How to contact us for advice

Find out more

Telephone Handler
Close form

Our advice service

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.

Our advice service is free, independent and confidential.

Telephone Handler

By phone or email

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.

Discuss on our forums

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.

Advice on our website

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.

 

Exit
Family Rights Group
Cover Your Tracks
Generic filters
Exact matches only

FGC Local Services

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.

Search our listings below to view local family group conference services and contact details.

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.

Bath family group conference service

N
A

Freyja Baber

Bath & North East Somerset Council

Bath Children and Family Centre
12 Charlotte Street
Bath
BA1 2NE

Local authority

Family support and child protection

Family group conferences

Cornwall family group conference service

N
A

Helen Salmon/Kelly Moore

Cornwall Council

Room 36
One Stop Shop
Penwinnick Road
St Austell
PL25 5DP

Statutory organisation

Youth justice, child welfare, education, families

Link to Barnardo's advocates

Devon Family Group Conference Plus

N
A

Alice Mortimer/Lisa Robinson

Devon County Council

Devon Family Group Conference Plus
Taw View
North Walk
Barnstaple
EX31 1EE

Statutory organisation

Social services

Gloucestershire family group conference service

N

Maxine Lee

Gloucestershire County Council

Edinburgh House
Coronation Square
Cheltenham
Gloucestershire
Gl51 7SA

Statutory organisation

Social services

North Somerset Community Family Care

Amanda Culverhouse

Community Family Care

Worle Offices Castlemead Shopping Centre
Townshend Road
Worle
Weston Super Mare
Avon
BS22 7GF

Statutory organisation

Child welfare

Somerset Family Group Conference service

N
A

Tracy Seager

Somerset County Council

B1 South
County Hall
Taunton
TA1 4DY

Statutory organisation

Edge of care

Offers referrals from children’s social care and family intervention service

Torbay family group conference

N

Nichola Whelan

Torbay Social Services

Family Group Conference
1st Floor
Electric House
c/o Town Hall
Castle Circus
Torquay
TQ1 3DR

Statutory organisation

Child welfare

Advocates, young peoples and adults, family members groups, training, family group conferences offered to other areas

Wiltshire Daybreak Programme

I

Richard Chalmers

Daybreak

West Lodge
Leylands Farm
Nobs Crook
Colden Common
Hampshire
SO21 1TH

Voluntary organisation

Child welfare, youth justice, education

Advocates, service users forum

People pie chart

Our funding means we can currently only help 4 in 10 people

Your donation will help more families access expert legal advice and support from Family Rights Group.

Donate Now