Welcome to Kent Family Mediation Service

Kent Family Mediation Service offers an affordable solution to help families in conflict reach agreements on children arrangements, property, and financial settlements following a separation.

 

Family Mediation is generally a speedier, and more cost-effective alternative than using the courts to resolve disputes. It is a process that helps you work together, with an impartial, professionally trained mediator, to reach or amend agreements.  

 

Mediation allows you to stay in control, where no-one can force you to do anything you are not comfortable to agree to.

 

Our team of mediators are all professionally trained specialists and have many years experience. They are all registered and accredited by both the ‘Family Mediation Council’ and ‘The College of Mediators’. 

 

We prioritise providing our clients with a professional high quality service to help you reach agreements.

 

Our meetings are generally held virtually online. We can offer you Face-to-Face appointments which we can discuss further with you should you wish to.

 

 

Funding Options

 

Legal Aid

 

Legal Aid may be able to cover your mediation costs if you are unable to due to having a low income or are in receipt of a passported benefit. 

 

You can check to see if you are likely to be eligibility for legal aid using the following link: Check if you can get legal aid – GOV.UK.

 

If you would like to apply for legal aid, we will carry out a full assessment and request supporting documentation from you. Once the assessment is complete, we will inform you of your eligibility.

 

 

Ministry of Justice – £500 Government funded voucher scheme

 

We also offer the Government’s Mediation Voucher Scheme, which unlike legal aid is not means tested.

 

This is a financial contribution of up to £500 per case towards the cost of family mediation sessions. The scheme is available for cases where child arrangements are subject to the matter of dispute.

 

This is a scheme offered by the Ministry of Justice to encourage separating families to resolve their conflict outside of court. For more information please see the link to the Family Mediation Voucher Scheme – GOV.UK.

 

*Claims are limited to one per family/case for a one-off contribution of up to £500 towards the mediation costs.

 

 

 

 

Kent Family Mediation are proud of our ‘What Most Children Say’ book!

 

These handy, pocket sized Parents Guides have proven to be very popular and useful for parents. Over 30,000 of these already have already been sold worldwide. 

 

To request a copy, or make a large order please visit: https://kentfms.co.uk/family-mediation/a-childs-voice-in-mediation-what-most-children-say/

 

*charges may apply for large orders