Double Celebration at Mediation Plus

Last

Saturday marked a double celebration at community mediation service Mediation

Plus, as the latest intake of volunteer mediators and five new Trustees joined

the service. Following an appeal through the media, a range of local people put

themselves forward as potential Trustees and were interviewed by Mediation Plus

Chair, John Gallop.

John

commented "We were delighted with the interest shown in our service and the

range of backgrounds and experience of the people coming forward. With a strong

group of Trustees and a growing pool of trained mediators, we are now in a great

position to secure the future of Mediation Plus and engage even more widely in

the communities we serve."

Among

those joining as Trustees are Pevensey Parish Councillor Barbara Molog, former

Sussex Police hostage negotiator and mediator Ross Hollister, former head

teacher and Royal Marine David Hines, Australian born psychologist and

counsellor Deborah Marlin, and specialist management consultant Jonathan

Christian.

Presenting

certificates to the new volunteer mediators, John added "The response to our new

accredited mediation training courses has been great, but covering such a big

geographical area as Wealden, Eastbourne and Lewes means we need to maintain a

large group of volunteers, so we will be running our next course in September,

which we hope will give us over 50 mediators covering the

area."

Anyone

interested in training to become a mediator should contact Training Coordinator

Joan Eades at Mediation Plus on 01323 442781 or email info@mediation-plus.org.uk for an application pack.

There will also be an Open Morning in September where you can find out more

about the course and meet some of the current team of mediators..