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Talking Piece Podcast
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Talking Piece is the official podcast of NI Alternatives, a community based restorative justice organisation in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The podcast focusses on the impact restorative justice and restorative practice has on the people who access our services. www.alternativesrj.org
Episodes
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MIND/Aspire Programmes - Rory's Story
The latest episode of the Talking Piece find us in conversation with Rory. a beneficiary of the MIND and Aspire programme at Northern Ireland Alternatives. Rory talks openly about what was happening in his life before being referred to Alternatives and also talks very warmly of the help he…
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Talking Piece - S03 E07 Shankill STARS Event
episode 7 of our latest season focusses on the impact of the STARS programme. Striving Towards A Restorative Society seeks to increase the use of restorative practices within a number of targeted communities. On this episode we hear from more participants who have taken part in the initiative,...
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B.A.N.D. Project - Developing Aspiring Young Leaders
This weeks episode explores the B.A.N.D. project (Build, Advocate, Nurture, Develop) for aspiring leaders from within the PUL community. Northern Ireland Alternatives' Operations Manager, Debbie Hammier explains the need for the project and where it fits into the restorative ethos of the...
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Restorative Wellbeing
This weeks episode explores work being done at Alternatives in the area of restorative wellbeing. Utilising a joined approach to physical and mental health with a restorative element has really seen great results, we hear from Restorative practitioner Pete Wray and some participants on the...
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SAFE Project - Purpose & Impact
This weeks episode looks briefly at the purpose and impact of the SAFE project, the work that has been carried out so far and some of the learning that has taken place as a result of it. The SAFE project forms part of a wider programme funded through Communities in Transition funding.
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Restorative Justice and the local Church
This week's episode explores an event organised by Alternatives to engage local churches with our work and also to explore the connection between the values of restorative justice and the teachings of the church. Greater Shankill Alternatives site Manager, Billy Drummond explains about how the...
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Talking Piece Podcast - Build Follow Up
The latest episode of the Talking Piece podcast follows up on work being done through our BUILD project which seeks to address the issues caused by dereliction in the Shankill area and how we are working as an organisation to restore the landscape of the area and seek to regenerate unused land…
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Season 3 Episode 1 - Mark Finnis L30 Relational Systems
Mark Finnis is the director of L30 relational systems and an Independent Thinking associate and one of the UK's leading exponents of restorative practice. With many years experience working with schools, local government agencies and social services, he is in great demand as a speaker and…
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Season 2 Episode 10 - Aspire Project
The last episode of season 2 finds us in conversation with Stuart Douglas and Beverly Brown who work on NI Alternatives programme, Aspire. Aspire seeks to work specifically with young men in Northern Ireland in a restorative manner. You will hear from Stuart and Beverly how this works and some of...
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Talking Piece S02 E09 Havening
Episode 18 of the Talking Piece podcast focusses on mental health. Greater Shankill Alternatives has been providing access to a technique called havening that aims to help people deal with trauma's they have faced and work towards reducing the impact of anxiety that comes through them. We hear…
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Talking Piece S02 E08 STARS:Sea Change
Episode 8 of Season 2 finds us in conversation with Stephen and Alan from the STARS programme - Talking about the impact of restorative practice training and application of restorative skills and thats transforming individuals and their connection within their communities. It's great to hear...
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Talking Piece Season 2 Episode 7 BUILD
Episode 7 finds us in conversation with Billy Drummond and other partners in the BUILD (Better Understanding in Local Development)Project. Looking at some of the development issues faced by the Greater Shankill community and how this project seeks to address them.
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Talking Piece S02 E06 - STARS - Jonny & Stephen
Episode 6 finds us in conversation with STARs workers, Jonny Armstrong and Stephen Hollywood, talking about the work of the STARS project, the impact that it is having on participants and how participants are living out restorative values in their personal lives and within the wider community.
