Useful Resources
Here you will find a useful section of resources including; websites, books and contacts details
Useful Contacts
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Legal Aid
Tel: +44 (0) 845 8001066
Fax: +44 (0) 1534 601708
Email: email@legalaid.je
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Family Division – Royal Court of Jersey
Tel: +44 (0) 1534 441300
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Relate Jersey
Tel: +44 (0) 1534 734980
Email: relate.jersey@gmail.com
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Family Mediation Jersey
Tel: +44 (0)1534 638898
Email: info@fmj.je
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Alcohol & Drugs Advisory Service
Tel: +44 (0) 1534 445000
Email: a&dservice@health.gov.je
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Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) Family Mediation Jersey
Tel: +44 (0) 1534 445030
Email: hsscamhs@health.gov.je
Useful Support and Information
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Family Separation Hub
A comprehensive range of support and information for families experiencing divorce or separation, whatever their circumstances.
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States of Jersey (Divorce and separation)
Divorce, separation and relationship breakdown guidance provided by the Family Division of the Judicial Greffe that may be of assistance with family and children proceedings.
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States of Jersey (General information)
Online information and public services for the Island of Jersey.
l’information en linge et les services publyis pouor I’lle de Jerri.
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CAB Advice Guide (UK)
The online CAB service that provides independent advice on your rights and practical, up-to-date information on a wide range of topics.
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Jersey Citizens Advice Bureau
Information and advice about family, relationships, allowances and many other issues.
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The Money Advice Service
Financial advice from the FSA with tips to help you get through this difficult time and stay on top of your money situation.
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College of Mediators
The College of Mediators is a professional membership body for mediators. Find a family mediator in your area.
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The Separated Dads’ Guide
A website dedicated to helping separated dads to deal with the practical and emotional impact of separation and to parent effectively alone.
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MATCH – mothers apart from their children
A much needed organisation dedicated to offering non-judgemental emotional support to mothers who are apart from their child for one or many complex reasons.
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Action for Prisoners’ Families
The national voice of organisations supporting families of prisoners.
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Shelter
Shelter is a charity that works to alleviate the distress caused by homelessness and bad housing. They offer advice and information.
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National Debtline
Free confidential, independent advice on dealing with debt.
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Contact a Family
Contact a Family provides support, advice and information for families with disabled children, no matter what their condition or disability.
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Winston’s Wish
Winston’s Wish is a childhood bereavement charity and the largest provider of services to bereaved children, young people and their families in the UK.
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Families Like Mine
This US site has a mission to decrease isolation for people who have parents who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender (LGBT), and bring voice to their experiences.
Useful Literature
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The Guide for Separated Parents: Putting Children First
Karen and Nick Woodall (Piatkus 2007)
This book (originally published as Putting Children First) helps parents to work through their own experiences of separation and the experiences of their children and offers tools and strategies for managing post-separation parenting arrangements.
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Understanding Parental Alienation: Learning to Cope, Helping to Heal
Karen Woodall (Author), Nick Woodall (Author)
Understanding Parental Alienation is intended for parents who are living through a nightmare the loss of their relationship with a child which seems impossible to understand and extremely frustrating to turn around. This book, written by two leading experts in the field, provides a balance of theoretical background and practical hands-on information to guide both parents and practitioners through this devastating phenomenon.
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Gary Bailey’s Divorce for Dads: making the right choices for your kids
Gary Bailey and Nick Woodall (Two Dogs 2010)
Specially written for dads who are going through separation to help them make the right choices for their children. From former Manchester United and England goalkeeper, Gary Bailey, and Nick Woodall from the Centre for Separated Families.
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Dinosaurs Divorce: A Guide for Changing Families
A colourful, informative book to help children understand divorce. Described by the School Library Journal as |a real ‘security blanket, this comforting book explains: what divorce words mean; why parents divorce; how to live with one parent and visit the other; how to have two homes, how to tell you friends; how to accept new stepsisters and stepbrothers; and many more issues and topics that arise in divorce situations.
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Two Homes
In this award-winning picture book classic about divorce, Alex has two homes – a home where Daddy lives and a home where Mummy lives. Alex has two front doors, two bedrooms and two very different favourite chairs. He has a toothbrush at Mummy’s and a toothbrush at Daddy’s. But whether Alex is with Mummy or Daddy, one thing stays the same: Alex is loved by them both – always. This gently reassuring story focuses on what is gained rather than what is lost when parents divorce, while the sensitive illustrations, depicting two unique homes in all their small details, firmly establish Alex’s place in both of them.