South Yorkshire Restorative Justice Service

The SYMCA is looking to commission a Restorative Justice Service, embracing the concept of:

Bringing those harmed by crime, and those responsible for that harm, into communication with each other. This service can offer victims the opportunity to be heard, to ask questions of the offender, and to have their say in the resolution, including agreeing rehabilitative or reparative activity for the offender with the victim, following direct contact between them. It can provide a means of closure and enable the victim to move on. It has a proven, significant impact in supporting victims in achieving closure by allowing them to move on with their lives.

Restorative Justice also provides an opportunity for offenders to face the consequences of their actions, recognise the impact that it has had upon others and where possible make amends. In this way, Restorative Justice has the potential to help rehabilitate offenders and enable them to stop / reduce offending.

Restorative Justice can be used for any type of crime and at any stage of the criminal justice process including alongside a prison sentence.

The South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority is conducting Preliminary Market Engagement with a view to establishing market interest and to seek the views of suppliers with regards to delivering Restorative Justice Services to individuals across South Yorkshire in the future.

This will help us to develop our requirements.

SYMCA has prepared a Request for Information questionnaire which is available under this project ref. DN787205.

For clarity, this procurement proposal is currently in the development stages and SYMCA wishes to gauge interest from potential suppliers – this does not constitute a formal Expression of Interest or Tender process.