Benefits of Membership with FMA

  • Membership of the longest-standing trainer of family mediators and family mediator membership organisation in the independent sector - an independent body, with its own Board and charitable status that recognises and values the multi-disciplinary backgrounds of its members.
  • A new structure of membership providing trainee, full and accredited membership, with new standards of internal regulation to meet the new standards of FMC audit and Government, and scope for the development of corporate, affiliate and associate members at home and abroad.
  • Discounted attendance fee at the FMA’s annual National Conference which carries CPD points. (As members will know, the existing conference, usually in September, has outgrown the Royal Courts of Justice, provided to us free of charge through our President, Lord Wilson.) The provisional plan for 2012 is to move to a larger venue. The conference fee will be as low as possible that will allow us to cover a proportion of our costs.
  • Membership that meets the Legal Services Commission’s Quality Mark Standard for Mediation requirement C1.4 – Membership of recognised representative bodies.
  • Representation, leadership, vision and a national voice in the world of family mediation via membership of an organisation which has doubled in membership and built in reputation and influence over the last twelve months.
  • A new FMA Practice Manual, available to members only in hard copy and electronically, including all new materials, forms and articles, currently being built and piloted through the new, fully updated FMA Foundation Training Course, and to be launched in February 2012.
  • An opportunity to contribute though membership of working groups and on line e- groups.
  • A developing programme of advanced training courses, at prices, in places, and on topics requested by you and to suit your needs, open to all but substantially discounted for members.
  • Support and Best Practice guidance from the largest Professional Practice Consultancy Network in the country.
  • Promotion of your mediation practice via the website geographic search, including a web-link to your own mediation practice.
  • Regular newsletters and e – shots keeping you up to date on developments in family mediation.
  • Recognised accreditation process
  • Discounts available to FMA members undertaking training courses, currently including:
    - FMA co-founder and Vice President Lisa Parkinson’s book “Family Mediation” at 25% off the publisher’s price, thanks to a new arrangement with Jordans Publishing.
    - Access to a sound and competitively rated scheme for professional insurance (available to all members).
 
Additional benefits for PPCs:
  • National PPC Conference
  • An opportunity for Professional Practice Consultants to attend a choice of PPC networking and training days held around the country and carrying specialist and recognised PPC CPD, with enhanced input and clear structure.
  • PPC Handbook
     
Additional benefits for newly trained members:
  • Free initial consultancy session with a FMA PPC, incorporating debriefing from your foundation training.
 

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