| Improving Scottish Family law |
| Annex C: FUNDING OF FAMILY MEDIATION AND SUPPORT |
| SCOTTISH OFFICE CONTRIBUTIONS |
| Organisation | Grant in |
What it does |
| Couple Counselling Scotland | £144,829 |
Provides counselling support, via 14 local groups, to those in marital or other relationships. |
| Scottish Marriage Care | £26,650 |
Provides counselling support to those in marital or other relationships. Mostly but not exclusively deals with Catholic couples. |
| Parent Network Scotland | £15,000 |
Encourages good parenting. |
| One Parent Families Scotland | £32,340 |
Provides support for one parent families |
| Scottish Women's Aid (HQ) | £111,609 |
Formulates policy and represents the interests of 42 local affiliated local groups which provide support, including refuges, for women, and their children, who are victims of domestic violence. |
| Stepfamily Scotland | £15,000 |
Provides counselling and other support, including via a telephone helpline, for stepfamily couples and their extended families. |
| Family Mediation Scotland | £61,000 |
Provides support, training and other forms of assistance to 11 local family mediation services. |
| Family Mediation - Borders | £11,707 |
Local
family mediation services through trained mediators help
separating couples to reach agreements on the future of
any children and on financial and property matters. Some also provide contact centres where parents who do not have their child living with them can meet their child. |
| Family Mediation - Central | £64,462 |
|
| Family Mediation - Dumfries & Galloway | £23,160 |
|
| Family Mediation - Grampian | £23,530 |
|
| Family Mediation - Highland | £23,647 |
|
| Family Mediation - Lothian | £17,000 |
|
| Family Mediation - Tayside | £37,794 |
|
| Family Mediation - Western Isles | £26,320 |
|
| Family Mediation - West of Scotland | £22,000 |
|
| Total Funding | £656,048 |
| Note: Grants are paid to these organisations under section 10 of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968. |