Family Matters is currently looking for self-employed people to deliver the Cafcass Separated Parents Information Programme (SPIP) in the York, Grimsby and Scunthorpe areas. The SPIP is a four-hour course that is provided free of charge to parents when a court orders their attendance as part of a court case about children. You can find out more here. Courses are … [Read more...]
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The Jane Knight Memorial Mediation Scholarship
In memory of our mediator, Jane Knight, who sadly died in March this year, Family Matters Mediation, will be launching the Jane Knight Memorial Mediation Scholarship in September 2019. The annual scholarship is open to those who have completed mediation foundation training and are looking to move onto the next step of mediation experience and supervision. We will provide all the … [Read more...]
Why mediation would be the best way forward for Adele
When Adele’s split with her husband, Simon Konecki, was announced last month, this is what was published: "Adele and her partner have separated. They are committed to raising their son together lovingly. As always, they ask for privacy. There will be no further comment." Of course, there is still a lot of press coverage, nothing sells a newspaper more than a juicy celebrity story, but that … [Read more...]
Misconceptions about mediation
Here at Family Matters, we know how effective mediation is. However, despite government and other widespread support for the effectiveness of mediation, we still encounter people with misconceptions about how mediation will work and how it can help. Here Family Matters' director, Juliette Dalrymple, discuss some of those. I can’t get into the office to take part in a MIAM MIAMS usually work best … [Read more...]
Further announcements on no-fault divorce
Juliette Dalrymple The government this week announced details of how no-fault divorce will work when it is introduced. Support for the introduction of no-fault divorce is clear following last year’s 12-week consultation, which itself followed Supreme Court judges’ comments that they felt ‘uneasy’ when failing to support Tini Owen’s divorce appeal. The government has said that a new law … [Read more...]
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