Useful Links

Child line UK - 24 hour helpline and advice for children - www.childline.org.uk
Gingerbread - A support organisation for lone parents - www.gingerbread.org.uk
One Parent Families -provides helpful information for single parents and their children - www.oneparentfamilies.org.uk
Raising Children - a website for anyone who's raising kids, whatever the age of your children - www.raisingkids.co.uk
Reunite - this organisation helps deal with child abduction and international custody disputes www.reunite.org
Counselling and Support Services

Institute of Family Therapy offers psychotherapy, mediation and training www.instituteoffamilytherapy.org.uk
Jewish Marriage Council provides advice, support, counselling and workshops to all members of the Jewish community - www.jmc-uk.org
Marriage Care - (formerly the Catholic Marriage Advisory Council), aims to help people prepare for and maintain marriages and offers support if marriages break down - www.marriagecare.org.uk
Relate - a UK based organisation offering marriage guidance counselling www.relate.org.uk
Financial

Child Support Agency – contains useful information about how the agency works - www.csa.gov.uk
Rate – for exchange, interest, tax rates etc- www.rate.co.uk
Gay and Lesbian

Stonewall - a campaigning organisation working for equality and justice for lesbians, gay men and bisexuals - contains useful information on the Civil Partnership Act - www.stonewall.org.uk
Legal Professional Bodies

The Law Society – the official site for the Law Society, the professional organisation for solicitors in England and Wales - www.lawsociety.org.uk
Resolution - website for an association of family law solicitors and divorce lawyers committed to a non-confrontational approach, with a directory of all members - www.resolution.org.uk
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) - the independent regulatory body of the Law Society of England and Wales - www.sra.org.uk/consumers/consumers.page
Mediation

The Family Mediators Association - offers family mediation to private clients outside the court system -  www.thefma.co.uk
The National Family Mediation Service – offers help to couples, married or unmarried who are in the process of separation and divorce -  www.nfm.u-net.com
The UK College of Family Mediators - Register of family mediator members - www.ukcfm.co.uk
Property

Find a Property - online details of properties to buy or rent nationwide - www.findaproperty.co.uk
Right Move - online details of properties to buy or rent nationwide - www.rightmove.co.uk
Up My Street - Regional information on property prices, schools etc - www.upmystreet.com
Schools

The Good Schools Guide - independent and critical guide to UK’s top schools, both state and independent - subscription only www.goodschoolsguide.co.uk
John Catt Education Ltd - Information on over 2600 independent schools in the UK and internationally - www.schoolsearch.co.uk