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We are delighted to announce that Family Matters has maintained the HSSF (Help and Support for Separated Families) accreditation in 2018. This mark of excellence is for organisations that work with separated families. To maintain the award, Family Matters has had to demonstrate our ability to listen to our clients and show that we are a professional organisation, dedicated to continual review … [Read more...]

Family Matters is delighted to announce that Jane Smith has successfully completed the portfolio route to mediator accreditation and is now Family Mediation Council accredited.  Jane is now able to carry out legally aided and private mediations. Jane’s assessor commented “you have been very well supported by your professional practice consultant” and “this has been an excellent … [Read more...]

Family Matters is delighted to annouce that, in partnership with Voluntary Action North Lincolnshire, it has been awarded a three-year contract from the Children and Family Courts Advisory Service (Cafcass) to provide the Separated Parent Information Program (SPIP) in Scunthorpe, Grimsby and York. This is the result of a successful bid in a competitive tendering process. Understand how conflict … [Read more...]

Family Matters has recently achieved Cyber Essentials Plus certification which means we are in an excellent position to manage the changes which will be implemented when the Data Protection regulations come into force in May 2018. The cyber essentials qualification was a requirement for the provision of the Cafcass program the Separated Parents information Program which was awarded … [Read more...]

Mediators at Family Matters have noticed an increasing trend for people who have been identified as being on the autistic spectrum, including Asperger’s syndrome, or having autism, enquiring about mediation. Autism is a disability that affects how a person experiences the world around them and how they relate and communicate with other people.  It is a lifelong disability, not a condition that … [Read more...]