Family Matters is delighted to announce that its managing director, Juliette Dalrymple, has been appointed as the Family Mediation Council’s (FMC) national chief assessor. Juliette has almost 20 years’ experience as a family, financial and child mediator. She is also a professional practice consultant, who supports other family mediators throughout their careers, monitoring and maintaining … [Read more...]
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Free legal aid assessments available during Family Mediation Week
Family Mediation Week takes place from 21 to 25 January 2019. It aims to raise awareness of mediation and how it can help separating families resolve their issues and reach agreement. We understand that some people worry about the cost. However, we would like to remind people that, here at Family Matters, we are committed to offering legally aided mediation. To mark Family Mediation Week, … [Read more...]
Christmas opening hours
Please note that Family Matters Mediation will close for the Christmas period at 6.00pm on Friday 21st December. We will re-open on Wednesday 2nd January 2019 at 9:00 am. A limited amount of mediation information and assessment meetings (MIAMS) are available in our Doncaster office on Monday 31st December from 10:00 am until 2:00 pm. … [Read more...]
Family Matters invited to take part in MoJ mediation workshop
Family Matters is delighted that two members of its team have been able to contribute to a Ministry of Justice (MoJ) family mediation workshop which took place in London on Thursday 8th November. Claire and Alison represented Family Matters after the MoJ invited the firm to take part in the workshop, which looked at best practice in encouraging the take-up of mediation, where children or … [Read more...]
Who gets the kids at Christmas?
“Christmas is for families.” “Christmas is all about the children.” How many times are those clichés used? In advertising, songs and books – we hear them all the time. For many families it’s true, but for those families where the parents have separated or divorced, making Christmas special for their children, or simply making arrangements to see them at all can be really difficult. Who gets the … [Read more...]
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