“Informed choices are the best choices”- Author of the Divorce Manual
When you separate where do you start, which family professional do you see first, mediator or solicitor, what do you need to be thinking about for yourselves and your children, where do you look for good reliable information, how do you manage your feelings as your relationship comes to an end and the grief strikes hard, ensuring that your separation does not turn into a costly battle…..
LEGAL AID for Family Mediation
Check online whether you might be eligible for legal aid for family mediation.
Check if you can get legal aid – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
GOV.UK
General information, links, tools and videos on a range of separation issues as well as an interactive tool to help you decide what support you need and make your own plan. https://www.gov.uk/separation-divorce
CAB
This site provides info and resources to help you decide what to do when you separate including information about mediation. https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/family/ending-a-relationship/how-to-separate/deciding-what-to-do-when-you-separate/
Advice-now
Advicenow provides clear, step-by-step, user-friendly practicalguides, and ‘top picks’ from the rest of the web, to help you manage life’s legal problems.
A survival guide to using Family Mediation after a break up | Advicenow
A survival guide to divorce or dissolution of a civil partnership | Advicenow
A survival guide to living together and breaking up | Advicenow
How to apply for a child arrangements order without a lawyer | Advicenow
Law Centres Network
Legal help for people who cannot afford a lawyer.
Relate
Relate have a wealth of
resources on their website for separating
families, including an interactive guide,
‘What next?’– the parents’ guide to
separation.
0300 100 1234
Resolution
Watch this video: 5 Great ways to put children first
Divorce: 5 Great Ways To Put Children First | Resolution – YouTube
Refuge
Refuge provides specialist services to survivors of domestic abuse. They run the Freephone 24 hour National Domestic Abuse Helpline: 0808 2000 247.
Refuge Against Domestic Violence – Help for women & children.
Women’s Aid
Home – Women’s Aid (womensaid.org.uk)
Domestic Abuse Helpline for Men
Domestic Abuse Helpline for Men | Men’s Advice Line UK (mensadviceline.org.uk)
Samaritans
Support through court
We offer support and guidance before, during, and after court. We ensure that those facing court alone feel prepared and supported in accessing justice.