MATA

David Richbell and his training partner, Jane Gunn are joined by a team of people, all commercial mediators with outstanding skill and commitment who can lead, coach and assess participants during our training programmes.

We have developed a programme of Continuing Professional Development that aims to deliver un-rivelled quality and outstanding value.

Our aim is to develop the very best Commercial Mediators by providing the highest quality tuition, the most rigorous accreditation process and creating a Learning Community of people who are dedicated to developing Mediation Mastery and to enjoying the journey of working and learning together. Ultimately we are a teaching community that aims to train a wealth of Mediators who will feel empowered to practice the positive approaches to conflict.

MATA’s purpose is to create and sustain a community-based business that is centred on commercial mediation, both in practice and in training and is also person-driven rather than profit-driven.

We aim to practice what we teach and to apply our Core Values in all our working relationships. As a community made up of our members, we believe:

Co-operation is preferable to confrontation; in valuing others’ beliefs, feelings and needs; in approaching others from an assumption of Trust; that using and facilitating dialogue leads to understanding; in transparency in our dealings with others and one another; that putting people before profit enhances both.