Your Children Matter
Useful Information
Need any more help?
Your local Social Work Department, local family mediation service and Citizens' Advice Bureaux are in the phone book.
Here are some names and addresses of national organisations who may be able to give advice, and will be able to tell you about their local services:
British Association of Adoption and Fostering
40 Shandwick Place
Edinburgh EH2 4RT
Tel: 0131 225 9285
Fax: 0131-226-3778
Child Support Agency
Helpline
Tel: 0345 133 133
9.00am-5.00pm, Mon-Fri.
Couple Counselling Scotland
105 Hanover Street
Edinburgh EH2 1DJ
Tel: 0131 225 5006
Fax: 0131 220 0639
Family Mediation Scotland
18 York Place
Edinburgh EH1 3AP
Tel: 0131 558 9898
Fax: 0131 558 9831
Law Society of Scotland
26 Drumsheugh Gdns
Edinburgh EH3 7YR
Tel: 0131 226 7411
Fax: 0131 225 2934
One Parent Families Scotland
13 Gayfield Square
Edinburgh EH1 3NX
Tel: 0131 556 3899
Fax: 0131 557 9650
Parent Network Scotland
15 Smiths Place
Edinburgh EH6 8NT
Tel: 0131 555 6780
Registrar General for Scotland
New Register House
Edinburgh EH1 3YT
Tel: 0131 314 4444
Scottish Child Law Centre
Cranston House
108 Argyle Street
Glasgow G2 8BH
Tel: 0141 226 3434
Fax: 0141 226 3043
Scottish Legal Aid Board
44 Drumsheugh Gdns
Edinburgh EH3 7SW
Tel: 0131 226 7061
Fax: 0131 220 4878
Scottish Executive Justice Department
Civil Law Division
St Andrew's House
Regent Road
Edinburgh EH1 3DG
Tel: 0131 244 3581
Fax: 0131 244 2195
Stepfamily Scotland
5 Coates Place
Edinburgh EH3 7AA
Tel: 0131 225 8005
Fax: 0131 225 3514
Other things to read:
Parental Responsibilities and Parental Rights Agreement Notes and Form (The Scottish Executive)
You Matter booklet for young people
(The Scottish Executive)
Parents Apart (Family Mediation Scotland)
A Guide to Child Support Maintenance for Parents Who Live Apart (Child Support Agency)
Obtaining Maintenance from Abroad
(Scottish Courts Administration)
Child Abduction from Scotland
(Scottish Courts Administration)
Rights of Succession Leaflet (The Scottish Executive)
This booklet was commissioned by The Scottish Executive and was written by Maureen Lynch of Family Mediation Scotland. Illustrations were provided by Ben Morris. Copyright is vested in the Secretary of State for Scotland.
Family Mediation Scotland would like to thank all those, parents especially, who helped with this booklet. Special thanks to the parents from the Save the Children Rosemount Project in Royston in Glasgow.