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Talking Piece S02 E05 LCJP Documentary
This episode finds us in conversation with our friends at Longmont Community Justice Partnership, talking about their documentary "How to love your enemy", We are joined by Kathleen McGoey, Dan Sidders and Matt Battalgia talking about the reason behind the documentary and the success RJ has been…
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Talking Piece Season 2 Episode 4
To celebrate restorative justice week we are releasing a special episode of the podcast that finds us in conversation with James Simon the CEO of Restorative Justice Council UK. James has a long history of implementing restorative practices within schools and shares how he was introduced to...
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Season 2 Episode 3 - Good Relations Week
Episode 3 is a live broadcast that was facilitated via Streamyard and broadcast live to our YouTube channel to celebrate Good Relations week in Northern Ireland. Featuring the LINCS programme facilitated by NI Alternatives and a programme from one of our partner organisations CRJI, namely their...
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Season 2 Episode 2 - Howard Zehr
Episode 2 of our new season finds us in conversation with Howard Zehr. Howard is one of the pioneers of the restorative justice movement and his books Changing Lenses and the Little Book of Restorative Justice are well known and required reading across the field. We caught up with Howard during...
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Season 2 Episode 1 STARS Project
Welcome to the first episode of our brand new season! This episode launches a brand new project that aims to expand the use of restorative justice practice across a range of identified communitites. Funded by The Executive Office and Cooperation Ireland, and facilitated by CRJI and NIA, STARS...
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Episode 10 - Community response to Covid-19
Episode 10 is very different from what we at Talking Piece had originally planned. Our way of life has been seriously affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. NI Alternatives is working to provide support to the most vulnerable in our communities during this time and all 5 of our sites are working to...
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Episode 9 - Lindsey Pointer & Kathleen McGoey
Episode 9 finds us in conversation with Lindsey Pointer and Kathleen McGoey, two respected restorative trainers and practitioners from Colorado, USA. Lindsey and Kathleen are about to release their book "The Little Book of Restorative Teaching Tools" on March 10th. The book aims to provide…
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Episode 8 - North Belfast Alternatives Team
Episode 8 finds us in conversation with the team from our North Belfast office. The team talk about the origins of the office and the early days of implementing restorative justice in the community, through to the strengthening of the team and working in schools, and the wider surrounding...
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Episode 7 - Bangor Alternatives Team
Episode 7 is an interview with the team from Bangor Alternatives. The team talk about their community safety origins and growing into a restorative justice project as Alternatives. The core concepts of building relationships, maintaining community and repairing harm are clearly identificable as…
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Episode 6 - South Belfast Alternatives Team
Episode 6 finds us in conversation with the Alternatives staff team from our South Belfast office. We find out more about the programmes and services they offer and how restorative practice impacts all that they do. There are some great examples of restorative practice in action as well as…
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Episode 5 - In conversation with youth work students
Episode 5 - Shankill office manager Billy Drummond in conversation with youth work students who visited Alternatives to find out more about Restorative Justice and how it could be applied to youth work practice. Billy gives an insight into some of the history of the organisation and how…
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Episode 4 - Professor John Braithwaite
Episode 4 captures one of the most distinguished voices in Restorative Justice in full flow at the Restorative Practice Forum NI International Conference that took place in Belfast in 2019. Professor Braithwaite is known across the world for his knowledge and research in Restorative Justice. Make...
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Episode 3 Interview with Lindsey Pointer
Episode 3 of Talking Piece focusses in on Training. We have an interview with Lindsey Pointer a Restorative Practice Educator and practitioner from Colorado, USA. We explore some aspects of best practice in regard to training and talk about Lindsey's soon to be released book, "The little book of...
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Episode 2 - Young People's Stories
Episode 2 captures the stories of 4 young people who have participated in some of the programmes offered by NI Alternatives. The young people talk about why and how the programmes have impacted their lives and changed the narrative on their life story. Threaded throughout their stories are…
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Episode1 Greater Shankill Team
The very first episode of Talking Piece, the official podcast of NI Alternatives, a community restorative justice organisation based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. This episode introduces the staff from the Greater Shankill Alternatives office. Each staff member talks about the impact restorative...
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Talking Piece is the official podcast of NI Alternatives, a community based restorative justice organisation in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The podcast focusses on the impact restorative justice and restorative practice has on the people who access our services. www.alternativesrj.org
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