Facilitating Restorative Circles (including with large groups)

One day in-person workshop to learn foundational skills for facilitating restorative circles.

Restorative practice supports people to manage conflict, resolve disputes, and negotiate agreements in criminal justice, health, and education systems, and in family, workplace, residential, faith, and other communities.

In all of these contexts, a facilitated restorative circle can support a group of people to make sense of a situation together, then make an agreement about how to improve that situation.

This one-day workshop introduces foundational skills for facilitating restorative circles, including circles with large groups of people. 

The workshop is for people who are (i) new to restorative practice or (ii) experienced with restorative conferences in restorative justice programmes, and interested to explore the use of restorative circles in other contexts.

Participants will examine:

• the types of situations where restorative circles are most effective;
• the different circle formats most suited to these types of situations;
• facilitation techniques to use across the different formats; and
• how these circle processes and techniques can help manage community relationships.

You may also be interested in attending our other one day workshop ‘Reimagining and extending restorative practice (for experienced practitioners)’ on the 18th of June 2026. These two workshop days are standalone in content but can be booked together as they are being delivered on adjacent days.

Cost: £100 (early bird) / £120 (full price)

Early bird rate is available until 30 April 2026

The workshop is fully catered with tea, coffee, and lunch provided.

We are aware that many people can have their registration fees covered by their organisation/employer as part of their CPD and would prefer to be invoiced for the workshop cost. We can invoice for multiple attendees and workshops on one invoice – please contact [email protected] to arrange this.

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Host or Publisher The Mint House (Oxford Centre for Restorative Practice)