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Resolve Your Family Conflicts Around Divorce, Separation, Finances, Child Matters and More
Legal aid mediation is a valuable resource for families in need of legal services, particularly those dealing with family disputes such as divorce or child custody.
Welcome to our Free Family Mediation where we provide comprehensive support to help you navigate legal aid mediation to help you navigate through tough times with ease and assist with your family mediation costs.
Our dedicated team of mediators and legal experts will offer mediation information and guide you through the entire process of family and child access mediation from the first meeting, ensuring a hassle-free and positive outcome for all parties involved.
Our team works diligently to ensure that your issues are resolved in a timely manner.
Choose between the convenience of online sessions or traditional face-to-face meetings.
We offer flexible appointment times to fit around your busy schedules.
Benefit from our free services and let us assist with legal aid mediation support with utmost professionalism.
Save time, money, and emotional strain by keeping your disputes out of court.
Trust that your discussions will be handled with discretion, fairness, and confidentiality.
To be eligible for our free family mediation and legal aid services, you must:
Many individuals in the UK hesitate to opt for mediation due to a lack of understanding about the mediation process. At Free Family Mediation, our priority is to address the issues experienced by our clients and their families. While there may be scepticism regarding family or child access mediation as a means to resolve your concerns, there’s little to lose by giving it a chance.
While mediation doesn’t provide legal separation advice, you’ll find that we can assist you in navigating your family challenges in a cost-effective and timely manner. All it takes is acknowledging the existence of an issue and reaching out to us. From there, we’ll handle the rest, guiding you towards a resolution that best serves your family’s needs.
Family mediation is a process where a neutral third party helps family members discuss and resolve disputes. Unlike traditional legal proceedings that can be adversarial and costly, mediation focuses on cooperation, communication, and reaching mutually beneficial agreements outside of court.
WHAT IS MEDIATION
Mediation is a neutral place for separating or divorcing parents to discuss the obstacles which still hold them together. Most commonly these are children, money and property. Mediation is not a relationship counselling service, but a way for former partners to amicably divide their assets and children’s access without needing to involve the time and expense of courts and judges who may not fully understand the situation.
HOW DO I ACCESS FREE MEDIATION
The system is self-referred. To discuss your mediation needs just call us. We offer pre-mediation advice for just the price of the phone call which will help you decide if mediation is suitable for you and we can discuss your free mediation options and the next steps ( Mediation Information Assessment Meeting).
DO I NEED A SOLICITOR WITH ME FOR MEDIATION?
No, a mediator is completely neutral. You are encouraged to seek legal advice through a solicitor in conjunction with your mediation sessions to ensure the terms you have reached are suitable for your requirements. However mediation can mean that family court can be avoided and disputes resolved.
DOES MEDIATION AFFECT MY LEGAL RIGHTS?
An agreement is reached through mediation is not legally binding. It relies on both parties standing by the agreed terms. This does not affect your legal rights. If you prefer, the mediation agreement can be taken to a solicitor to be drawn up as a legal document. Alternatively, the case can be put before a judge if mediation does not work for you.
DO YOU OFFER FREE MEDIATION?
Yes. Our accredited mediators are able to provide free family mediation (or partially subsided) through Legal Aid and the Family Mediation Voucher Scheme. Should you qualify, our mediators are able to guide you through the application process. If you are on a low income or not working, you may be eligible for legal aid which can cover the costs of family mediation. This includes the initial appointment and the first mediation session for both you and your ex-partner, even if they are not eligible for legal aid themselves. Legal Aid Mediation can help with disputes involving children, finances or property and it ensures that you can access mediation services without financial burden.
WHAT IS THE FAMILY MEDIATION VOUCHER SCHEME?
The Family Mediation Voucher Scheme is a government initiative designed to encourage the use of mediation for resolving family disputes outside of court. Eligible families can receive a voucher worth up to £500 to help cover the costs of mediation. This scheme is particularly aimed at cases involving child arrangements, and this voucher can be used alongside Legal Aid if you qualify for both. To apply for the voucher, you need to attend a Mediation Information and Assessment Meeting (MIAM) first, unless you are exempt. The mediator will help you understand the process and determine if mediation is suitable for your situation
The entire process of free family mediation for dispute resolution can be broken down into small steps in order to help one understand the process better:
Step 1: The parties will arrange an initial appointment with the trained mediator.
Step 3: During the first mediation session the mediation agenda is prepared and the number of sessions are tailored around your needs and the issues that you’d like to discuss with the other party or individual, for example child arrangements and if you qualify for any free mediation services. Should you qualify our team will be able to guide you through any application process and eligibility.
Step 4: If there is more than one issue, then the issues are classified as per their priorities and more pressing issues are tackled and resolved first.
Step 5: The Free Family Mediation sessions take place and these provide individuals in dispute with each other a great platform to talk it out and clarify the issues so that future misunderstandings can be avoided.
Step 6: Once the common ground is arrived upon by all the parties involved owing to the registered mediator then the parties are explained about the options that they can choose from.
Step 7: Once all the parties settle upon a solution, it is secured through mutually acceptable proposals.
Step 8: The proposals are then signed by both or all the parties and documented.
And this is how the Free Family Mediation service works, if you need help in just eight simple steps the solution is reached and the dispute is settled! Therefore this is the reason why our services are effective for tackling family issues and quarrels..
Disputes and quarrels are a part and parcel of life.
These should be handled with tact in order to ensure that they do not affect the quality of life of the individuals involved and that a common solution is derived so that all the parties can be happy!
Family disputes are something that requires the touch of an expert in order to solve the problems and ensure that all parties remain problem-free and contented.
Free Family Mediation is the best way to find a solution to family disputes because the service offered is effective, impartial and confidential.
At times people may also choose to approach a legal professional like a solicitor to take care of the problems but this may not work.
This is because not only is it expensive but unlike Free Family Mediation services, this solution encourages one to go for litigation sans any help or advice first; who knows, maybe with a bit of advice and communication the problem would have been solved and legal intervention wouldn’t have been necessary!
Free Family Mediation is a good option is you are looking for mediation support and unsure where to start. Free Family Mediation is a good option is you are looking for mediation support and unsure where to start. Fill in our contact form to send our team an email.