West Kent Mediation is a registered charity, which has been working in the local Kent community for thirty years.
The charity is run by a Board of Trustee Directors, all of whom have a wide range of experience and expertise. We have two part-time members of staff and around 15 trained volunteer mediators.
Our mediators all live within the local area and are passionate about helping to resolve conflict in the community. They are impartial, independent and always work in pairs when visiting clients’ homes or facilitating joint meetings.
We require our volunteer mediators to have undertaken formal mediation training via recognised training bodies. They all hold a recent Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) certificate. We also require them to undertake training in safeguarding children.
If you are a trained mediator living within or very close to West Kent who can spare a few hours per month to be a volunteer mediator for West Kent Mediation, we would be delighted to hear from you. Contact us to request an application form.
Without the generosity of our funders, West Kent Mediation could not exist and we are very grateful to all the organisations that fund us.
The majority of our funding comes from local authorities and housing associations. We also apply for grants from a range of trusts and foundations, including Kent Community Foundation, which distributes grants on behalf of 100 philanthropic funds in Kent.
In addition, we receive a fee for each mediation we undertake on behalf of Kent Police via a contract we have with the Kent Police and Crime Commissioner’s delivery partner, Restorative Solutions.
