Supporting Your Journey: Complementary Services in Portsmouth
Mediation is a constructive step toward resolving conflict, but navigating major life changes often requires a team of specialists. Whether you need independent legal advice to formalize a “Memorandum of Understanding,” financial guidance to manage debts, or emotional support for your children, Portsmouth offers a wealth of professional resources.
Below is a curated directory of local services designed to support you alongside the mediation process.
AMITY MEDIATION SERVICES – PORTSMOUTH – TEL: 0330133 4255
Address : Guildhall Square, Portsmouth PO1 2AB
Independent Legal Advice
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.
Brookman Solicitors
- Specialism: Specialist family law team advising on divorce and financial settlements.
- Address: Gatcombe House, Copnor Road, Portsmouth, PO3 5EJ
- Tel: 023 9298 8705
Larcomes Legal Limited
- Specialism: Comprehensive family and child law services.
- Address: 168 London Road, North End, Portsmouth, PO2 9DN
- Tel: 023 9244 8100
Biscoes Solicitors
- Specialism: Expert guidance on child arrangements and matrimonial matters.
- Address: Kingston Place, 62-71 Kingston Crescent, Portsmouth, PO2 8AQ
- Tel: 023 9266 0222
2. Debt & Financial Wellbeing
Financial clarity is essential for successful mediation. These services provide free, impartial advice to help you manage debts or create a sustainable post-separation budget.
- Advice Portsmouth (The YOU Trust)
- Specialism: Free, independent advice on debt, welfare benefits, and housing.
- Address: 116 Kingston Crescent, North End, Portsmouth, PO2 8AL
- Tel: 023 9279 4340
- Citizens Advice Portsmouth
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- Specialism: Specialist money advice and general advocacy.
- Address: 2-3 Ark Royal House, Winston Churchill Avenue, Portsmouth, PO1 2GF
- Tel: 023 9400 6600
Frontline Debt Advice (Paulsgrove)
- Specialism: Free, confidential debt coaching and money management.
- Address: 1 Woofferton Road, Paulsgrove, Portsmouth, PO6 4DW
- Tel: 07956 701394
3. Counselling & Emotional Support
The emotional toll of conflict can be significant. These organizations offer therapy and peer support to help individuals and families process the changes they are facing.
- Talking Therapies Portsmouth (NHS)
- Specialism: Support for anxiety, depression, and stress-related issues.
- Tel: 0300 123 3934
All Saints Counselling Service
- Specialism: Affordable, high-quality counselling for individuals and couples.
- Address: All Saints Church, Commercial Road, Portsmouth, PO1 4BT
- Tel: 023 9247 9254
Portsmouth Mental Health Hub
- Specialism: Central gateway for local mental health support for anyone aged 16+.
- Tel: 0300 123 6621
4. Parenting & Family Hubs
For families with children, focusing on co-parenting is the priority. Portsmouth’s Family Hubs offer courses to help parents manage conflict and support their children’s needs.
Somerstown Family Hub
Buckland Family Hub
Paulsgrove Family Hub
Child contact Centres in Birmingham
Safe, neutral environments for children to spend time with parents they no longer live with.
The Roberts Centre Child Contact Service
- Specialism: NACCC-accredited “Family Time” for supported and supervised contact.
- Address: 84 Crasswell Street, Portsmouth, PO1 1HT
- Tel: 023 9229 6919
Domestic Abuse Support in Portsmouth
Mediation is only appropriate where all parties feel safe and empowered to speak. If you are experiencing abuse, these specialist services provide confidential advocacy and safety planning.
Stop Domestic Abuse (Portsmouth Service)
- Specialism: Dedicated support, advice, and refuge for victims in Portsmouth.
- Tel: 023 9206 5494
The EC Roberts Centre
- Specialism: Support for families experiencing breakdown or difficult circumstances.
- Address: 84 Crasswell Street, Landport, Portsmouth, PO1 1HT
- Tel: 023 9229 6919