Family Lives: Exploring Support Services for UK Families and Children

This report focuses on Family Lives, a UK-based organization dedicated to supporting families facing various challenges, including divorce, separation, and domestic violence. The organization provides crucial support services, including counselling and advice to parents, to help them navigate difficult situations and ensure the well-being of their children. Family Lives recognizes the impact of family dynamics on individuals and offers emotional, financial, and legal support to those affected, including children and extended family members. The report emphasizes the importance of providing comprehensive support to all family members during times of crisis, highlighting the organization's commitment to addressing the diverse needs of families and promoting positive outcomes. The report also references the organization's role in supporting individuals affected by domestic violence and ensuring that children and other family members receive the necessary attention and care to mitigate the negative impacts of separation and conflict.

FAMILY LIVES

INTRODUCTION
 Family is an integral part of an
individual’s life and thus significant
events related to family such as abuse,
domestic violence, divorce or separation
can have long term impact on the
development and life of individuals.
 ‘Family lives’ is charity organisation
based in UK which provides support
services to individuals dealing or getting
affected with broken families or related
issues.

FAMILY LIVES: AN OVERVIEW
 This UK based organisation
understands the role and impact a
family can have on an individual.
Thus organisation helps people to
overcome the loss, grief and pain
related to family issues.
 Many individuals who face
parenting issues seek advice from
the organisation so that they can
deliver a better nurturing to the
children.

HELPING FAMILIES, FRINEDS AND
CARERS TO SUPPORT INDIVIDUALS
 For supporting the children in separation
cases ‘Family lives’ gives counselling to
parents so that their differences does not
affect their responsibility toward child.
 Extended family members may feel
disturbed due to separation and painful
environment of house. In such situations the
organisation makes them understand the
reason of separation and justify that with
time things will get better.

CONTINUE…
 In critical situations such as when separation is on
basis of domestic violence it becomes more
important to emphasis on family members as well.
 Along with the individuals the children and other
members have also witnessed harassments and
violence. Thus mere separation between partners
does not help. For this ‘Family lives’ also ensure
that other members are also given a sense of support
and attention so that their lives are not affected
negatively.

CONCLUSION
 It can be concluded that separation can affect the quality life of not
only two partners but also to their children and other family members.
 Thus it is vital that necessary support services in terms of finance,
emotional and legal support must be provided to individuals as well as
their carers.

REFERENCES
 Brinig, M., 2019. Child support. Routledge
Handbook of International Family Law.
 Divorce and separation advice, 2020. [Online].
Accessed through <
https://www.familylives.org.uk/advice/divorce-
and-separation/>