Our online conference in September – “A Gender Agenda” – was fantastically well attended and received. We will be continuing our theme of Embracing Diversity In Mediation throughout the next six months, culminating in the 2025 conference.

Following the great success of our first fully residential conference at Northampton in September 2023, we now return to the in-person two-day format to build on the opportunities it provides for strengthening the FMA Community. We have also shifted the main conference away from the busy conference and training season in September/ October.

Over these two days, we invite you to Imagine the Expanding Diversity of Humanity, Human Relationships, and of Family Mediation Practice. We encourage you to use your imaginations both to understand better the challenges faced by the families and individuals we serve, and to develop the offering we provide to those families.

Day One – “All You Need Is…” – is our day for awareness, through expert presentations and lively plenary discussion. You’ll be invited to join an innovative finance workshop –“Can’t Buy Me Love.”

Day Two – “We Can Work It Out” – is our day for reflecting on practice and developing together, through experiential discussion and specialised workshops. The workshop topics will, as always, reflect different aspects of re-accreditation and portfolio CPD.

We welcome any suggestions from members about suitable topics workshops from members. If you want to provide anything, please provide to the FMA office a taster of no more than three paragraphs before 6 January 2025.

The two days of learning will be punctuated by a Hard Day’s Night of fun, including dinner, a costumed cabaret, and either or both a silent disco or live band.

Prices have been held from 2023.

The Adelphi Hotel has an extraordinary history and is an ideal location to meet together in the North West. We think you’ll love it as a conference venue! We look forward to seeing you there!