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Are you a parent, kinship carer relative or friend of a child who is involved with, or who needs the help of, children’s services in England? We can help you understand processes and options when social workers or courts are making decisions about your child’s welfare.
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To speak to an adviser, please call our free and confidential advice line 0808 801 0366 (Monday to Friday 9.30am to 3pm, excluding Bank Holidays). Or you can ask us a question via email using our advice enquiry form.
Our online advice forums are an anonymous space where parents and kinship carers (also known as family and friends carers) can get legal and practical advice, build a support network and learn from other people’s experiences.
Our get help and advice section has template letters, advice sheets and resources about legal and social care processes. On Monday and Wednesday afternoons, you can use our webchat service to chat online to an adviser.
Family Rights Group hosts the family group conference and Lifelong Links network in England and Wales. Through the network we aim to promote the development of family group conferences and facilitate shared learning between local authorities and voluntary organisations that offer a family group conference service.
To learn more about family group conferencing please visit our webpages here. If you have any queries, please email jsewell@frg.org.uk.
Family Rights Group is not responsible for these services. Services with an (N) are members of the Family Group Conference and Lifelong Links Network. Those with an (A) are accredited services, and those with an (I) are independently evaluated.
Alison Ryan
London Borough of Barking & Dagenham
Mayesbrook Children's Centre
50 Markyate Road
Dagenham
Essex
RM8 2LD
Statutory organisation
Child welfare
Developing and Co-ordinating
Aida Dugandzic
Serving: Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea and Westminster City Council
Family and Children's Services
5 Malton Rd
London
W10 5 UP
Statutory organisation
Child welfare
Claire Cooper
Daybreak Family Group Conferences
Wessex House
Upper Market Street
Eastleigh
SO50 9FD
Voluntary organisation
Child welfare, youth justice, education
Advocates, service users forums
Rob O'Grady
Camden Borough Council
5 Pancras Square
London
NIC 4AG
Statutory organisation
Child welfare FGCs, schools-based FGCs and restorative justice FGCs organised by independent co-ordinators and offer independent advocates to vulnerable children and adults
Child welfare FGCs, schools-based FGCs and restorative justice FGCs organised by independent co-ordinators and offer independent advocates to vulnerable children and adults
Susan Hammond
Forward4Families
PO Box 38639
Ealing
London
W13 OYT
Private
Child welfare
Advocacy, mediation, assessments
Mark Davidson
Royal borough of Greenwich
The Woolwich Centre
35 Wellington Street
London
SE18 6HQ
Statutory organisation
Early help, child in need and CP teams
Filomena Brockwell
Hammersmith and Fulham
Hammersmith Town Hall
145 King Street
London
W6
Statutory organisation
Delivering family group conferences to children and families subject to child in need, child protection plans, PLO and care proceedings
Samantha Denoon
London Borough of Havering
Children & Young People's Services
Elm Park Children's Centre
Hornchurch
RM12 4YH
Statutory organisation
Child welfare
Phil Hopkins
London Borough of Hounslow
Hounslow House
Bath Road
Hounslow
TW3 3EB
Statutory organisation
Child welfare, youth justice and mediation
Nicky Pallis/Jenny Sweeney
London Borough of Islington
Islington family group conference service
Targeted and Specialist Children and Families Service
3 Elwood Street
London
N5 1EB
Statutory organisation
Child welfare
Shahed Chowdhury
London Borough of Lambeth
Quality Assurance Service, London Borough of Lambeth, Civic Centre, Brixton Hill SW2 1EG
Statutory organisation
Child Welfare & Restorative Practices
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