I would try Relate https://www.relate.org.uk/what-we-do/counselling/relationship-counselling first. If they are unable to make contact and help, you probably need a solicitor yourself. Make sure they are on the Children Panel. Look at https://solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk/?Pro=True and select childre...

Hi. So sorry to hear your news. You don't say if the child is with you or your partner. However you have joint PR of you are both Special Guardians. However, the least painful way out of the situation for you all is by negotiation. Going back to court ought to be a last resort. Try Relate first and ...

Hi C****. If you have not already done so. start a formal complaint. The details of where to send it should be on the local authority website. In that complaint you can ask for copies of the appropriate minutes, but basically you want the them to stand by what they said. There is a lot of help with ...

Sorry I meant to add. Do start keeping a detailed diary of everything that happens or is said. If you can go back and write up the events thus far with dates and names, it will come in really helpful. Two months down the you will forget who said what and when and writing it down daily will make a hu...

Hi Weeg and welcome. I can't help too much with your specific questions, but it helps us all if you keep the queries in a single thread. Posting broadly the same question twice in short succession, will only split up the story as it develops but will not get you a full answer any quicker I am afraid...

Hi.

All known support groups can be found at https://frg.org.uk/get-help-and-advice/ ... ort-group/.

Hopefully there is one that you can reasonably get to.

Best wishes ..... Robin

Hi Kestrel. I regret that this forum is for those looking after the children, not for the parents. There is a separate forum for them at https://www.frg.org.uk/ParentsForum/index.php . If you could repost your query there, someone will be along to advise you. Hopefully you can get something sorted o...

Hi. There will be others here who will completely understand your views on social workers and the system in general, but you might find it easier and more productive to concentrate on your second point at this time. The way I have written statements, even when we have been legally represented, was t...

Good News ... Well done.