Restorative service helps support young victim and her family as offender wants to say sorry
A teenage victim and her family have thanked the Essex Restorative and Mediation Service for its support after a man convicted of sexual offences against her wrote to her to apologise. In a letter to the Service, the girls’ father said: “Thank you to facilitators for their kindness and patience. You really made a difference!” […]
Restorative Justice gives ‘freedom’ to brave grandmother
A brave grandmother has found peace after facing her father in prison, 40 years after he repeatedly abused her as a child. Having spent her childhood, teenage years and adulthood suffering with anxiety and feeling she had to “play happy families” while keeping the abuse a secret, the now 53-year-old says she finally feels free. […]