Peer Mediation Project

Kingston Friends Mediation (KFM) successfully bid for monies from City Bridge Trust (CBT) to run a peer mediation in schools project in schools (including schools in Ealing)and invited us to work in partnership with them on the delivery of the project.

Our Service Manager and some of our mediators received two training workshops early to prepare them for this work.
Unfortunately KFM subsequently decided that they wished to close down as a service, before the project could really get off the ground.

KFM, EMS and CBT met to discuss the possibility of EMS taking over the running of this project and CBT invited EMS to make a new application for the project which was approved.

From November 2008 it was agreed by CBT that EMS would take over the project and work recommenced in 2009 and is due to completed by 2012.

We envisage that this ground work will enable our Service to continue and expand this project in Ealing.

Preparation work for the delivery of the training has been completed, as has training in in the first three of five schools. Necessary CRB checks were completed before entering schools.

The programme has been written with a whole school approach. All Ealing schools have been introduced to the concept and supplied with a copy of the 'Ways & Means' peer mediation booklet and asked to register an interest with the Service.