Children, Family and Financial Mediation Specialists
Specialist Family Mediation
As UK’s leading specialists in Family Mediation, no matter how hard it feels right now, our team of experienced accredited Mediators are here to help you find a way forward. Whether you’re navigating financial arrangements in preparation for divorce or separating from your partner and trying to resolve financial issues and or making important decisions about your children.
We can support you together to build a plan that works for everyone.
Get financial help to pay for mediation
Legal Aid for Mediation
Depending on your financial circumstances you may be eligible for Legal Aid, which means that you would not need to pay for Mediation, and your ex-partner also gets the first 1-1 meeting and the first joint session for free.
Family Mediation Voucher Scheme
If neither of you are eligible for Legal Aid, then we are able to provide a Government Voucher scheme worth up to £500 when you also discuss Child Arrangements.
About Mediation
What is Mediation?
Family mediation is a way of resolving disputes which arise before, during or after separation or divorce. It can also be helpful to avoid problems arising.
What Can You Mediate About?
- Arrangements for children including- where the children will live, how they will spend time with each parents / or wider family, sometimes called Child contact or Residency
- How both parents can best support the children both financially and emotionally
- Child refusal or resistance to spend time with one of their parents
- Divorcing or separating couples who need assistance in reaching agreement around finances including Property, Pensions and Maintenance without the huge expense of Solicitors
- Assist grandparents wishing to arrange time with their grandchildren
- Mediate between other family members where there has been a break-down in relationships and communication
MIAMS
A MIAM (Mediation Information and Assessment Meeting) is the first step in the Family Mediation process, it is a meeting with the mediator who will be working with you at Children 1st Family Mediation.
Divorce / Financial Mediation
Divorcing? Separating? Need to sort Financial issues such as property, pensions, assets, debts? We help you to reach mutually acceptable agreements.
Children Arrangements
We help parents or carers to focus on their children’s ongoing needs, helping to reach well-informed decisions that are practical and seem fair.
About Children 1st Mediation
We believe that by empowering and enabling families to improve their lives by offering an inclusive, affordable resolution service will enable people to take ownership and control over decisions in relation to difficulties or disputes that they are experiencing.
"I was dreading having to go through this... but Mabel guided us through expertly and impartially."
Jenni