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Improving Scottish Family law
 
 
Annex C: FUNDING OF FAMILY MEDIATION AND SUPPORT
 
SCOTTISH OFFICE CONTRIBUTIONS
 
Organisation

Grant in
1998-99

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.
 
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