It’s January and the TV adverts have moved from where you should buy your Christmas turkey, party food and nativity plays – to keep fit and holidays! ‘Holidays - already’, is the reaction from many of us, but, more often than not, separated parents simply see the summer holiday as a huge logistical challenge – and it’s never too early to plan for that. But how do you go about it? Here, … [Read more...]
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Christmas opening hours
Please note that Family Matters Mediation will close for the Christmas period at 4.00pm on Tuesday 24th December. We will re-open on Thursday 2nd January 2020 at 9.00 am. There will be a limited number of mediation information and assessment meetings (MIAMS) for urgent cases available on Tuesday 24th December until 12noon. These appointments will only be available in the Doncaster office. On … [Read more...]
Winner of Jane Knight Memorial Mediation Scholarship announced
We are delighted to announce that Jane Howarth has won the 2019 Jane Knight Memorial Mediation Scholarship. Jane has completed the first stage of becoming a family mediator by successfully undertaking the foundation training programme during 2019. She will now work with Family Matters to gain experience and qualify with the Family Mediation Council in family mediation … [Read more...]
Where to after mediation?
People often ask us about where to go after the mediation has been completed or if the mediation does not go ahead. As part of Family Matters' commitment to providing information for separating people, we have decided to talk about an important development in the court system. The Personal Support Unit, a charity that was set up in 2001 to offer free emotional and practical support to people … [Read more...]
Mediation and separating cohabitees
According to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the number of cohabitating couples in the UK is growing faster than married couples or lone-parent families. In 2018, there were over 25% more cohabiting couples than there were ten years previously in 2008. Despite this, the myth of the “common law marriage”, in which couples who cohabit have the same rights as married couples, … [Read more...]
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