The Sacro Podcast
Sacro is a Scottish community justice organisation which works to deliver life-changing services that empower people, give hope and protection, and help to build safe communities by reducing conflict and offending. In this podcast, we explore some of the ways we use our 50+ years of experience, best practice and evidence-based services to achieve our goals.
The Sacro Podcast
Latest Episodes
Mediation in Shetland
In this episode, we are joined by Ingrid Webb, manager of the Shetland Community Mediation Service. Here, she talks about her experience of providing the service in a close community and the challenges and opportunities that brings. Ingrid is t...
Restorative Justice: A Sheriff's View
As it’s Restorative Justice Week, we sat down with retired sheriff and Sacro Board Member, David Mackie.Through his work as a Sheriff, David developed a belief in the power of redemption and applied compassion and understanding of both t...
Peer Mediation in Scotland (Part Two)
For this two-part podcast, Robert chats with Richard Hendry, an experienced practitioner and trainer of peer mediation in Scotland. Having worked in education for over 20 years, Richard worked with Sacro in the 1990s to help develop peer mediat...
Peer Mediation in Scotland (Part One)
For this two-part podcast, Robert chats with Richard Hendry, an experienced practitioner and trainer of peer mediation in Scotland. Having worked in education for over 20 years, Richard worked with Sacro in the 1990s to help develop peer mediat...
Community Safety Support in Fife
Mediation is a flexible and effective way of finding solutions to all sorts of conflicts and disagreements. Unlike many other ways of dealing with conflict, mediation is quick, private, often free, and helps find solutions everyone can live wit...