How to contact us for advice
We provide advice to parents, grandparents, relatives, friends and kinship carers who are involved with children’s services in England or need their help. 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.
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). For Textphone dial 18001 followed by the advice line number. 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 describes the processes that you and your family are likely to go through, so that you know what to expect. Our webchat service can help you find the information and advice on our website which will help you understand the law and your rights.
“I’m so proud of you… You worried no one would believe you, but I promised I was with you every step of the way”. Written by a member of FRG’s kinship carers’ panel this gives an account of how a mother saw her daughter change and withdraw as a result of an abusive relationship.
This poem was written by Angela to reflect her experiences of being in an abusive relationship and moving on from it.
Lorna speaks about the challenge of a daughter in an abusive relationship and becoming the primary carer to her grandchildren as a result.
Angela is a member of FRG’s parents’ panel, one of our expert panels made up of family members with lived experience of the child welfare and family justice system. Her two eldest children were adopted 15 years ago as a result of domestic abuse in the home. She is now married with an 8 year old daughter who has had no local authority involvement.
A member of our kinship care panel talks about the difficulties of helping a loved one in an abusive relationship and how there are “no easy answers”.
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