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MATA was created from a vision that David Richbell had about the real value that mediation could make to the UK and abroad.

MATA Mediation Mastery

The home of Commercial Mediation Training


MATA - Mediation And Training Alternatives - was formed in January 2002 by David Richbell. MATA was built and established as a result of a vision that David had about the way he believed the mediation arena should develop and evolve and he wanted MATA to encompass this vision. Anyone who is involved in or is touched by any of MATA’s work can be assured that MATA strives to be

a mediator centred community where we seek to develop and support our members and to share learning with one another. Central to MATA's aims is the practice and training of people in dispute avoidance and in the positive approaches to conflict. Our Mission is to use and teach more effective ways to manage and resolve disputes and transform conflict by practising and demonstrating what we teach so as to improve the ways in which individuals and organisations deal with each other. It MATAs to us.



☯ Our purpose ☯

was to create a community-based business, where mediators can feel that they are a valuable and important part of a group of kindred spirits that is centred on commercial mediation, both in practice and in training. Key to making this philosphy work is the fact that MATA is always person-driven and concerned primarily with personal development rather than fuelled by optimizing financial growth.


☯ Central to MATA's aims ☯

is the practice and training of people in dispute avoidance and in the positive approaches to conflict; so that when we are faced with problems that have escalated into disputes, we are empowered to manage and resolve the disputes quickly and cost-effectively without going to court. We aim to reach Mediation Mastery but know that there is always more to learn and further ways to develop.

In addition to the founder members, MATA has alliances with other trainers who have signed up to the founding principles and to the membership conditions to form


a teaching community that aims for the highest quality of service and training.


We have a list of current members of the MATA community.



Contact Details

✍ Walton House, 20A West Street, Olney, Bucks MK46 5HR

☎ Tel: 01234 241242

✆ Fax: 01234 480481

✉ e-mail: david@mata.org.uk