West Sussex Mediation Service
About West Sussex Mediation Service
Not for profit (Registered Charity - 1084592) providing a wide range of mediation services across West Sussex. We were established in 2000. We were the brainchild of a Police Crime Prevention Officer who saw the need foa mediation service to break the cycle of conflict in neighbourhood disputes, which consumed many hours of front line Police Officer's time.
We pride ourselves on being free at the point of delivery for many of our services and use local volunteer mediators, working in pairs. Many have been with the organisation for over 10 years and have 'been there and got the T shirt, many times over.'
In 2019 we achieved the Queen's Award for Voluntary Service, which is a very prestigious award that is not given away lightly. In 2020 we were shorlisted in the National Mediation Awards in the category of Best Community Mediator.
We have skilled mediators in all areas of dispute resolution. Here is a list of our services:
Community Mediation (specialising in helping to resolve neighbour disputes)
Intergenerational Mediation (for conflicts within families, across the generations)
Workplace Mediation (for conflicts within the workplace at all levels from shop floor to Director/Owner level)
Civil/Commercial Mediation (such as Trader/Customer or contract disputes).
Family Mediation (divorcing/separating couples needing to settle finances and/or child arrangemens). We can offer child inclusive mediation.
Conflict Coaching (where we cannot engage both side in a dispute in formal mediation we help build an individual's capacity to deal with conflict themselves).