Family Mediation Week 2019 – Day 3
The storm will end when the pressure lifts Bill Hewlett’s video today speaks directly to children who may be considering seeing a mediator. It provides a helpful, brief but clear information for any child in this position to understand what to expect, and hopefully be reassured Also, lots of helpful articles on the Family Mediation […]
Family Mediation Week 2019 – Day 2
“Shelter from the Storm” Tuesday saw another informative article from Philippa Johnston, this time about mediation and how it works: Day 2 Shelter from the storm which talks about mediation and makes the point that anyone can call themselves a family mediator but… “…you need someone who has been properly trained, with recognised qualifications, with proper supervision. […]
Family Mediation Week 2019 – The storm before the calm
Well, it’s a case of “better late than never!” this year. So, on day 3 of #familymediationweek, here is a summary of (my view of) the high lights so far…. Day 1 explored being “caught up in the storm,” giving ideas about what to do and where to go. This helpful article by Philippa Johnston, […]
Family Mediation Week 2018
Day 1 of Family Mediation Week 2018 and the theme is ‘Somebody, please help!’ There are lots of really interesting articles to read relating to this theme that discuss the value and benefits of mediation on the Family Mediation Week Blog. My picks of the day are the video from Fegans: Counselling Children, Supporting Parents and Wells […]
Mediation Works
Day 5 of Family Mediation Week features blog posts and a video on the theme “Mediation Works.” The Family Mediator’s Association offers a whiteboard video called “Mediation Works.” It’s a short film explaining the process of family mediation and how it can help couples and families separate more smoothly. In addition, there are two more […]
Parenting Together
Day 4 of Family Mediation Week brings us blog posts and a video on the theme of “Parenting Together.” Bill Hewlett, an inspirational mediator and all round good-egg from Australia, writes a piece about how the great-ness of family mediation in terms of the long-term benefits for children and parents. It is well worth a […]
Children’s Voices: New blog posts
In support of Family Mediation week, today Duncan Fisher from Kids in the Middle blogs about their work and contextualises it in relation to the Voice of the Child report and the government response to it. Read his blog here. Ruth Smallacombe, a family mediator, also writes about her experiences mediating in child cases, meeting […]
Rachel’s Poem Video: Divorce from the perspective of an 11-year old girl
Day 3 of Family Mediation Week focuses on “Childrens Voices.” Today this wonderful video clip has been released. It shows child actors reading the words of “Rachel’s Poem.” The poem was written by an 11-year old girl about her parents divorce and powerfully demonstrates the needs of children to be allowed to love and spend […]
Family mediation client talks about her experiences of mediation
Continuing on the theme of Financial Sense, the Family Mediators Association have today published a short video and blog post of a client talking about her experience of going through mediation on financial and children matters. The video is short but effective at one minute and twenty seconds. Suzy’s talks a little about the mediation […]
Myths about resolving financial disputes in mediation
Today’s focus for Family Mediation Week is Financial Sense. As part of this, David Allison from Family Law in Partnership has written a helpful article which dispels some of the common myths around using mediation to resolve financial disputes. Read it here.
