13/10/2026
The Restoration Revolution is more than a conference. It’s the beginning of a movement to reimagine justice, restore lives and reshape the future.
Our goal is simple yet ambitious: to create, together, a Manifesto for Justice that offers a new vision for the UK and launch a national conversation about the future of our education, youth work and justice systems.
That’s why we need you.
We are bringing together frontline practitioners and grassroots organisations from classrooms, courtrooms and police stations to prisons, hospitals, charities, businesses, newsrooms and places of worship.
We are gathering those who educate, judge, protect, govern, heal, support, influence and shape policy. Crucially, we will also be joined by people with lived experience of the justice system, including those who have been harmed and those who have caused harm.
Every perspective matters. Every voice belongs. And every person has something essential to contribute.
Together, we will confront the school-to-prison pipeline and explore how education, youth work and justice can become part of one coherent, restorative vision around the kind of society we want to build together.
And, following our conferences, our finalised manifesto will be published and promoted as we invite communities, organisations, institutions and decision-makers across the country to engage with it, challenge it and help turn its vision into action.
The Restoration Revolution is an invitation to reimagine justice itself.
Find out more, read our draft manifesto or book your tickets for Manchester or London at: https://www.shiftuk.org/the-restoration-revolution Steve Chalke Oasis Community Learning