All of our Volunteer Mediators are asked to have a Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) Check.   If you wish to find out more and what it entails, please visit the government web site:  http://www.crb.gov.uk

Runnymede Association of Voluntary Services (RAVS) process our checks.  It is necessary to make a personal visit to their office with documents that provide proof of identity and address. The procedure is as follows:

✔        Contact RAVS to make an appointment (click here for details).

✔        Attend the RAVS office with suitable original documents (photocopies are not acceptable).  They can provide details of documents that are suitable and we would emphasise the need for them to be in your own name and showing your current address.  A full 5-year residential history is required.

✔        The CRB check form will be completed on the spot by the appropriate RAVS member of staff. This will take approximately 30 minutes.

✔        Car mileage expenses for your visit to RAVS will be reimbursed by Mediation North Surrey on completion of an expense claim form, which we can provide you with.

Once the disclosure has been processed the CRB will send one copy of the disclosure form to the applicant and a copy to RAVS who will forward this to the Mediation North Surrey (MNS) Coordinator.  MNS undertakes to record the disclosure number safely and then destroy the disclosure securely.  Disclosure information is only used for the specific purpose for which it is requested and for which the applicant's full consent has been given.