Campaigning without polarisation

The Mint House and the Sheila McKechnie Foundation are partnering to host this event to explore restorative approaches and how they could be relevant in campaigning.

Katie Roberts will highlight some of the challenges those in campaigning are currently facing around polarisation. Pete Wallis will share some key themes from restorative practice that might be helpful, such as listening with curiosity, understanding harms and needs, and working together to find solutions. We will also hear the personal experience of Becks Sutton who has used listening exchanges to facilitate dialogue on the Oxford Low Traffic Neighbourhood (LTN) issue.

The event will be interactive and include time for discussion in breakout rooms to think about where these types of approaches are already happening, the positives and challenges of restorative approaches, and what this might look like in practice in future work.

This online event will be held on Zoom. Variable ticket prices are available. Please pay as you are able so that we have the resources to continue to hold these types of events:

£10 (e.g. employed professional/government/academic/large organisation)

£5 (e.g. employed by a small charity)

Free (e.g. student/volunteer/don’t have the resources to pay for a ticket)

To find out more about The Mint House and our past and future events, please visit www.minthouseoxford.co.uk.

To find out more about the Sheila McKechnie Foundation and how they support campaigners, please visit www.smk.org.uk.