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Getting further help and information

 

You may find the following links to other websites useful:

Organisations for parents and families | Adoption services | Mediation services | Legal rights and advice | Organisations for children | Government sites | Research

 

Organisations for parents and families

 

Parentline Plus: www.parentlineplus.co.uk	Support for families and children
National Council for One Parent Families: www.oneparentfamilies.org.uk	Help and advice for single parents
National Association of Child Contact Centres: www.naccc.org.uk/cms/index.php	Information on contact centres
Gingerbread: www.gingerbread.org.uk	Support for lone parents
Relate: www.relate.org.uk	Advice on relationships
Families Need Fathers: www.fnf.org.uk	Information and support for parents, of either sex

 

 

Adoption services

British Association of Adoption and Fostering: www.baaf.org.uk	Help and advice on adoption
Talk adoption: www.afteradoption.org.uk	Adoption information help line
After Adoption: www.afteradoption.org.uk	Information on adoption
Adoption Contact Register: http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/adoptions/ adoptioncontactregister/index.asp	Information on contact between adopted people and their birth relatives
Natural Parents Network	Support for parents in adoption
Department for Education and Skills:www.everychildmatters.gov.uk/adoption/	Information on adoption
National Adoption Week:	Information on events and activities rasing awareness of adoption

 

 

Mediation services  

National Family Mediation: www.nfm.u-net.com	Information on mediation services
Relate: www.relate.org.uk	Advice on relationships

 

Legal rights and advice

Solicitors’ Family Law Association: www.resolution.org.uk	Advice on finding a solicitor
Legal Services Commission: www.legalservices.gov.uk	Information on legal matters and help with legal costs
Children’s Rights Alliance: www.crae.org.uk	Human rights for children
Child Rights Information Network: www.crin.org	Children’s rights
Community Legal Service: www.clsdirect.org.uk	Help and advice on legal issues
The Law Society: www.lawsociety.org.uk	Advice on the law, and help with obtaining a solicitor
The Family Justice Council: www.family-justice-council.org.uk	Information on the family justice system
The Association of Lawyers for Children: www.alc.org.uk	A membership organisation promoting justice for children in England and Wales

 

Organisations for children  

Child Line: www.childline.org.uk	Children’s charity and help line
NCH: www.nch.org.uk	Help and advice for children and adults
NSPCC: www.nspcc.org.uk	Information on child protection issues
Barnardo’s: www.barnardos.org.uk	Charity working with children
National Youth Advocacy Service: www.nyas.net	Help with legal issues for young people
There 4 Me: www.there4me.com	Online advice and help for teenagers
It’s Not Your Fault: www.itsnotyourfault.org	Advice on coping with parental separation

 

Government sites

Ministry of Justice	Advice and information on the family justice system
Department of Health: www.dh.gov.uk	Information on adoption
Directgov: www.direct.gov.uk	Access to all government sites

 

Research

The KIDS Project www.law.cf.ac.uk/kids/

The KIDS Project - research into children's perspectives and experiences of the divorce process, supported by the Economic Social Research Council

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