Our campaigns
Our campaigns aim to increase access to Restorative Justice for people affected by crime and conflict in England and Wales. We do this by celebrating good practice, highlighting gaps, working with practitioners and decision-makers and doing our own research.
Previous Projects
Inclusive Restorative Justice during COVID-19
This project focused on the development of Restorative Justice resources for people affected by crime and the professionals supporting them. The fund was made available following the COVID-19 outbreak, in order to support people who are affected by the pandemic.
Taking the Conversation ‘Inside’: Supporting Restorative Justice within a prison setting
We worked to increase the number of people accessing Restorative Justice while serving a custodial sentence.
Empowering victims to speak out
We worked with victims of crime in London who have experienced Restorative Justice, to talk about their experiences and have their voices heard.
Access to Justice: Restorative Justice for hate crime in Lambeth and Southwark
Why me? worked with police forces, youth offending teams, parent-teacher associations and civil society organisations to improve hate crime victims’ access to Restorative Justice in Lambeth and Southwark.
We worked to identify groups who are particularly affected by hate in these two boroughs, and to find out about the barriers, needs and considerations that should be taken into account. We achieved this through working with community groups, and hearing their feedback.
Making the Parole Board work for victims of crime
Why me? and the Parole Board worked together to support better understanding of Restorative Justice among the Parole Board’s panel members, and better understanding of the Parole Board among Restorative Justice services and practitioners. This led to two leaflets being produced and disseminated to increase this mutual understanding, and victim awareness training being provided by the victim of a serious crime who had benefited from Restorative Justice.
Improving communication with victims about Restorative Justice
Many people will carry out their own research to self-refer to Restorative Justice. But how easy is this information to find?
Using a volunteer to play the part of a victim of crime, we tested how easy it is to find information about Restorative Justice in each police area. Each Police and Crime Commissioner was sent a detailed report of our findings and they were invited to make changes to improve the information available to victims of crime. We have subsequently reviewed the PCC websites to see if changes have been made. We were pleased to see that 25 out of the 41 PCC areas had made changes since we published our findings.