Continuing Professional Development

Training courses and events related to family mediation can be listed on this site at the FMC’s discretion. If you would like an event to be added here, please complete this form.

Refresher Courses

All FMSB-approved foundation course providers can offer refresher training. If you cannot find what you are looking for here, contact the providers directly where you can ask to be added to a waiting list. The full list of providers can be found here.

• 3 & 4 February 2026, NFM: Refresher Training, Online (access to self-study materials from 9 January 2026)
• Spring 2026, LADR: Refresher training, Birmingham. Email Lesley Allport for more information

CIM 3-day Foundation Courses:

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

• More courses will be added in due course

CIM CPD Courses

• More courses will be added in due course

CIM Awareness & Understanding Courses

• 4 December, NFM: CIM Awareness & Understanding, Online
• 12 February 2026, LADR: CIM Awareness & Understanding, Online. Email Lesley Allport for more information
• 8 May, Resolution: CIM Awareness & Understanding, London

PPC Courses

• Online Training, NFM: PPC Training, Online
• Online Study, NFM: PPC Accreditation & Re-Accreditation, Online

Other Courses and Events

• 3 December, FMA: Improving Communication in Stuck Situations in Mediation, Online
• 28 January, Resolution: Lunch and Learn – Session 1: Autumn Budget Update, Online
• 4 February, Resolution: An Overview of Family Finance and Pensions on Divorce, Online
• 13 February, Resolution: Working with High Conflict Personalities: Insights and Strategies, Online
• 24 February, Resolution: Domestic Abuse and Safeguarding, Online
• 19-20 March 2026, The London Mediation Company and the Amicable Divorce Network ‘Bridging the Gap’ Conference, London
• 27-28 April, Resolution: Family Mediation: Using an Advanced Hybrid Practice Model, London
• Ongoing, FMA: Online – Increasing Empathy in your Mediation Practice.
• 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

FMC Events

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