Leicester Family Contact Centre
St Martins House, 7 Peacock Lane, Leicester LE1 5PX
Useful Links
This page contains some links to other websites that you may find useful. Please bear in mind that sites change from time to time. If a site is no longer visible please can you let us know through our contact us page and we will find out what the problem is and resolve it.
CAFCASS
Children And Family Courts Advisory Support Service (CAFCASS) is an independent organisation that looks after the interests of children during family proceedings, working with children and their families, they advise courts based on the children’s best interests. Some useful resources from CAFCASS are linked below:
Website contains a SPIP handbook (downloadable on right hand side of website) to help parents understand how to put children first during separation, in particular on communication and about the emotional side of separation. Also, how children may be feeling about their parent’s separation.
A supporting body to help deliver improvements to the family justice system so that it provides the best result for children who come into contact with it.
NACCC
National Association of Child Contact Centres was one of the first contact centres in the UK founded in 1991. Now they accredit and support the work of about 350 child contact centres throughout England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, keeping children in touch with parents after separation. Their website contains useful links and resources:
Be a Super Dad
Be a Super Dad is an online resource providing practical, non-legal guide for separated dads focused on the parenting side of separation: communication, routines, repair, staying connected with children and keeping them out of adult conflict.
For more information, visit there page here: Separated Dad Support.
National Family Mediation
Mediation, supported by organisations like National Family Mediation (NFM), helps parents who live apart stay close to their children. NFM is the largest provider of family mediation in England and Wales – helping families to resolve practical, legal, emotional, and financial issues arising from separation or divorce. Useful links:
Parentline Plus
Family Lives is an online resource offering a wide range of family support services through their helpline, live chat, and email support and more. Amongst others, they have dedicated resource and guidance for:
The Children’s Legal Centre
The Children’s Legal centre provide legal advice, information and representation to promotes and protects the rights of children in the UK and internationally in line with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
The Family and Parenting Institute
One Parent Families/Gingerbread
Gingerbread is a national charity providing free information and support to single parents and their family. Their free services page can be found HERE including Online forums, Single parent groups, Advice webchats and helpline.
- Information & Resources page also contain information on a wide range of advice and support.
MATCH
MATCH, or Mothers Apart from Their Children provides supports and information to mothers who are apart from their children. They work to protect and preserve the right of children to be part of the family network as well as preservation and protection of mothers living apart from their children.
- MATCHLINE is a helpline providing free confidential support for mothers separated from their children.
Resolution
Resolution is a community of around 6000+ solicitors, legal executives, barristers, financial planners and family mediators working with families across England an Wales. Their website has useful information about family law and advice about children, and particularly, a page on Parenting through Separation.
Families Need Fathers
Families Need Fathers is firstly a national social care organisation supporting parents on the best for their children through information, advice, and support services.
Relate
Relate is a network of licensed local counsellors that provide face-to-face counselling and support on a range of family issues including family counselling, mediation and children’s counselling. Including a live chatline on their main website and other services.
AdviceNow
AdviceNow is a website for free information from an independent, not-for-profit website accurate, practical information on rights and the law in England and Wales.
Leicester & Rutland LSCB
Worried About a Child?
The ‘Leicestershire and Rutland Safeguarding Children Partnership‘ provides information, guidance and links, (also for adult’s concerns)
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