The Mint House, Oxford Centre for Restorative Practice

Who we are

Launched in 2015 with the backing of many local partners, the Mint House (Oxford’s Centre for Restorative Practice) aims to make high quality restorative approaches more widely known about and used.

We want restorative practice to be a natural part of 'how we do things', not just in criminal justice contexts but also more widely, e.g.  in schools, work settings, neighbourhoods and faith communities.

We work to bring this about by:

• using creative approaches to introduce restorative approaches to new audiences
• sharing insights from our own and others’ research on aspects of restorative practice
• supporting groups and organisations to develop and embed restorative approaches
• growing a network of restorative practice champions and practitioners who can support each other, and others, to enrich and expand restorative approaches.

The case for respectful dialogue and looking at how harm can be repaired has always been compelling: as we face up to the injustices exposed and reinforced by COVID, to racial injustice, climate injustice and many other social harms, we think it is needed more than ever.

The Communications Officer we're looking to recruit will be our only employee. However, we have a growing band of volunteers and associates eager to support our work.