Parenting After Separation

Helping with co-parenting and putting children’s needs at the centre when parents are no longer together.

When parents separate, the relationship between them changes but they remain parents. Finding ways to work together and keep children’s needs at the centre can be particularly important.

The Parents Promise

Encourages separating parents to make a commitment to put their children first, recognise the importance of both parents and avoid making children feel that they have to choose between them.

The Parenting Apart Programme

A structured programme for separating or divorced parents, with children’s voices at its centre. It helps parents develop better communication and co-parenting arrangements.

Both Parents Matter

Provides information, support and advocacy for parents navigating family separation, with a focus on children maintaining meaningful relationships with both parents and their wider family where this is safe and appropriate.

Circle Mediation

Offers child-focused family mediation to help parents make child focused arrangements following separation.

Restored Lives

Their courses help adults work through the emotional and practical impact of relationship breakdown, including the challenges of moving forward as a separated parent.