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Plain English information on a website run by a group of organisations including the Citizens Advice Bureau advicenow.org.uk Advice Now - Applying for a Financial Order advicenow.org.uk/advicenow-guides/family/applying-for-a-financial-order-without-the-help-of-a-lawyer/ Alcoholics Anonymous www.alcoholics-anonymous.org.uk Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) Information about welfare benefits and tax credits cpag.org.uk Child Protection Resource Help for anyone involved in the Child Protection (or Child In Need) process www.childprotectionresource.org.uk Children’s Legal Centre Really useful information on Special Guardianship in particular. They have a guide to attending court here. childrenslegalcentre.com Citizen’s Advice Bureau Public access to advice at branches throughout the country adviceguide.org.uk Civil Legal Advice Get free and confidential legal advice in England and Wales if you’re eligible for legal aid www.gov.uk/civil-legal-advice Couple Connection Relationship advice and support thecoupleconnection.net/ Dad Info Service providing separated parents with suggestions about the most successful way to communicate, negotiate and solve problems after family breakdown dadinfo.splittingup-putkidsfirst.org.uk/home Divorce.co.uk Website run by Mills & Reeve with helpful free videos and advice divorce.co.uk Families Need Fathers Charity concerned with maintaining a child’s relationship with both parents during and after family breakdown www.fnf.org.uk Family Rights Group Advises parents and other family members whose children are involved with or require children’s social care services because of welfare needs or concerns frg.org.uk Freedom Programme A twelve week programme providing information to men and women about domestic violence (usually free) freedomprogramme.co.uk/ Gamblers Anonymous www.gamblersanonymous.org.uk/ Grandparents Association Website of the leading UK assoocation for grandparents grandparents-association.org.uk Hidden Hurt Information and support for both male and female victims of domestic violence hidden hurt.co.uk/ LawWorks Solicitors Pro Bono Group www.lawworks.org.uk Legal Aid Finder Directory of legal advisers and family mediators who do legal aid work find-legal-advice.justice.gov.uk/ Match Charity offering support and information to mothers apart from their children www.matchmothers.org/ MIND For better mental health mind.org.uk Money Advice Service Information about financial issues, including sections on divorce and separation www.moneyadviceservice.org.uk Narcotics Anonymous ukna.org National Association of Child Contact Centres (NACCC) Search facility for contact centres by location and type of service. Range of information for families. Helpline: 0800 4500 280 (9.00-1.00, Mon-Fri) naccc.org.uk National Family Mediation NFM is a network of LSC contracted and accredited family mediation services countrywide that offer practical and emotional support to those affected by separation or divorce nfm.org.uk National Youth Advocacy Service (NYAS) Provide information and advice to children. Act as children’s guardians in difficult contact or residence cases nyas.net/ One Plus One A charity whose aim is to enhance understanding of how family relationships contribute to the well being of adults and children. See also The Parent Connection and The Couple Connection. oneplusone. org.uk/ Only Dads Advice and support for single dads www.onlydads.org Only Mums Advice and support for mums going through separation and divorce www.onlymums.org The Parent Connection Supports parents through separation and co parenting difficulties. It can also be used by parents who are just worried about their relationship theparentconnection.org.uk Personal Support Unit Voluntary service helping litigants in person www.thepsu.org Public Law Project Information about exceptional funding under the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012. Helpline: 0808 165 0170 http://www.publiclawproject.org.uk/exceptional-funding-project Refuge Support and information about domestic violence refuge.org.uk Respect Domestic Violence Perpetrator Programmes respect.uk.net Rethink Advice and helplines for people with issues relating to mental illness www.rethink.org Reunite International UK charity specialising in international parental child abduction. (click on “resources” for a list of signatories to the Hague Convention) reunite.org/ Rights of Women A women’s charity working in a number of ways to help women through the law. Their site has some really useful free guides to the law. rightsofwomen.org.uk/get-information/legal-information/ Royal Courts of Justice Advice Bureau Citizen’s Advice Bureau providing free advice to litigants in person, including family law. Able to refer to Bar Pro Bono Unit where appropriate. Appointments line: 0844 856 3534 (or 0300 456 8341 from mobiles). rcjadvice.org.uk Samaritans Confidential non-judge_mental emotional support for people experiencing feelings of distress or despair samaritans.org Shelter The housing and homelessness charity www.shelter.org.uk Sorting Out Separation Government run support service for people going through family breakdown. www.sortingoutseparation.org.uk Wikivorce Advice and support on divorce wikivorce.com Women’s Aid Support and information about domestic violence womensaid.org.uk Your Rights Liberty guide to human rights. Tells you how a conviction becomes spent. yourrights.org.uk/ |
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