Clair Aldington
Clair is the Co-Founder and Director-Practitioner for Space2face. She is a Creative as well as a Restorative Practitioner, registered with the Restorative Justice Council. Clair was trained by Thames Valley Police as a Restorative Justice Facilitator in 2001. She has a PhD in Design and Restorative Justice and a MA in Contemporary Arts and Music. She has received additional training to work with cases of sexual violence and is also Child Protection and, ‘Safe and Together’, trained (domestic abuse informed practice) and a member of the PVG (Protecting Vulnerable Groups) scheme. Clair also works on projects with the European Forum for Restorative Justice and with an international restorative circle group, The Encounter of the Encounters, whose members share the commitment to prevent political violence as those who resorted to political violence and those who have been harmed by it. Clair has designed an exhibition about her work with this group which opened in Bilbao in 2024 and which tours to the USA and Belgium during 2025.
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Clair moved to Shetland in 2007 and now considers this her home. Previously, she worked within the Restorative Justice Team of Oxfordshire Youth Offending Service from 2001 - 2007, and as the regional Creative Arts Development Worker in Youth Justice for Oxfordshire and West Berkshire Youth Offending Services where she established an art GCSE course for young people involved in offending. This latter role was part of a national pilot project funded by Arts Council England and the Youth Justice Board of England and Wales. She has carried out arts projects and residencies in schools, community centres, care homes, women’s refuges, an immigration removal centre, and a prison. She has also worked as an artist on long term arts projects with Women’s Aid, Thames Valley Partnership, Modern Art Oxford, HMP Bullingdon, and the British Council. Clair regularly presents at conferences and has authored a number of academic articles about her practice and research. During 2025, this includes speaking at an event about rolling restorative justice out in the Highland region, presenting at the International Institute for Restorative Practices conference in the US and recording a podcast. In 2009 Clair co-authored, ‘What Have I Done; a victim empathy programme for young people’ (Wallis, Aldington & Liebmann) which we use in Space2face. You can find out more about her freelance work at www.clairaldington.com.
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