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Quabbin Mediation is a community-based nonprofit organization that uses mediation as an effective way to resolve disputes. Mediators are trained volunteers from the community or are organization staff.
Quabbin Mediation offers seminars, workshops, and training in mediation and conflict resolution and will design a program to meet the needs of any group. Workshops and training have been conducted for local police departments, school systems, social service agencies, attorneys, court personnel, businesses, youth groups, houses of worship, and more.
Quabbin Mediation mediates disputes of all sorts, runs an after school program for youth, and trains volunteer adults as mediators. Quabbin Mediation has trained more than 60 adult volunteer mediators and over 1,000 students as peer mediators in five school districts.
Quabbin Mediation's achievements are rooted in the enduring collaborations it enjoys with local individuals, organizations, agencies, and institutions. These partnerships are based on Quabbin Mediation's reputation as a reliable, professional organization that adheres to high ethical standards while creating programs that meet the needs of people in the region.
HISTORY
In 1995, district court personnel and the presiding justice, attorneys, police, businesses, school principals, human service agencies, and faith organizations were instrumental in creating Quabbin Mediation. Over the years, the organization's staff and volunteer mediators have helped many thousands of people resolve their disputes.
Quabbin Mediation is approved by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court to provide mediation services to the four District Courts of Orange, Eastern Hampshire, Palmer, and Winchendon; the Franklin Probate and Family Court, the Hampshire Probate and Family Court; and the Franklin/Hampshire Juvenile Court.
Providing mediation services in the communities surrounding the district courts, the organization serves nearly 500 disputants per year. Referrals are made to Quabbin Mediation through community organizations, including elders programs, local officials, social service agencies, schools, police, and the courts.
Quabbin Mediation is a member of the international Association of Conflict Resolution and of the National Association for Community Mediation.
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