Latest News & Updates

January alert for family dispute specialists

Don’t leave it to a judge to decide your family’s future, says charity Family dispute specialists are on January alert, [...]

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NFM thanks guests for 2019 Family Law Awards generosity

National Family Mediation (NFM) sincerely thanks all those who kindly made donations towards its child-inclusive mediation work at the Family [...]

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Call to put children at the heart of the general election

This open letter to the leaders of the main political parties has been signed by the leaders of over 140 [...]

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Grant award will improve support for separating families

Increasing demand for family mediation is recognised this week with a grant award to England and Wales’ leading provider of [...]

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Hints, hails and trails … but little delivery on family law policy change

Measures to improve families’ access to justice have been hinted, hailed and trailed – but rarely delivered, says the CEO [...]

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Family mediation vacancies

Mediators required for London, Derby, Hull and Sheffield

National Family Mediation is looking to recruit Family Mediation Council Accredited mediators to help meet increasing demand in London, Derby, [...]

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Help at hand in piecing together Christmas parenting puzzle

Now is a great time to make a Parenting Plan for Christmas It’s meant to be the happiest time of [...]

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Response to the review of the Child Arrangements Programme

National Family Mediation has published its full response to the review of the Child Arrangements Programme, which had been open [...]

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Family mediation vacancies

Recruiting family mediators for South Wales

National Family Mediation is looking to recruit Family Mediation Council Accredited mediators to help meet increasing demand in  South Wales. [...]

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National Family Mediation divorce

Divorce Reform and the Video Assistant Referee

Dispute resolution experts have expressed frustration at the ‘freeze-frame’ status of long-awaited divorce reform. Jane Robey, CEO of National Family [...]

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National Association of Child Contact Centres

Views and ideas sought to improve child contact centre website

The National Association of Child Contact Centres (NACCC) is currently reviewing its website, with a view to rebuilding it later [...]

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National Family Law survey

OnlyMums and OnlyDads are inviting contributions to their National Family Law Survey before it closes on 23 September. They are [...]

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Families must be the bedrock of new policy announcements

A leading family charity is calling on the new Prime Minister to put families first in any new policy initiatives. [...]

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Separated Parents Information Programme

Please note the Separated Parents Information Programme has been replaced by Planning Together for Children. If you have made the [...]

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Family mediation training team

Expanding NFM’s team of trainers

With growing demand  for its unrivalled training programme, National Family Mediation (NFM) is looking to add to its team of [...]

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Family mediation vacancies

NFM recruiting mediators (Birmingham area)

National Family Mediation is looking to recruit Family Mediation Council Accredited mediators to help meet increasing demand in the Birmingham [...]

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President of the Family Division launches public and private law consultation

A new consultation has opened relating to children cases in family courts, with a submission closing date of 30 September [...]

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National Family Mediation divorce

Several years away from return to pre-LASPO mediation levels

Commenting on new legal aid statistics from the Ministry of Justice, covering the first quarter of 2019, which show a [...]

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