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.

  • "It helped me identify the bitterness I felt, showed me a way to deal with it and gave me hope for the future. Thank you so much!"

    - Helen, Restored Lives Participant

  • "Seeing others, going through the same hurts and struggles, made me realise that I was "allowed" to laugh again..."

    - Lisa, Restored Lives Participant

  • "It has given me the building blocks which I can refer to in order to move forward and create a positive future whilst also managing the divorce to gain a positive result."

    - Paula, Restored Lives Participant

  • "Thank you for all you have done. Thank you for your encouragement and hope!"

    - Jessica, Online Restored Lives Participant

  • "You have made the group so easy for us to share and come away feeling an awful lot better on a Monday evening - I am not sure I would be feeling so positive (some of the time) without having these Monday evenings."

    - Mark, Online Restored Lives Participant

  • "It is great having people that understand what I'm going through because they have actually been there or are going through the same."

    - Richard, Restored Lives Participant

  • "The best thing about the course is having free and frank conversations with each other about our journeys, emotions, past and future. It is a sustained conversation, not just one night or a weekend"

    - Jenny, Restored Lives Participant

  • "The best thing about the course is being connected to a group of people who were in a similar position as I am and hearing how they were handling their situation. Reading the book or watching the videos alone would have been difficult without having a group to discuss with. "

    - Kristen, Restored Lives Participant

  • "Balanced, realistic, practical, non-judgemental. Ability to be honest as you were with complete strangers!!!"

    - Jon, Restored Lives Participant

  • "Being able to share my feelings with other people in a similar position, not feeling alone as none of my circle of friends are going through this thankfully!!"

    - Jing, Restored Lives 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 6 November

 

 


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.