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ACAS
ACAS is an employment relations service for England, Scotland. They provide comprehensive advice and information on ways of avoiding and managing workplace conflict.

ADR Now
Clear accessible information about the main types of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) provision, including commercial, community and family mediation, public and private ombudsman schemes, and arbitration.

CALM
Association of Scottish lawyers who specialise in family mediation.

CEDR
Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (Commercial mediation). CEDR's mission is to encourage and develop mediation and other cost-effective dispute resolution and prevention techniques in commercial and public-sector disputes.

CHESS
CHESS (Children in the Highlands Education Support) provides Special Educational Needs advice, information and support for parents, professionals and children in the Highlands.

Citizens Advice Scotland
Scotland's largest independent advice service.

Disability Conciliation Service
Through conciliation the DCS offers disabled people a uniquely accessible and empowering alternative to court action as a way of exercising their civil rights.

Family Mediation Scotland
A national umbrella organisation promoting and supporting the development of local family mediation services throughout Scotland.

Family Support Partnership Lanarkshire
Family Support Partnership Lanarkshire is a strategic partnership between Family Mediation South Lanarkshire, Relate Lanarkshire and Scottish Marriage Care.

Leap Confronting Conflict
A national voluntary youth organisation providing opportunities, regionally and nationally, for young people and adults to explore creative approaches to conflicts in their lives.

Mediate.com
The most visited mediation site in the world - interesting and informative (based in the USA).

Scottish Community Mediation Centre
The Centre aims to promote community mediation throughout Scotland as an effective way of resolving conflicts within communities.

Scottish Community Mediation Network
The Scottish Community Mediation Network is a network representing community mediation services from virtually all Scottish local authority areas.

Scottish Consumer Council
SCC promotes the interests of Scottish consumers with particular regard to those people who experience disadvantage in society. General policy interest in promoting mediation as a means of resolving disputes.

Scottish Legal Aid Board
Responsible for managing legal aid in Scotland.

The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Primarily a teaching organisation in all forms of dispute resolution, arbitration, adjudication and mediation.

The Law Society of Scotland
The governing body for Scottish solicitors, they accredit solicitors as mediators.

Towergate Professional Risks, Professional Liability Insurance
At Towergate Professional Risks, we specialise in providing professional liability insurance to protect your business in the event of such a claim.