Monday 6th September 2010
About WMMTS
WMMTS are conflict engagement specialists dealing with High Risk mediation
The purpose of (WMMTS), now know as The Centre for Conflict Transformation (TCFCT) is to provide a trained, skilled and credible group of people committed to the cessation of violence in the community.
The birth of the team came as a result of dialogue between the community and the police. Those discussions realised that the cessation of violence lay in the hands of the protagonists and the community. This lead Kirk Dawes QPM (a former police officer and chair of the Black and Asian Police Association) and former Detective Superintendent Peter O'Neill in an extensive search for an alternative method to help deal with this problem.
The initiatives they looked at included the Good Friday process in Northern Ireland and the Gang lead peace initiative in New Jersey entitled Save our Souls . These ideas were shaped and modified to suit the needs of the community here in Birmingham and the wider West Midlands thus the Mediation and Transformation Service came into being.
With this in mind a number of individuals from the community were engaged and trained to provide the service now offered as part of an overall strategy managed by the Birmingham Reducing Gang Violence Group. This group is made up of representatives from the Public Authorities, i.e. Birmingham City Council (Youth Services), West Midlands Police together with a number of other influential bodies within the city.
With this in mind a number of individuals from the community were engaged and trained to provide the service now offered as part of an overall strategy managed by the Birmingham Reducing Gang Violence Group. This group is made up of representatives from the Public Authorities, i.e. Birmingham City Council (Youth Services), West Midlands Police together with a number of other influential bodies within the city.
- Our Vision To assist in the creation where required, of peaceful, safe and flourishing neighbourhoods, where each community feels empowered to make meaningful significant contributions.
- Our purpose The purpose of WMMTS is to provide a trained skilled and credible body of expertise, committed to a cessation of gang related violence and the delivery of our vision.
- Our Aims To facilitate a negotiated cessation of hostilities, between those engaged in gang related shootings and the use or threat of extreme violence across Birmingham and wider West Midlands.
To assist and encourage a process of transformation, whereby those engaged in armed conflict feel able to lay down the gun and any other weapon, embrace their communities and make meaningful contributions to a safer environment.
© West Midlands Mediation and Transformation Service,
Centre-Court.com, 1301 Stratford Road,
Hall Green,
Birmingham,
West Midlands
B28 9HH
Tel: +44 (0)121 778 6880 Fax: +44 (0)121 778 6880 Email: info@wmmts.org.uk  |
