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Family Support

 

Family Support

Domestic abuse can affect you as a parent, your children and the day-to-day life of your family. You may be worried about how your child is coping, contact arrangements, co-parenting or how to keep routines safe and steady.

Support is available for parents and carers who are experiencing abuse, including advice about children, separation, family life and getting the right support around you.

 

This page can help with:

  • Parenting and caring for children while experiencing domestic abuse
  • Helping children feel safe and access support
  • Child contact and co-parenting after separation
  • Working with schools, childcare and children’s services
  • Finding specialist legal support

Coram Family Lives

Coram Family Lives services are free to access and here to support you with parenting and family challenges.

Free helpline for families in England and Wales: 0808 800 2222

WhatsApp: 07441 444 125

Website: https://www.coramfamilylives.org.uk/


Family Rights Group

We are the leading specialist child welfare charity working to make that a reality. We are unique in bringing together legal and social work expertise, advice giving, and policy and campaigning, with the direct voice and insights of young people and families.

Telephone: 0808 801 0366

Website: https://frg.org.uk/


National Family Mediation

We help families resolve all the practical, legal, emotional and financial issues that arise from separation or divorce, helping families make long-lasting arrangements that benefit everyone in the family, especially their children.

Telephone: 0300 4000 636

Website: https://www.nfm.org.uk/


Reunite

We are an independent and impartial charity that supports parents, guardians and family members, and raises the profile of international parental child abduction and international family matters globally. Our services are available to all.

Telephone: 0116 255 6234

Website: https://www.reunite.org/


National Association of Child Contact Centres (NACC)

The only charity in the UK dedicated to child contact, by providing safe spaces where children can meet the parents they don’t live with.

Telephone: 0115 948 4557

Find a contact centre: https://naccc.org.uk/find-a-centre/

Website: https://naccc.org.uk/


Family Separation Support Hub

The FSSH contains free advice articles written by leading professionals in their field. They address many of the questions and concerns faced by parents during separation and divorce.

Website: https://www.familyseparationsupporthub.org/issues-advice/

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