Restorative Justice in Sport Seminar
Date: Thursday 24th September
Time: 12-1pm
Venue: Online (link sent in advance of Seminar)
Sporting organisations regularly face disputes involving athletes, coaches, volunteers, officials, clubs, parents and governing bodies. Effective dispute resolution processes and constructive feedback mechanisms help maintain positive relationships, improve governance and reduce escalation of conflict.
When harm or conflict occurs within sport, the governing authority is tasked to determine blame and assign punishment. While this may be viewed as ‘justice’, research evidences that sanctions rarely have a sustainable impact on the perpetrator, injured party, their teams, clubs, communities and organisation.
Restorative Justice (RJ) redresses this imbalance – This seminar will explore practical approaches to managing disagreements, complaints and feedback within sporting environments.
Martina Jordan, trainer and practitioner has been facilitating RJ for sports organisations for over a decade.
Overview
In this seminar Martina will explore:
- What RJ is, and is not
- What the research tells us about punitive approaches to harm and wrongdoing
- What an RJ process looks like and,
- Outcomes for those who participate, using case studies.
About Martina
‘Martina Jordan has worked in the field of Restorative Justice (RJ) for over 20 years, most recently leading on the design and development of RJ for adults in the criminal justice system (DOJ).
Martina has facilitated RJ within the youth justice system, education and health and social care systems, in historical faith based abuse cases, and on behalf of sporting authorities. She is a trainer with the European Forum for RJ, a member of the Restorative Justice Council UK and the Restorative Practice Forum NI’
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