Government launches new family mediation voucher scheme

The government has just announced a new campaign designed to promote family mediation in England and Wales. The campaign takes the form of a family mediation voucher scheme aimed specifically at mediation of child arrangements cases. Each voucher will be worth £500 and there will be a total of 2,000 vouchers available. Importantly, the vouchers can’t be used for information and assessment meetings; they must be used for actual mediation.

Eligibility for the mediation voucher scheme is focused on cases where there is a private law dispute/application regarding a child, for example an application for a child arrangements order or for a specific issues order, whether or not there is an associated financial remedy dispute.
The scheme is being administered by the FMC, who will make the payments to mediation providers on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.

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