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.
We have also produced frequently asked questions for practitioners working for domestic abuse organisations.
We can be commissioned by children’s services to deliver training and consultancy to promote effective policies and practices when working with families, where there is, or has been, domestic abuse.
We can also be commissioned to provide training on law and the child welfare system to practitioners working for domestic abuse organisations who are advocating for parents whose children are subject to child protection enquiries.
Our training courses are co-delivered with parents who are survivors of domestic abuse.
To discuss commissioning a course or consultancy work contact Pam Ledward pledward@frg.org.uk.
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