Continuing Professional Development

Training courses and events related to family mediation can be listed on this site at the FMC’s discretion. For more details about the FMC’s policy on listing courses and events, or if you would like an event to be added here, please e-mail projects@familymediationcouncil.org.uk.

CIM Courses

Click here for approved providers of the 3-day CIM course.

• 4 July, NFM: CIM Awareness & Understanding, Online
• 10 September (and later dates) NFM: CIM Training, Online
• 16 September, NFM: CIM Refresher, Online
• 18/19 September and 30 October, Judi Lyons & Adrian Wright: CIM Training, Day 1 online, days 2 & 3 in person  Contact Judi or Adrian for more information
• 9-10 October, Ataraxy: CIM Awareness & Understanding, Online
• 16 December, NFM: CIM Awareness & Understanding, Online

PPC Courses

• 2 October, Resolution: PPC Forum
• Online Training, NFM: PPC Training, Online
• Online Study, NFM: PPC Accreditation & Re-Accreditation, Online

Other Courses

• 10 May, FMA: An introduction to domestic abuse including the nature of abuse, identifying abuse, dealing with victims and perpetrators, safeguarding and signposting, Online
• 13 May, Rebecca Hawkins & Claire Webb of Family Solutions: An Introduction to Kinship Care, Online
• 13 May, NFM: Coaching Clients Webinar, Online
• 22 May, FMA: Dealing with Couples in High Conflict, Online
• 30 May, FMA: Pensions Update, Online
• 12 June, Family Matters Mediation with Whitney Adshead from MiX Diversity, Diversity, equity, inclusion and unconscious bias online training event, Online
• 14 June, FMA: Wellbeing and Mediation – an Introduction to Mental Illness and its Impact of Mediation, Online
• 4 July, Resolution: Domestic Abuse & Safeguarding, Online
• 12 September, Resolution: Introduction to Out-of-Court Resolution Approaches
• 25 September, Resolution: Working with High Conflict Personalities – Insights and Strategies
• 17 September (and later dates), NFM: Refresher Training For Family Mediators, Online
• 10 October, Abigail Kirk & Sally Stokes, with Andy Man’s Club: Working on Children Cases in Family Mediation, Online
• Ongoing, FMA: Online – Increasing Empathy in your Mediation Practice.
• Dates tbc, Jan Coulton: Post Family Mediation Foundation Training – What happens next?, London. Contact jancoulton08@gmail.com for more information and to register interest
• Dates tbc, FMA: Using Communication Theory in working with stress and conflict in mediation

Self Study

• Online study, NFM: Working Towards FMCA Status / Portfolio Building, Online
• Self-study at time of own choosing, NFM: Mental Health in Mediation, Distance Learning
• Self-study at time of own choosing, NFM: Effective MIAMs, Distance Learning
• Self-study at time of own choosing, NFM: Getting to Grips with Accounts in Mediation, Distance Learning
• Self-study at time of own choosing, NFM: Getting to Grips with Being an Inclusive Mediator, Distance Learning
• Self study at time of own choosing, NFM:  Getting to Grips with Legal Aid Assessment, Distance Learning
• Self-study at time of own choosing, NFM: Domestic Abuse and Effective Screening, Distance Learning
• Self-study at time of own choosing, NFM: Working Towards FMCA Status – Portfolio Building, Distance Learning
• Self-study at time of own choosing, NFM: Safeguarding in Mediation, Distance Learning
• Online Training, NFM: PPC Training, Online
• Self-study at time of own choosing, NFM: Self Study for PPCs: Accreditation & Re-Accreditation, Distance Learning
• Ongoing, NFM: Professional Practice Consultancy Training, Distance learning

Events