Restorative Justice

We are passionate about promoting the process of and the concepts involved in restorative justice. One of the ways we achieve that is by delivering Prison Fellowship Scotland's Sycamore Tree Course in HMP Grampian. The program fundamentally changes the way offenders think about their behaviour, actions & attitudes and is helping people to break free from the cycle of offending by increasing awareness of the impact of their actions on victims, building belief that an offending lifestyle is not desirable & demonstrating that the cost of crime is greater than its rewards.

* The Sycamore Tree Course was developed and is owned by Prison Fellowship Scotland.

Testimonies

  • “I’ve gained greater understanding of victim’s points of views and feelings. This course will affect my future self by making me more aware of the greater effects of my criminality”

  • “This course made me realise that I need to put more thought into the consequences of my actions as people can be affected in ways I would never have realised before."

  • “Pointed me in the right direction. You don’t realise how much it hurts and affects others until you do a course like this. Would recommend to everyone. Great course leaders."

  • “It shows you every angle, from being the criminal to the victim then the ripple effect and how it affects everyone."

  • “It was easy to see my crime and the victim’s point of view and how they felt. It’s been emotional."

  • “Made me aware of who I was affecting with my crimes as before I thought there was no victims."