and PEACEIV Special EU Programmes Body - SEUPB who provided the funding
Accredited Mediation Training
In late 2019 we trained new mediators, bringing these valuable and much needed skills to the community.
Huge thanks to all involved including trainer Mary Rafferty of Consensus Mediation, her fellow trainers, and the participants of the course.
Special thanks to Sligo County Council and Sligo Leader Partnership Company Ltd for providing the funding.
Pathways to Mediation
In 2019 we ran a very successful course which involved developing cross border relationships, and learning about mediation and the peace process in Northern Ireland.
Thanks to everyone involved, including all who attended, facilitator Brendan Lynch, PEACEIV Special EU Programmes Body - SEUPB who funded the project and to Sligo Northside Community Partnership Ltd for all their support in making this possible.
Intercultural Mediation
Training in Intercultural Mediation took place Tues. 26th Aug in the Northside Resource Centre Forthill, Sligo.
This training looked at:
How to identify ways of building understanding of cultural differences in mediation
Clarifying how the migrant experience influences behaviour in mediation
Exploring how to mediate effectively with clients of radically different values and world views
Familiarising mediators with best practice in working with interpreters
Training was delivered by Helen Harnett, lecturer in Intercultural Communications DCU and on the Council of the Mediators' Institute of Ireland.
Integration of Mediators Workshop
Sligo Community Mediation Service held a mediators’ workshop on 14th May to bring together mediators trained under various programmes including the PEACE III funded Urban Collective.
The workshop was an opportunity for all volunteer mediators to give their input into the future of the Mediation Service.
Links were also developed with Sligo Racist Incident Referral and Support Service and Sligo Traveller Support Group both of whom are represented on our Steering Group.
PEACE III |Extension Funding
Sligo Community Mediation Service was funded by PEACE III for the period 2012-2013 to undertake initial development of the service. In 2014 the Service through Sligo Education Centre tendered for and received additional funding for the development of the service under PEACE III extension funding.