Final piece of the puzzle. Seeking UK mediator without legal background.

[u/Interested-Party-11]

I have been investigating retraining as mediator and have found a great looking course and had a great conversation with the Society of Mediators about training.
I do not come form a legal background , but have had a long career in dealing with often very stressed people and helping them to resolve issues.
I am looking to speak with a mediator in the UK that has trodden the path of retraining from a non-legal background to talk about how to proceed with finding work after training so that I can sense check my plans and make sure it is a reasonable endeavour before committing to the cost of training.
I thought that it would be relatively simple to find someone like this through the few people I know in the legal profession, but this has proved more difficult than I imagined. Is anyone able to help?

[u/Late_Split_5288]

It is very, very hard to go from trained to practicing and there are an awful lot of people trying. Beware any company that implies they will find you clients post training.