RestorativU

Why
RestorativU?

We created RestorativU because we want you to experience firsthand the transformative impact of mentoring and restorative practices.

Gifford Sutherland,
CEO Of UpskillU
Gifford Sutherland

Bringing Restorative approaches into mentoring is such a logical evolution for individuals and organisations. We recognise that we are all part of a community with a need to prevent as well as avoid issues that cause harm and repair problems as quickly and efficiently as possible.

After decades of working with schools, councils, companies, and community organizations that were struggling to address conflict, violence, and division…

Restorativ (a social tech company) and UpskillU (a restorative mentoring organization) joined forces to bring restorative approaches into the mainstream.

Technology
designed by
the people
who use it

The result is RestorativU:

an innovative, AI-enabled platform designed by and for restorative mentors. We bring our expertise and lived experience to provide a complete solution that works for you.

simple, affordable, & scalable.

The RestorativU Story

  1. 2015

    UpskillU Ltd founded by Gifford Sutherland and Wayne Headman to provide expert mentoring to vulnerable youth

  2. 2023

    Restorativ CIC founded by Chris Twyman and Anamika Twyman-Ghoshal to create AI-enabled technology for restorativ justice

  3. 2023

    Restorativ CIC partners with Restorative Justice Council and is guided by leading academics and practitioners

  4. 2024

    Youth Endowment Fund awards UpskillU Ltd significant funding and groundbreaking evaluation for their innovative mentoring approach

  5. 2024

    Restorativ and UpskillU join to co-develop an approach that combines restorative technology with mentoring

  6. Today

    RestorativU is transforming the sector by expanding access to restorative mentoring with measurable results

RestorativU is more than an app.

It's a
movement.

We guide you every step of the way, from identifying your organization's unique needs to providing a holistic solution that transforms your way of working.

Our goal is to help organizations communicate more effectively, build stronger relationships, cultivate healthy cultures, and hold individuals accountable—without alienating them from their community.

Chris Twyman,
Founder of Restorativ
Chris Twyman

For an organization to adopt a fully restorative approach, it needs to understand and measure the results of that evolution. Only a sound technological approach can supply that.

Online Mentoring solves the geography problem, offers flexibility, and saves you time and money. RestorativU is where AI technology, case management, and virtual participation meets the Gig Economy approach. It supplies the most competent mentors and facilitators to organizations. An individual can access restorative services such as mediation, circles and conferences as and when it's needed from their mobile device.

Our
Team

South East Startup Awards - 2025 Finalist

We're a diverse team committed to building restorative equity.

Our multidisciplinary team of restorative practitioners, software developers, researchers, mentors, and academics makes it possible to design the most compassionate, human-centered, and innovative technology solutions built for collaboration.

Gifford Sutherland
Chris Twyman

Co-CEO's

  • Gifford Sutherland
  • Chris Twyman

Our Ambassadors

  • Dr. Richard Hester

    Football Ambassador

    Dr. Richard Hester Lecturer in Criminology, Oxford Brookes University
  • Dr. Anamika Twyman-Ghoshal

    Universities Ambassador

    Dr. Anamika Twyman-Ghoshal Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Brunel University of London
  • Andrew Joseph

    Schools Ambassador

    Andrew Joseph EdTech Expert
UpskillU

UpskillU is an award winning national CPD training provider and grass roots restorative organization that specialises in therapeutic intervention for young people and vulnerable adults. UpskillU provides a range of community-based services including; mentoring, group work, detached youth work, restorative justice conferencing, mediation, counselling, school-based prevention work, through-the-gate resettlement from custody, supported housing and systemic family therapy (SFT). UpskillU have developed a unique Restorative Mentoring service underpinned by strength based and trauma informed approaches and delivered by a team of highly trained practitioners who bring expertise through a diversity of lived experience.

upskillu.co.uk
Restorativ CIC

Restorativ is a Community Interest Company (CIC) and has combined academic knowledge with technology to create a tool that brings restorative justice and mediation into the 21st century. Restorativ allows its users to move away from punitive approaches and towards rebuilding relationships and communities. With a focus on profile driven mobile technology and AI / predictive assessments, Restorativ brings next generation social technology to the RJ world.

restorativ.co