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Further help and information
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Parental responsibility factsheet. December 2007.
One Parent Families |Gingerbread
Lone Parent Helpline: 0800 018 5026 (Open Mondays to Fridays, 9.00am-5.00pm, with extended opening on Wednesdays to 8.00pm)
www.oneparentfamilies.org.uk
Free information on a range of issues including maintenance, benefits, tax credits, debt, employment, education, legal rights and holidays. Membership: 0800 018 4318 (Mondays to Fridays, 9.00am-1.00pm) Information about becoming a member and any One Parent Families|Gingerbread groups operating in your area.
Children's Legal Centre
Tel: 01206 873 820 (for recorded information)
Website: www.childrenslegalcentre.com
Provides information (on their website) on law relating to children, particularly contact. Also has pre-recorded telephone information on the most frequently asked questions relating to Parental Responsibility, contact and residency. Does not provide telephone advice to the public.
Citizens Advice Bureau
Check your telephone directory for your local bureau or find details on www.citizensadvice.org.uk. Their advice website - www.adviceguide.org.uk - has information on various legal issues, including divorce and the law relating to children's matters.
Community Legal Advice
Helpline: 0845 345 4345
Website: www.communitylegaladvice.org.uk
Can help you to find legal aid solicitors. Also has a 'legal aid calculator' on the website to work out if you qualify for publicly funded help with legal costs and produces information leaflets Divorce and separation, Family Mediation and Living Together And Your Rights If You Separate.
National Mediation Helpline
Tel: 0845 60 30 809
Website: www.nationalmediationhelpline.com
Call the Helpline for general enquiries relating to mediation and to be put in contact with accredited mediation providers.
ParentlinePlus
Parentline: 0808 800 2222 (open 24 hours):
Website: www.parentlineplus.org.uk
Advice and support for parents in bringing up their children.
Refuge
National Domestic Violence Helpline (run in conjunction with Women's Aid Federation England): 0808 2000 247 (open 24 hours)
Website: www.refuge.org.uk
Provides emergency accommodation, advice and support for women and children escaping domestic violence.
Resolution
Tel: 01689 820272
Website: www.resolution.org.uk
Association of solicitors specialising in family law who adopt a constructive, conciliatory approach to relationship break-ups. It can provide a list of local solicitor members who specialise in family law and also produces free factsheets on divorce which you can download from the website -- if you do not have access to the internet you can telephone them and ask them to print and post them to you.
Rights of Women
Advice line: 020 7251 6577
Website: www.rightsofwomen.org.uk
Free, confidential legal advice by telephone for women on a wide variety of issues. Specialist areas include family law, lesbian parenting, divorce/relationship breakdown, children/contact issues and domestic violence. Also has information sheets on legal issues affecting women to download from the website.
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