Supporting Your Journey: Complementary Services in Reading
Mediation is a powerful tool for resolving conflict, but navigating major life changes often requires a team of specialists. Whether you need independent legal advice to formalize a settlement, financial guidance to secure your future, or emotional support for your children, Reading offers an extensive network of professional services.
Below is a curated list of local services designed to complement your mediation journey.
AMITY MEDIATION SERVICES – READING – TEL: 0330 133 4255
Address: 252 Northumberland Ave, Reading RG2 7QA
Independent Legal Advice
While mediators are neutral facilitators, we strongly recommend having a solicitor “in the background” to provide personal legal advice and ensure your mediated agreements (Memorandum of Understanding) are turned into legally binding Court Orders.
Charsley Harrison LLP
- Specialism: Accredited family law, divorce, and financial settlement specialists.
- Address: Reading office (Enquire via phone for central Reading appointments)
- Tel: 01753 851 591
Blandy & Blandy Solicitors
- Specialism: Award-winning family law team specializing in divorce and child law.
- Address: 1 Friar Street, Reading, RG1 1DA
- Tel: 0118 951 6800
Barrett & Co Solicitors
Specialism: Fixed-fee initial consultations for family and matrimonial matters.
Address: 8 Queens Road, Reading, RG1 4AY
2. Debt & Financial Wellbeing
Financial clarity is the cornerstone of successful mediation. These services provide free, impartial advice to help you manage debts or create a sustainable post-separation budget.
- Citizens Advice Reading
- Specialism: Comprehensive debt, benefit, and housing advice.
- Address: Minster Quarter, Reading, RG1 7QD
- Tel: 0808 278 7819
- Frontline Debt Advice (Reading)
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- Specialism: Free, confidential debt counselling and money management.
- Address: c/o 2a Eldon Road, Reading, RG1 4DL
- Tel: 0118 956 9300
Reading CAP Debt Centre
- Specialism: Home-visit debt coaching for those struggling with unmanageable debt.
- Tel: 0800 328 0006
3. Counselling & Emotional Support
Managing the emotional impact of separation is essential for productive mediation. Reading has several centers offering therapy for individuals, couples, and young people.
- Relate Berkshire
- Specialism: Relationship, family, and children’s counselling.
- Address: 7 Cheapside, Reading, RG1 7AG
- Tel: 0118 987 6161
No5 Young People
- Specialism: Free, confidential counselling for those aged 11–25.
- Address: 101 Oxford Road, Reading, RG1 7UD
- Tel: 0118 901 5668
Talking Therapies (NHS Berkshire)
- Specialism: Support for anxiety, depression, and stress-related issues.
- Tel: 0300 365 2000
4. Parenting & Family Hubs
For families with children, focusing on co-parenting is the priority. Reading’s Family Hubs offer localized parenting courses and resources to help you support your children through change.
Reading Family Information Service
West Reading Family Hub
South Reading Family Hub
Child contact Centres in Reading
Safe, neutral spaces for children to spend time with parents they no longer live with.
St John & St Stephen’s Child Contact Centre
Voice of the Child
Domestic Abuse Support in Reading
Mediation is only appropriate where all parties feel safe and empowered to speak. If you are experiencing abuse, these services provide confidential advocacy and safety planning.
Berkshire Women’s Aid (BWA)
- Specialism: 24/7 helpline, refuge, and outreach support.
- 24/7 Helpline Tel: 0808 801 0882
- Office Tel: 0118 950 4003
Trust House Reading
- Specialism: Support for survivors of sexual violence and abuse.
- Address: Reading (Address confidential)
- Tel: 0118 958 4033
Victims First
- Specialism: Support for all victims of crime, including domestic abuse.
- Tel: 0300 1234 148