RELATIONSHIPS
Relate Family Support
A new free service for families is being delivered in Gosport primary schools. Relate, the relationships people, are providing family counselling for parents, children, relatives and step families to help them communicate better and deal with relationship difficulties together. To access the service speak to the Headteacher or the Home School Link Worker at your child’s school. Download the Relate Family support leaflet.
Fareham and Gosport Family Aid
Fareham and Gosport Family Aid have a refuge and support workers to help women experiencing domestic abuse. Call the outreach worker on 07966 540759 or the refuge on a 24 hour line 07967 387243.
Naval Personal and Families Service
The NPFS works with Royal Naval personnel and their families to offer support with difficulties such as bereavement, relationship problems, debt advice and mental or physical illness. It offers counselling support (practical and emotional) and advocacy (contacting officials) on behalf of clients. These services are available to serving individuals, couples or families. In the first instance call this central number for advice 02392 722712
Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association (SSAFA)
http://www.ssafa.org.uk/index.asp The SSAFA operate a free and confidential helpline to support serving personnel, their families and former members of the Armed Forces. Tel: 0800 731 4880
http://www.hantsfamilymediation.org.uk/ Family Mediation is a way of resolving difficulties through meeting together with the help of a trained impartial person. It creates an opportunity to sort out practical family arrangements, particularly during separation and divorce. Call Hampshire Family Mediation on 0845 230 9818 or 023 9243 3388 for enquiries about the service.
Useful websites
http://www.cafcass.gov.uk Answers families’ questions about what happens when children and families are involved in family court proceedings. Covers adoption, care orders and families splitting up.
http://www.wayfoundation.org.uk/ WAY Foundation - Finding a way forward for the widowed and young Web: email: info@wayfoundation.org.uk
http://www.relate.org.uk/ Relate offers advice, relationship counselling, sex therapy, workshops, mediation, consultations and support face-to-face, by phone and through their website.
http://www.crusebereavementcare.org.uk/ Cruse Bereavement Care exists to promote the well-being of bereaved people and to enable anyone bereaved by death to understand their grief and cope with their loss. Services are free to bereaved people. The charity provides support and offers information, advice, education and training services.
http://www.helpguide.org/mental/improve_relationships.htm Learn the five key skills of emotional intelligence that will help you build great relationships and solve relationship problems.
http://thecoupleconnection.net An interactive, self-help site to provide you with resources and practical tools to help improve your relationship with your partner.
http://www.itsnotyourfault.org Action for Children have produced this website to support families going through a break-up, with practical information for parents and children.
http://www.fnf.org.uk provides support and information about maintaining children’s relationships with parents following separation and divorce.
http://www.divorceresource.co.uk Helping you through a divorce, from relationship counselling to separation agreements
http://www.womensaid.org.uk Working to keep women and children safe from domestic abuse, the website offers advice if you or a friend is experiencing domestic abuse and has a free helpline