Community / Rehabilitation charity marks restorative justice week
Spce2face has also left social media platform Twitter
TO MARK international restorative justice week, local charity Space2face has been highlighting the significance of its work in overcoming the harm done to people caught up in crime or conflict.
Financed entirely through local funders, the Space2face team operate from their own premises at room one in The Mission in Lerwick (the former Fishermen’s Mission building on Market Street).
Run by Clair Aldington and Amy Colvin, and overseen by a board of trustees, the charity works with people harmed by crime, but also with those responsible for causing it, their families and communities, in a bid to overcome the damage done.
Along with restorative practices, Space2face provides restorative training, anger management workshops and runs a Phenomenal Woman’s Group in partnership with Justice social work.
People are usually referred to the service via justice social work, the Children’s Reporter, or the police. The team can also be directly contacted on their website or via their Facebook page.
International restorative justice week also marks the first year of a unique partnership with Shetland News, which means there is now support and information on the Space2face service available at the bottom of all court reports.
The charity is hosting an open event in its offices on 6 December between 6pm and 8pm to give people the chance to find out more about the service.
It will also be offering a chance to try some printmaking techniques and hear more about what the team does. Refreshments will be available.
Service manager Clair Aldington said: “This year we are grateful to our funders which have included Shetland Community Justice Partnership, Justice Social Work and the Shetland Charitable Trust, as well as private donations from individuals, and fundraising events, such as the dinner at No.88 earlier in the year.”
The charity has also announced that it has left social media platform Twitter following Elon Musk’s takeover of the company due to the “continued expansion of its tolerance for hate, negativity and misinformation”.
Space2face said Musk’s treatment of Twitter employees was a key factor in its decision to leave the platform.
“Space2face was created to provide relief, support and to contribute to the recovery with those affected by crime and conflict across Shetland,” director Aldington and board chair Donald Anderson said in a statement.
“The values and standard we hold ourselves to have always centred around community, kindness, inclusion and honesty.”
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