Working alongside someone else’s conflict

This year Street Space have supported me to become a qualified mediator and although my heart isn’t set on becoming a mediator in the traditional contexts, in-line or precursing legal disputes — I am, ever enchanted by the principles of mediation, moving people through conflict to a place of resolution, understanding and mutual benefit.

At Street Space, it’s often that our projects touch, intersect, neighbour and surround instances of conflict. These might be conflicts between communities and councils resulting from a difficult decision, a lack of listening, funding cuts or often a lack of meaningful and thorough engagement in the first place….