National Family Mediation

National Family Mediation has 47 affiliated Services throughout England and Wales. Further details of location and contact details can be found on our Services List.

Family Mediation helps couples, who are separated or divorced or in the process of separating or divorcing, reach agreement about important issues - especially those concerning their children.

Many services provide the facility for children to be included in the mediation process. Research indicates that at the time of separation children feel as though they no longer have a voice in the future structure of their family. They have anxieties about how the new arrangements are going to work and how it will impact upon their lives in terms of maintaining friendships, schooling, relationships with extended family group members, etc.

The following case studies give brief examples of the kinds of personal situations people are in when they seek a solution through mediation.  Mediation can provide practical help in resolving some or all of the issues and problems which result when couples separate – arrangements for children, finances, the home and possessions.