This section is packed with useful contact numbers and websites regarding many organizations that are here to help the general public. The more information out there, the easier our lives become!
IMPORTANT NUMBERS
Community legal service direct - A free, easy-to-use service to help you solve your legal problems
call: 0845 345 4 345
to speak to a qualified legal adviser about Welfare benefits ie family tax credit etc, dept or find local advice numbers for other problems.
LOG ON AT: www.clsdirect.org.uk
Department for constitutional Affairs
for useful leaflets for couples with children
Phone 020 7210 8500
www.dca.gov.uk/family/divleaf.htm
The Court Services Website
for copies of forms and leaflets relating to divorce
www.courtservice.gov.uk
National Association of child contact centres
phone: 0115 948 4557
Relate
Phone: 0845 456 1310 helpline: 0845 1304010
www.relate.org.uk
Department of Social Security Child Support Agency (CSA)
national enquiry line:0845 7133 133
UK college of family Mediators
Phone: 0117 904 7223
www.ukcfm.co.uk
REUNITE
Advice Line: 0116 2556 234
www.reunite.org
Help reunite families or parents who fear their children may be abducted etc
Child Abduction Unit
Phone: 020 7911 7045/7047
www.offsol.demon.co.uk
FREE 24hr National Domestic Violence Helpline run in partnership between Womans Aid and Refuge
Phone: 0808 2000 247
Wales Domestic Abuse Help Line
Phone: 0808 80 10 800
8am to 2pm and 8pm to 2am
Domestic violence
You can find the leaflet 'Loves me, Loves me not: You don't need to live in fear of domestic violence in your local library or Citizens Advice Bureau or at
www.homeoffice.gov.uk/docs/loves_me_not.pdf
Womans Aid Websites providing useful information and signposting specifically for children and young people living with domestic violence
www.thehideout.org.uk
www.homes-start.org.uk
Phone: 0800 686 368
www.e-parents.org
National Family and Parenting Institute
www.oneparentfamilies.org.uk
Phone: 0800 0185 026
www.raisingkids.co.uk
www.parentingplus.org.uk
Parentline Plus 0808 800 2222
Cafcass-putting children first in family courts
www.cafcass.gov.uk/default.aspx
Cafcass looks after the interests of children involved in family proceedings. Works with children and their families and then advise the courts on what they consider to be in the best interest of the individual children.
