Parental conflict: useful websites
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If you feel you or your children are in immediate danger call the Police on 999. If you feel you have urgent welfare concerns about children or young people that require an immediate response, phone the Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub (MASH) on 020 8359 4066.
The MASH team are available Monday to Thursday 9am to 5.15pm and Friday 9am to 5pm. Outside these hours you should report any concerns that need an immediate response to our emergency duty team on 020 8359 2000. If you are worried that a child may be suffering, or may be at risk of harm, you should complete a MASH safeguarding referral which you can find on our worried about the safety of a child webpage.
Parental conflict support websites
The Anna Fraud Centre website has lots of very useful information that can help you whether you are together or separated from your child’s other parent.
Parents or Careers in Conflict | Resolving Parental Disputes | Anna Freud Centre
Mental health and wellbeing websites
Find help and support for your mental health from the following organisations:
Family life, parenting and support websites
Family Lives
This offers free and confidential information and advice on all aspects of family life including:
- child development
- issues with schools
- parenting and relationship support
- aggression in the home
- bullying
- teenage risky behaviour
- mental health concerns of both parents and their children
Find out more about Family Lives
Families Need Fathers
Families Need Fathers (FNF) provide support and information to separating or divorced parents who are worried about how their breakup might affect their children.
Services are open to mothers, fathers, grandparents, new partners and extended families.
Specialist support is available on Monday to Friday, between 6pm and 10pm. Outside of these hours, calls are taken by Family Lives who receive additional training from FNF.
Find out more about Families Need Fathers
Action for Children
Action for Children offers parent talk, providing parenting advice to families and parenting coaches.
Find out more about Action For Children
SeeItDifferently
A range of parenting support including videos to help viewers see things differently.
Find out more about SeeItDifferently
The Mix
A free and confidential service, mainly aimed at younger people under the age of 25.
The service can connect you to experts who will give you the support and tools you need to take on challenges from homelessness to finding a job, from money to mental health, from breakups to drugs.