Supporting Your Journey: Complementary Services in Leicester
Mediation is a constructive way to resolve conflict, but navigating major life changes often requires additional professional support. Whether you need independent legal advice to formalize a “Memorandum of Understanding,” financial guidance to understand your options, or emotional support for your family, Leicester offers a wealth of specialist resources.
Below is a curated directory of local services designed to support you alongside the mediation process.
AMITY MEDIATION SERVICES – LEICESTER – TEL: 0330 133 4255
Address: Phoenix 4 Midland Street Leicester LE1 1TG
Independent Legal Advice & Legal Aid
While mediators are neutral facilitators and cannot give legal advice, we strongly recommend having a solicitor “in the background.” They can help you understand your legal rights and turn your mediated agreements into legally binding Consent Orders.
Lawson-West Solicitors
- Specialism: Accredited family law, divorce, and child arrangement specialists.
- Address: 4 Dominus Way, Meridian Business Park, Leicester, LE19 1RP
- Tel: 0116 212 1000
Community Advice and Law Services (CALS)
- Specialism: Specialist legal advice on social welfare law, housing, and debt.
- Address: 1st Floor, Epic House, Charles Street, Leicester, LE1 3SH
- Tel: 0116 242 1120
Family Law Solicitors Ltd
Specialism: Dedicated family law support including financial settlements and mediation advice.
Address: 10 Swallow Close, Leicester Forest East, Leicester, LE3 3NY
2. Debt & Financial Wellbeing
Financial clarity is the backbone of successful financial mediation. These services provide free, impartial advice to help you manage debts or create a sustainable post-separation budget.
Citizens Advice LeicesterShire
- Specialism: Comprehensive debt management and financial issue support.
- Address: 3rd Floor, 90 Charles Street, Leicester, LE1 1FB
- Tel: 0808 278 7970 (City) / Tel: 0808 278 7854 (County)
- The Zinthiya Trust
- Specialism: Money advice and support for individuals in financial hardship.
- Address: 12 Bishop Street, Leicester, LE1 6AF
- Tel: 0116 254 5168
3. Counselling & Emotional Support
The emotional toll of conflict can be significant. These organizations offer therapy and support to help individuals and families process the changes they are facing.
- Leicester Counselling Centre
- Specialism: Affordable, long-term counselling for adults in emotional distress.
- Address: Lodge 1, Victoria Park, London Road, Leicester, LE1 7RY
- Tel: 0116 255 8801
Relate Leicestershire
- Specialism: Relationship, family, and children’s counselling.
- Address: 3rd Floor, 90 Charles Street, Leicester, LE1 1FB
- Tel: 0116 254 3011
Leicester LGBT+ Centre
- Specialism: Affordable counselling specifically for the LGBT+ community and their families.
- Address: 15 Wellington Street, Leicester, LE1 6HH
- Tel: 0116 254 7412
4. Parenting & Family Hubs
For families with children, focusing on co-parenting is the priority. Leicester’s Family Hubs and parenting services offer courses to help parents manage conflict and support their children’s needs.
Leicester Family Hub Advice Point
Specialism: Centralized information for all city-based children and family centres.
Home-Start Horizons
- Specialism: Practical and emotional support in the home for families with young children.
- Address: 5-7 High Street, Sileby, Leicestershire, LE12 7RX (Serving Leicester City)
- Tel: 0116 279 5062
Child contact Centres in Leicester
Child Contact Centres in Leicester provide a safe, neutral, and child-focused environment for children to maintain relationships with parents or family members they no longer live with.
The Leicester Family Contact Centre is a key NACCC-accredited provider operating from St Martins House (address: 7 Peacock Lane, LE1 5PX; Tel: 07814 801413), offering supported family time on Saturdays.
For those in the wider county, the Melton Mowbray Child Contact Centre (The Hope Centre,address: 42-44 Nottingham Street, LE13 1NW; Tel: 07522 297102) and the Loughborough Child Contact Centre (Tel: 01509 231165) provide accredited supported sessions. Additionally, Leicester City Council’s extensive network of Children, Young People and Family Centres facilitates broader family support and “family time” arrangements.
Notable hubs include the St Matthews Centre (address: 10 Malabar Road, LE1 2PD; Tel: 0116 454 3800), the Highfields Centre (address: 20 Barnard Close, LE2 0UZ; Tel: 0116 454 3810), and the Beaumont Leys Centre (address: 20-22 Home Farm Walk, LE4 0RW; Tel: 0116 454 6660).
For referrals involving supervised contact or local authority involvement, you can contact the central Early Help and Social Care advice line at Tel: 0116 454 1004.
Domestic Abuse Support in Leicester
Domestic abuse support services in Leicester offer a robust safety net for survivors, providing everything from crisis intervention to long-term recovery.
Freeva (Free from Violence and Abuse) is a lead provider in the city, offering a helpline (Tel: 0808 802 0028) and text support (Tel: 07715 994962) from their base at address: 116 Regent Road, LE1 7LT. Women’s Aid Leicestershire provides essential refuge and advocacy (Tel: 0116 283 2225; Postal: PO Box 26, LE1 1AA), while Panahghar offers specialized, multi-lingual support and safe spaces for Black, South Asian, and Minority Ethnic survivors (24-hour Helpline: 0800 055 6519).
For those seeking to break the cycle of abusive behavior, the Jenkins Centre provides specialist intervention programmes (Tel: 0116 254 0101). Additionally, United Against Violence and Abuse (UAVA) acts as a collective gateway for services across Leicester, Leicestershire, and Rutland (Tel: 0808 802 0028). I
n any situation of immediate danger, always dial 999; if you cannot speak, you can use the “Silent Solution” by pressing 55 when prompted to alert the operator.