RestorativU is a restorative-solutions provider combining restorative practices with technology. Through our AI-enabled app and a network of trained restorative mentors, we deliver services across multiple sectors. These include restorative justice, youth mentoring, schools and universities, community support, and settings such as football stadiums. We offer both DIY tools and fully managed mentoring, mediation or restorative interventions tailored to organisational needs.
Restorative justice focuses on repairing harm between the individual affected and the individual responsible through dialogue and accountability, while justice systems focus on enforcing laws, delivering justice, and punishment.
Typically, the individual who caused the harm, the individual who was harmed, and sometimes community or support members.
It works well for interpersonal conflicts, schools, workplace issues and criminal cases. It only works if all parties agree to participate. Restorative justice can be used in any situation and any sector!
A trained facilitator/mediator guides respectful dialogue, ensures emotional safety, and helps create clear and fair agreements for repairing harm.
Common outcomes include mutual understanding, having both parties' voice heard, repaired relationships and concluded with a written agreement for how the harm will be addressed, monitored by a restorative mediator.
Neutrality helps dialogue remain fair and unbiased between and towards all participants. It also allows facilitators to be impartial and not favour one party over another.
Yes. Restorative justice can be highly effective for group conflicts because it emphasises shared understanding, collective accountability, and repairing relationships rather than assigning blame.
Restorative justice can be used proactively. Many practices can be applied to build community, strengthen communication and prevent future conflicts. Restorative mentoring can be used to identify at-risk individuals and stop harm before it occurs.
Mentoring
A mentor provides guidance, accountability, and emotional support to participants as they work through the restorative mentoring process.
Trained community members, educators, or professionals who are committed to fairness, confidentiality, and positive youth development.
Mentoring program lengths can vary. The Exodus mentoring scheme typically lasts 1 year.
Matches are usually based on the mentor's ability to support the specific needs of each individual. Other factors include the mentor’s lived experience and location.
Yes. Mentors receive comprehensive training in communication techniques, trauma, boundaries, safeguarding and restorative justice principles.
AI & Technology
Technology can streamline communication, scheduling, case tracking, and access to resources. It can help participants and facilitators to work together and achieve the end goal of ownership and responsibility.
Yes, with its ability to monitor deadlines while keeping information and personal data secure. It makes the process convenient and accessible for all parties involved.
AI can help support the facilitator in hard conversations with participants. It can suggest more restorative approaches.
AI can assist facilitators to make their job easier and suggest restorative approaches. However, it does not replace human facilitators who provide a greater understanding of emotion and character.
No, technology is just a support. The core values of relationships, accountability and repair remain driven by human connection.
We use secure platforms and strict confidentiality policies to safeguard personal information and data.
Yes. When thoughtfully facilitated, online restorative dialogue can increase human access and convenience while still supporting meaningful solutions and conclusions.
Currently we think AI is limited in its ability to read human emotions, assess readiness to participate, mediate conflict, or build trust. These are core elements that we feel require human judgement and relationship-building skills.
Secure messaging, video meetings and digital check-ups help participants stay connected and updated throughout the process.
