Family Lives

Family Lives helps parent carers deal with the changes that are a constant part of family life.

Their role is to support parent carers to achieve the best relationship possible with the children that you care about, as well as supporting parenting professionals. Family Lives believe that happy children come from happy families and currently support families to improve the outcomes for over 1 million children each year.

Family Lives recognise that the best way to support families is to provide  professional, non-judgmental support and advice in a way that all members of the family can freely access. They provide this through a 24 hour helpline, extensive advice on their website, live chat services, befriending services, and parenting/relationship support groups. Nearly all of the services are accessible at no charge to parents and you can contact them 365 days a year.

People contact them about all aspects of family life including child development, issues with schools and parenting/relationship support. They also respond when life becomes complicated and provide support around family breakdown, aggression in the home, bullying, risky teenage behaviour and mental health concerns of both parents and their children.