Restorative approaches can make a difference in the relationship between local government bodies and the communities they serve

Abstract

Part of the push behind the localism agenda is the need to re-negotiate the relationship between local governance bodies and the communities they serve. One example of this is the use of restorative approaches that are most often linked to the justice sector. Here Carey Cake and Kirsten Cooper outline the work that a Norfolk partnership has been doing on bringing restorative approaches to the full range of governance interactions in that area