We have provided links to these sites because we think that they may be helpful or of interest to people who visit Cocoon. Please note, however, that the views expressed within them are not necessarily those of Cocoon.

Action for Prisoners' Families promotes the just treatment of prisoners' families by the prison system and society across the UK. It encourages the development of, and acts as a voice for, organisations providing support to these families.

Adfam’s vision is a United Kingdom where every family member facing problems with drugs or alcohol will have access to a range of specialised services.

Advicenow provides handpicked links to the best available information on the law and your rights in England and Wales, plus learning materials, case studies, quizzes and topical items. Advicenow is provided by Advice Services Alliance, the coordinating body for UK advice services

This site is currently under development

The Association is recognised by legislators, national organisations and the public alike as the professional body and leading voice for counselling and psychotherapy in the UK.

Brook Advisory Centres - commonly known just as Brook - is the only national voluntary sector provider of free and confidential sexual health advice and services specifically for young people under 25.

The Consumer Credit Counselling Service is a registered charity whose purpose is to assist people who are in financial difficulty by providing free, independent, impartial and realistic advice.

ChildLine is a free 24-hour helpline for children and young people in the UK. Children and young people can call the helpline on 0800 1111 about any problem, at any time - day or night.

CAFCASS looks after the interests of children involved in family proceedings. It works with children and their families, and then advises the courts on what it considers to be in the children's best interests.

Cocoon is a group of professional counsellors who have joined together to offer clients a range of counselling services - primarily online, but which can also be combined with face-to-face work where appropriate.

Hertfordshire based counsellor with whom clients can make office appointments or work online.

Information and advice about staying involved with your children after divorce or separation.

Couple Counselling Scotland (formerly Marriage Counselling Scotland) is a Scottish charity which celebrated its 50th anniversary in 1998.

Families Need Fathers is a registered UK charity which provides information and support to parents, including unmarried parents, of either sex. FNF is chiefly concerned with the problems of maintaining a child's relationship with both parents during and after family breakdown.

Fathers Direct is a UK national information centre for fatherhood. It is a charity (reg. no. 1075104) founded in 1999 by professionals with expertise in social work, in social work, family policy, business development and communications.

FCL is one of the country's leading debt advice agencies with over 12 years’ experience in helping people with their debt problems.

fpa (formerly The Family Planning Association) is a registered charity working to improve the sexual health and reproductive rights of all people throughout the UK.

An individual counsellor specialising in anxiety, panic attack, depression, stress and loss.

Gingerbread was started in 1970 and is a registered charity maintained by lone parents for lone parent families in England and Wales.

In 2002 the Institute celebrated its 25th Anniversary. Since its inception it has established a national and international reputation for its work and become the largest family therapy organisation in the UK.

Mind is a leading mental health charity in England and Wales working to create a better life for everyone with experience of mental distress.

Child Contact Centres are places where children of separated families can spend time with one or both parents and sometimes other family members, where there are no other viable options. The National Association of Child Contact Centres (NACCC) promotes safe child contact within a national framework of Child Contact Centres.

A network of over 60 local not-for-profit Family Mediation Services in England and Wales offering help to couples, married or unmarried who are in the process of separation and divorce.

The National Family and Parenting Institute (NFPI) is an independent charity working to support parents in bringing up their children, to promote the wellbeing of families and to make society more family friendly.

NCH helps children at risk or in care, vulnerable young people and families under pressure.

One Parent Families believes that it cab build a fairer society for all families, in which lone parents and their children are not disadvantaged and do not suffer from poverty, isolation, or social exclusion.

West Yorkshire-based counsellor experienced in supporting people in resolving a issues such as stress at work, bereavement, loss, relationship problems, eating disorders, abuse, depression, addictions and anxiety.

Parenting UK (formerly known as the Parenting Education & Support Forum) was formed in 1995 as a membership organisation for those who offer parenting services, in order to promote quality provision in the field.

Parentline Plus is a UK registered charity which offers support to anyone parenting a child – the child's parents, stepparents, grand parents and foster parents.

Pink Parents' aims are to promote equality and diversity and to eliminate discrimination in relation to lesbian, gay and bisexual parents and parents-to-be and their children.

Relate offers advice, relationship counselling, sex therapy, workshops, mediation, consultations and support

Working to help everyone affected by severe mental illness, including schizophrenia, to recover a better quality of life.

Samaritans is available 24 hours a day to provide confidential emotional support for people who are experiencing feelings of distress or despair, including those which may lead to suicide.

Single Parent Action Network is a multi-racial organisation of single parents working to improve the lives of one parent families in the UK and Europe.

The Solicitors Family Law Association is an association of over 5000 solicitors who are committed to promoting a non-confrontational atmosphere in which family law matters are dealt with in a sensitive, constructive and cost-effective way.

Time for Families strives for committed personal relationships, which they aim to achieve by teaching relationship skills at appropriate stages in family life and by raising public awareness of good relationship practices.

Women's Aid is a national domestic violence charity which co-ordinates and supports an England-wide network of over 300 local projects, providing over 500 refuges, helplines, outreach services and advice centres.

Freephone 24 Hour National Domestic Violence Helpline: 0808 2000 247