Time to be Heard updates
Sacro Restorative Justice Services for Adult Survivors Abused in Care as Children - Time to be heard Final Report
12 December 2011
Restorative Justice is a process that aims to repair the harm caused by a criminal offence or serious wrong-doing. It is informal, voluntary and confidential. Sacro is the main provider of Restorative Justice services in Scotland. Participants in Time to be heard were offered access to a pioneering Restorative Justice process designed and delivered by Sacro especially for adults abused in care as children. In designing this service Sacro included the results of a consultation with stakeholders and a review of research and practice in other countries. This innovative pilot service was successful in using Restorative Justice techniques to help survivors deal with the harm they suffered, and Quarriers to accept responsibility for this harm. The pilot shows that that Restorative Justice can be a positive remedy for some survivors. Sacro will be looking again at the design and delivery of the service, with help from stakeholders, and hopes to be able to make this option more widely available to other survivors in the future.
Consultation on the Development of a RJ Toolkit for survivors of historical institutional abuse
12 December 2011
consultation on restorative justice pilot.
Scottish Goverment's Response to Time be Heard: A Pilot Forum
21 March 2011
The Scottish Government's response to the report on Time to be Heard: A pilot Forum.
Jean MacLellan presentation at Time to be Heard Events March 2011
1 March 2011
The presentation made by Jean MacLellan of the Scottish Government at the Time to be Heard events from 1st - 3rd of March 2011.
Report published on Time to be Heard Pilot Forum
23 February 2011
The report by Tom Shaw on the Time to be Heard Pilot Forum is now available on the Scottish Government website.
Tom Shaw, Chair of Time to be Heard, Update October 2010
1 October 2010
Time to be Heard attracted 168 enquiries in the weeks leading up to the commencement of the confidential hearings in May 2010. From these inquiries, 112 applications to participate were received and all but two, which were ineligible, were accepted. By the time the hearings conclude, 98 people will have participated.
