Free Resources for Mediators and Solicitors

 

Parents are worried about their children

As a solicitors, mediators or experts involved in arrangements for children you are in a strong position to help separating parents make sure their children are well supported.

Use our free resources and signpost parents to Your Direction. Using these resources will help parents engage more effectively with the legal aspects of their separation and divorce. They will have greater peace of mind knowing their children are being well supported.

You’ll be making a life changing difference to young people during one of the biggest crisis they may experience, reducing the negative impact on their future.

  • "I feel empowered to live my own life and feel that my parent’s divorce is an event and not a defining feature of my life. I also feel equipped to set boundaries and express my feelings comfortably."

    - Your Direction Participant

  • "The best thing about Your Direction was being able to share difficult situations and past experiences in a safe space with people who are willing to listen and not judge."

    - Your Direction Participant

  • "I found this course very inviting and easy to jump into."

    - Your Direction Participant

  • "I learned how to deal with issues and how to see the silver lining of a problem"

    - Your Direction Participant

  • "I didn't realise how powerful sharing your shared experiences could be. Everyone seems so impacted in such a great way and all we did was have a conversation. I wish there were spaces like this in everyday life."

    - Your Direction Participant

  • "It was quite hard to open up but was rewarding. I was in quite a vulnerable place and didn't realise how low I was until I did the first survey."

    - Your Direction Participant

  • "We were given the space to engage in conversations I never would of been a part of in my day-to-day life as well as a giant tool box to cope with my parent's separation."

    - Your Direction Participant

  • "The best thing about Your Direction was finding people who empathised with situations rather than just sympathising"

    - Your Direction Participant

  • "Your Direction has given me skills I will use now including: active listening skills, staying calm in tense situations, setting boundaries, open communication, greater perception, more empathy and kindness for others (even those who hurt me) and forgiveness for myself and others."

    - Your Direction Participant

  • "The best thing about Your Direction was being able to talk and be listened to and ask questions that others don't usually do."

    - Your Direction Participant


Give Parents Peace Of Mind

Recommend Your Direction – a FREE online workshop for 12-17 year olds and 18-30 year olds, whose parents are separating.

Share this brochure with parents who are separating and help young people get the support they need.


 

Family breakdown is the biggest single factor affecting teenage mental health

Share this video with parents who are separating

 

This 2 minute video gives an overview of the workshop. Show it to Parents you are meeting to let them know that this vital support is available.


More Resources

This useful handout provides parents with practical tips for supporting their children through a separation or divorce.

Handout for Parents

Parents can use this letter template to agree the basis of a their parenting relationship after a separation.

Parenting Letter Template

This helpful handout provides practical advice for Teachers and Youth workers who are supporting young people whose parents have separated

Handout for Teachers & Youth Workers

Watch this excerpt from an Instagram Live we created with Family Knowledge Lawyer and Mediator, Natalie O’Shea. Natalie is a volunteer helping to run Your Direction.

Watch Volunteer Perspective

We’ve created a customisable email template you can use to send all the most useful resources to parents.

Email Template To Send to Parents

These top tips for parents who are separated was created by the Family Justice Young People’s Board. All the members of FJYPB are children and young people with experience of family law proceedings.

FJYPB Top Tips Handout

Encourage parents to book their children onto a Your Direction workshop.

Next Workshops Starts 26 February

 

 


Follow our Instagram for more free resources. Encourage parents and young people to follow too.

https://www.instagram.com/yourdirectionuk


Train Your Team

We can provide training for your team so they feel confident in supporting parents and  young people whose parents separate.

Contact us to discuss requirements. We can arrange training for your team so they feel better equipped to support parents who are separating.



For more information or to join our mailing list please email [email protected]

Your Direction has been developed by Restored Lives in partnership with the children’s charity Spurgeons. It is delivered by trained volunteers who have experienced the issues surrounding parental separation personally. All the necessary safeguarding processes are in place.