Continuing Professional Development

Training courses and events related to family mediation can be listed on this site at the FMC’s discretion. For more details about the FMC’s policy on listing courses and events, or if you would like an event to be added here, please e-mail operations@familymediationcouncil.org.uk.

CIM Courses

Click here for approved providers of the 3-day CIM course.

• 16 December, NFM: CIM Awareness & Understanding, Online
• 23 January 2025. NFM: Bring the Child’s voice into Mediation (for those who are not CIM qualified), Online
• 4 – 6 February 2025, NFM: Child-inclusive Mediation training (3 days course), Online

PPC Courses

• Online Training, NFM: PPC Training, Online
• Online Study, NFM: PPC Accreditation & Re-Accreditation, Online

Refresher Courses

• 21 January 2025 (and later dates), NFM: Refresher Training for Family Mediators, Online
• 10 June 2025 (and later dates), NFM: Refresher Training for Family Mediators, Online

Other Courses

• Various dates, Triple P: Training to become a Triple P Practitioner, Online
• 20 November, Neil Robinson & Abigail Kirk: The Arc of Mediation – Annual Update, Online Contact neilmediator@icloud.com
• 21 November, Abigail Kirk & Neil Robinson: The Arc of Mediation – Annual Update, Online Contact neilmediator@icloud.com
• 28 November, NFM: CPD Webinar : Managing Conflict : Positions, Interests and Needs, Online
• 9 January 2025, NFM: CPD Webinar: Domestic Abuse & Effective Screening, Online
• 16 January 2025, NFM: Neurodivergence in Mediation, Online
• 21 January 2025 (and later dates), NFM: Refresher Training for Family Mediators, Online
• 23 January 2025. NFM: Bring the Child’s voice into Mediation, Online
• Ongoing, FMA: Online – Increasing Empathy in your Mediation Practice.
• Dates tbc, Jan Coulton: Post Family Mediation Foundation Training – What happens next?, London. Contact jancoulton08@gmail.com for more information and to register interest
• Dates tbc, FMA: Using Communication Theory in working with stress and conflict in mediation

Self Study

• Online study, NFM: Working Towards FMCA Status / Portfolio Building, Online
• Self-study at time of own choosing, NFM: Mental Health in Mediation, Distance Learning
• Self-study at time of own choosing, NFM: Effective MIAMs, Distance Learning
• Self-study at time of own choosing, NFM: Getting to Grips with Accounts in Mediation, Distance Learning
• Self-study at time of own choosing, NFM: Getting to Grips with Being an Inclusive Mediator, Distance Learning
• Self study at time of own choosing, NFM:  Getting to Grips with Legal Aid Assessment, Distance Learning
• Self-study at time of own choosing, NFM: Domestic Abuse and Effective Screening, Distance Learning
• Self-study at time of own choosing, NFM: Working Towards FMCA Status – Portfolio Building, Distance Learning
• Self-study at time of own choosing, NFM: Safeguarding in Mediation, Distance Learning
• Online Training, NFM: PPC Training, Online
• Self-study at time of own choosing, NFM: Self Study for PPCs: Accreditation & Re-Accreditation, Distance Learning
• Ongoing, NFM: Professional Practice Consultancy Training, Distance learning

Events