This guide is for parents who do not live together and want to make arrangements for their children without having to go to court.

It will help if you have just split up with your children’s other parent and are having to make arrangements for the first time, or if you have been parenting apart for years but now need to come up with a new plan.

This guide aims to help you to find ways to agree arrangements between you that work well for everybody.

We know that many people will not be able to afford to get a lot of help from solicitors.

This guide aims to help you to find ways to agree arrangements between you that work well for everybody.

If you are just in the process of splitting up this may feel impossible. When you are feeling so hurt and angry, it can be very hard to imagine a future that feels OK. It won’t come right overnight, but you will get there.

Speak to one of our mediators to see how they can help you and your former partner use this guide together to sort out your child arrangements