Training and Creativity Overview

We shall not cease from exploring..

We offer nationally accredited Training Courses to meet local needs.  Most of our courses are presented on a multidisciplinary basis with two trainers, materials being provided by e-mail in advance to provide maximum opportunity for discussion and development on the day.  Our annual training courses include an Annual Update of Law and Mediation, an advanced training course with Lisa Parkinson or other internationally recognised trainer, and a more reflective, arts based day or weekend. In addition, we offer Mediation Awarenes seminars for local lawyers, Judges, and others involved in the family justice system. Neil Robinson is also a trainer on the FMA Mediation Foundation Courses, and has run workshops and training for the DCA, JSB, and for Resolution.

All our courses are accredited by the Law Society and the UK College of Family Mediators, and provide CPD points.

We welcome suggestions as to future courses and events

Training Aims

1.  To provide our mediators (and therefore our clients) with an assured quality of training and development, so that we can continue to push the quality of mediation.

2.  To give an opportunity for multi-disciplinary work, and in particular for Nowell Meller's lawyers and mediators to train and meet collaboratively.

3.  To provide training for colleagues, consultees and friends

4.  To retain TMC's high profile on the national stage.

Feedback from last year's courses

'A very thought provoking day - extremely useful for practice'

'The workshop was invaluable for practising mediators who feel unsettled with the strict orthodoxy and so can pool ideas for adapting the mediation model to better serve their clients.'

'A packed day with specific focus on legal update interspersed with more esoteric questions about mediation practice'

“A mediation masterclass”

'I found this course really useful.  I had felt for some time that mediation could be more flexible in dealing with varying circumstances but, until joining this well-led seminar, thought it was just my private view.  I hope that positive change can result from many mediators attending future workshops and pooling their ideas.'

Current Courses

Please see our Training Events below for 2011

Solicitors Seminars Regarding the Pre-Application Protocol

Wednesday 23rd March 2011 - Crewe Solicitors Seminar at Crewe Library, Prince Albert Street (3 CPD price £50.00 plus VAT)

Wednesday 30th March 2011 - Cannock Solicitors Seminar at Avon Business and Leisure Centre, Avon Road, Cannock (3 CPD price £50.00 plus VAT)

Monday 4th April 2011 - Stafford Solicitors Seminar at The Mediation Centre, Stafford (3 CPD price £50.00 plus VAT)

Thursday 7th April 2011 - Stoke Solicitors Seminar at The Dudson Centre, Hope Street, Hanley (3 CPD price £50.00 plus VAT)

Wednesday 13th April 2011 - Burton Solicitors Seminar at Burton Magistrates Court, Court Room 3 (3 CPD price £50.00 plus VAT)

Annual Update of Law and Practice

Thursday 2nd June 2011 - Shugborough Estate, Milford, Stafford (6 CPD price £120.00 plus VAT)

Thursday 7th July 2011 - Shugborough Estate, Milford, Stafford (6 CPD price £120.00 plus VAT)

Date to be confirmed - YMCA, Stoke on Trent (6 CPD price £120.00 plus VAT)

Mediation Training

Friday 21st October 2011 - Developing Mediation Day with Lisa Parkinson and Neil Robinson - Shugborough Estate, Milford, Stafford

Creativity and the Arts

19th to 21st October 2012 - Fourth Weekend of Mediation, Arts and Science

Booking on our Courses

If you would like to book on any of our courses or would like more information, please do telephone The Mediation Centre on 01785 273133 and we can email a relevant booking form.