For Family Mediation Week 2022 we are focussing on what parents say about their experience of participating in Family Mediation with Relationships Scotland, and sharing some of the stories of what parents found most helpful. One parent told us: ‘It makes a big difference just being able to listen to what each of us has […]

As COP26 rapidly approaches many mediators have been thinking about how they can play a positive role in helping to deliver the ambitious targets needed to prevent a climate disaster. It is clear that we are a small community but the supermarket slogan “every little helps” definitely applies. One of the ways mediators can help […]

Scottish Mediation recently renewed its strategy for the next three years and in doing so determined that our vision is of a Scotland where people, communities and organisations respectfully deal with disagreements. It might seem a straightforward thing to say however there are lots of examples across Scotland where we are simply not good at […]

In May ACAS launched a report on the costs of workplace conflict in the UK. The figures were quite shocking, the headline being that workplace conflict costs the UK £28.5 billion per year or £1000 per employee. Beyond the money headlines it is important to understand that the impact is not just financial with employees […]