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Volunteering with Ashford Mediation Service

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Find out more about our volunteering opportunities, including our Volunteer Mediator roles . Ashford Mediation Service provides free confidential and impartial mediation services to residents of Ashford who are experiencing conflict with others. Our Volunteer Mediators are an essential part of Ashford Mediation Service and help us provide a service of mediation to those in dispute and experiencing conflict in the Borough of Ashford. By doing good for other people and the local community you can receive a sense of accomplishment. Being a volunteer can help boost your self-esteem, self-confidence and life experiences and satisfaction. Our Volunteer Mediators carry a great pride in the support they offer, and the role can give you a sense of identity. The role of a mediator is to help people find relief from conflict, anger and stress. By becoming a volunteer you will bring with you empathy, patience and persistence, as well as a non-judgemental outlook. Our team enjo...

Volunteers' Week 2023

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Volunteers' Week is an annual celebration of the contribution millions of people make across the UK through volunteering in their communities. This week is Volunteers' Week and the 39th edition of the event. Volunteers' Week runs from the 1st to 7th June each year. Volunteering with Ashford Mediation Service Ashford Mediation Service has a team of dedicated volunteer mediators. You can find out more about volunteering with Ashford Mediation Service in this video and on the AMS website .

Find out more about volunteering with Ashford Mediation Service

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Volunteering with Ashford Mediation Service. In  this video , Sue Pitt, Chair of Ashford Mediation Service, talks about volunteering opportunities with AMS. Ashford Mediation Service provides free confidential and impartial mediation services to residents of Ashford, Kent who are experiencing conflict with others. Visit  our website  to find out more about our services and  how you can join the AMS team .

Ashford Mediation Service on The Dominic King Show on BBC Radio Kent

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Ashford Mediation Service featured on The Dominic King Show on BBC Radio Kent on Wednesday evening. You can hear Sue Pitt, Chair of Ashford Mediation Service, talking about AMS, how it helps people & communities, and how you can get involved as a volunteer mediator from 1 hour, 12 minutes and 23 seconds at this link . The show is available to listen to online for the next 29 days. The Dominic King Show on BBC Radio Kent is Kent's Arts and Culture show. Ashford Mediation Service provides free confidential and impartial mediation services to residents of Ashford who are experiencing conflict with others. Find out more on the Ashford Mediation Service website .

Volunteer with Ashford Mediation Service

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Find out more about our volunteering opportunities , including our Volunteer Mediator roles . About Ashford Mediation Service In 1997 Ashford Mediation Service was established to promote, for the public benefit and for the better preservation of public order, the provision of a mediation service area covered by Ashford Borough Council.  We work with individuals, organisations, authorities or groups involved in or likely to become involved in, dispute or conflict which results from or may lead to acts of nuisance, vandalism, racial abuse, unlawful activity, breach of the peace or breakdown of public order and to advance the education of the public. Our trained volunteer mediators act as peacemakers, helping members of the community to reach a mutually acceptable solution to their problems. Our aim is to help people to live in harmony together in peaceful communities. As a provider of services on community mediation AMS is committed to making communities safer by promoting and develo...

Find out more about mediation and Ashford Mediation Service

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We're helping to keep Ashford talking. Sue Pitt, Chair of Ashford Mediation Service, talks about how the mediation process works, what mediators do, and the role of Ashford Mediation Service. We’ve produced a guide to explain what we do and how we can help young people and their families through the use of mediation. You can download 'The Ashford Mediation Service Guide to Mediation with Young People and Families' for free here and on our website .

Find out more about mediation and Ashford Mediation Service in this video

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We're helping to keep Ashford talking. David Jonker, Service Development Manager at Ashford Mediation Service, talks about how the mediation process works, what mediators do, and the role of Ashford Mediation Service. We’ve produced a guide to explain what we do and how we can help young people and their families through the use of mediation. You can download 'The Ashford Mediation Service Guide to Mediation with Young People and Families' for free  here  and on  our website .

Keeping Ashford Talking through mediation

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We're helping to keep Ashford talking. The Ashford Mediation Service Guide to Mediation with Young People and Families We’ve produced a free ebook guide to explain what we do and how we can help young people and their families through the use of mediation. You can download ' The Ashford Mediation Service Guide to Mediation with Young People and Families ' for free  here  and on  our website . The Ashford Mediation Service Guide to Mediation with Young People and Families About our work We believe that a community that opens up the channels of communication between one another, will be able to better address the difficult issues that face us all. We launched our “Keep Ashford Talking” campaign to support young people and families in Ashford who are experiencing conflict by providing them with the skills to mediate. ‘Keep Ashford Talking’ is spearheaded by the Ashford Mediation Service (AMS), but we partner with the Kent Police, Ashford Borough Council, Kent County Council,...

Find out more about mediation and Ashford Mediation Service in these videos

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We're helping to keep Ashford talking. In these videos Sue Pitt and David Jonker from Ashford Mediation Service explain how the mediation process works, what mediators do, and the role of Ashford Mediation Service. We’ve produced a guide to explain what we do and how we can help young people and their families through the use of mediation. You can download 'The Ashford Mediation Service Guide to Mediation with Young People and Families' for free  here  and on  our website .

Volunteering with Ashford Mediation Service

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Find out more about volunteering with Ashford Mediation Service. In this video , Sue Pitt, Chair of Ashford Mediation Service, talks about volunteering opportunities with AMS. Ashford Mediation Service provides free confidential and impartial mediation services to residents of Ashford, Kent who are experiencing conflict with others. Visit our website to find out more about our services and how you can join the AMS team .

Mediation and Ashford Mediation Service

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We're helping to keep Ashford talking. In these videos Sue Pitt and David Jonker from Ashford Mediation Service explain how the mediation process works, what mediators do, and the role of Ashford Mediation Service . The Ashford Mediation Service Guide to Mediation with Young People and Families We’ve produced a free ebook guide to explain what we do and how we can help young people and their families through the use of mediation. You can download 'The Ashford Mediation Service Guide to Mediation with Young People and Families' for free  here  and on  our website . The Ashford Mediation Service Guide to Mediation with Young People and Families About our work We believe that a community that opens up the channels of communication between one another, will be able to better address the difficult issues that face us all. We launched our “Keep Ashford Talking” campaign to support young people and families in Ashford who are experiencing conflict by providing them with the skil...