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Lowater, Inger Brit and Fisk, Benjamin M. 
ORCID: 0000-0003-2389-4521
(2024)
Building a new reality: The fertile restorative soil of Gloucestershire county.
In: Restorative Communities – Episode 2 with Kerra Bolton, Inger Brit Lowater & Ben Fisk, 16th October 2024, Online.
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Abstract
In a ‘Building a New Reality’ (BANR) webinar hosted by Ted and Josh Wachtel on Wednesday 16th October 2024, we discussed the relational and restorative work taking place in Gloucestershire. With their ongoing 4-part seminar series ‘Expanding Restorative’, Ted and Josh are focusing on how restorative practices can reshape societies, governance, and democracy. The first episode featured restorative justice luminaries Terry O’Connell, and Linda Kligman, President of the IIRP. On the face of it, the ‘big three’ areas in the Gloucestershire where restorative practices have produced crops of substantial yield are Gloucestershire Constabulary, Gloucestershire County Council (GCC), and University of Gloucestershire (UoG). The growth of restorative practice has been more like a community allotment – lots of individuals, working hard in their patch, sharing their practices (and produce) with their neighbours. There is no overarching control of all that is restorative in Gloucestershire, although the ‘big three’ are where funding is. They have the buying power, and legitimacy is gained by having association with them. The restorative harvest in Gloucestershire is diverse, and we illustrated this with three case studies. The case studies highlighted how restorative practices are becoming embedded in several of Ted’s six facets of societal need: learning, governance, care, justice, enterprise, and spirit. However, there is much further to go, especially in the facet of enterprise and local business. This got us thinking about the potential role of sports teams in the county. The multiple football, cricket, and rugby teams which play a key role in the spirit of local communities should be future collaborators.
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Speech) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Restorative justice; Restorative practice; Gloucestershire; iirp; rj; rp; Community |
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology. H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology. > HV40-69 Social Work L Education > L Education (General) L Education > LB Theory and practice of education |
| Divisions: | Schools and Research Institutes > School of Business, Computing and Social Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Ben Fisk |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Nov 2024 14:58 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Nov 2024 15:00 |
| URI: | https://eprints.glos.ac.uk/id/eprint/14534 |
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