🛡 Domestic Abuse & Family Violence

Refuge
UK’s largest domestic abuse charity, providing refuges, housing advice, and advocacy for women and children escaping abuse.
🔗 refuge.org.uk

Women’s Aid
National federation of domestic abuse services offering refuges, community outreach, and family law support for survivors.
🔗 womensaid.org.uk

National Centre for Domestic Violence (NCDV)
Specialises in helping survivors obtain emergency injunctions (non-molestation and occupation orders) quickly.
🔗 ncdv.org.uk

ManKind Initiative
Provides confidential support for male victims of domestic abuse, including help with child contact and legal issues.
🔗 mankind.org.uk

Respect
Charity working with perpetrators of domestic abuse and also providing the Respect Men’s Advice Line for male victims.
🔗 respect.uk.net

👶 Child Contact, Parenting & Separation

Family Lives
Supports parents and families with relationship breakdown, child contact issues, and mental health challenges.
🔗 familylives.org.uk

Only Mums & Only Dads
Provides free advice and support to separated parents, including guidance on child arrangements and access to family law professionals.
🔗 onlymums.org | onlydads.org

Gingerbread
Supports single parents with legal advice, benefits guidance, and practical help following separation or divorce.
🔗 gingerbread.org.uk

FNF (Families Need Fathers)
National charity offering information and support to parents (often fathers) on child contact and shared parenting arrangements.
🔗 fnf.org.uk

💔 Divorce, Separation & Emotional Support

Relate
Provides relationship counselling, mediation, and support services for couples and families going through divorce or separation.
🔗 relate.org.uk

National Family Mediation (NFM)
Charity delivering family mediation services across England and Wales, helping separated couples reach agreements about children, property, and money.
🔗 nfm.org.uk

Parenting Apart Programme (via Cafcass-approved providers)
Specialist charity-based programmes to help separated parents focus on children’s needs.
🔗 cafcass.gov.uk

🧠 Mental Health Support in Family Law Contexts

YoungMinds
Supports children and young people struggling with mental health issues, often arising from family breakdown or abuse.
🔗 youngminds.org.uk

Barnardo’s
Works with vulnerable children and families, providing counselling, advocacy, and practical support through family law disputes.
🔗 barnardos.org.uk

NSPCC
Protects children from abuse and neglect, providing counselling, child protection services, and legal advocacy.
🔗 nspcc.org.uk

*Please note, we have no affiliation or partnerships with the above listed charities. We have simply provided this information as part of our signposting service.