Before making an application for a place, please contact our administrator on 07842 167767. It is important that you ensure that you have the permission of the parent/person with whom the child/children live, and that you let the other parent/person know you are going to make an application for supported contact. They will need to agree. We can help to address any reservations from either parent about what is involved in coming to a Contact Centre.

For referrals through third-party professional advisers

If you are a professional working with local families in and around Harpenden, where contact is an issue, we would like to hear from you. We provide a safe space for families going through separation to maintain vital contact with their children.

These families could well benefit from the support we provide. We welcome referrals made through a solicitor, CAFCASS officer, family mediator, social worker or other children’s services professional.

If you would like to know more please contact us on 07842 167767. We would be happy to discuss the services we offer.

What happens next?

• once we have your referral request – from either your professional adviser or yourself, our Administrator will get in touch with both applicants to confirm the detailed arrangements for contact visits.
• if you’d like to visit the Harpenden Child Contact Centre before the start of contact visits, the Administrator will arrange this.
• if either you or your former partner are at all concerned about meeting, the Administrator will ensure that the child/children come and go without the parents or other agreed adults ever meeting.
• all the details of the programme of contact visits will be confirmed in writing to both parties by the Administrator before the start of contact visits.

Useful Information and Services

Parallel Lives 

Parallel Lives  supports families experiencing conflict, separation, or child contact disputes through trauma-informed therapeutic support and alternative dispute resolution. They help parents improve communication, prioritise child safety and wellbeing, and develop the skills needed to build healthier family relationships.

James Marshall Foundation 

JMF provides support to financially disadvantaged young people aged 4 to 24 years old living in Harpenden, Wheathampstead, Kimpton, Redbourn, Flamstead and Markyate.

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