Mentoring
One-to-one Mentoring
One-to-one Mentoring is our core service where separated parents are assigned a Mentor to work with them on an ongoing basis to help them understand their options and to navigate those options towards achieving the best possible outcomes for their children. Find out more.
Helpline
DU operates a free helpline, Monday to Friday from 9.00 am to 4.30 pm. Call 01233 680150.
Co-parenting Programme
The Co-Parenting Programme is an early-intervention programme which seeks to reduce parental conflict by teaching the appropriate communication behaviours and skills to achieve a positive co-parenting environment with a focus on the children, how to ensure that the needs of the child are being met, and how each parent must recognise their responsibility for this. Find out more.
The 5 Steps to Co-parenting Success! Workshop is a 3-hour live session working with groups of 8 separated parents to help them understand how best to avoid conflict through the creation of a Co-parenting Framework based on DU’s experience of working on over 900 cases. Find out more.
Male-Victim Domestic Abuse Support
DAVE is a Domestic Abuse Victim Empowerment service providing confidential advice, impartial support, and advocacy for male victims of domestic abuse in England and Wales.
The Male Victim Domestic Abuse Service for England and Wales is a bespoke support service for male victims of domestic abuse and domestic violence including psychological, physical, sexual, financial, emotional abuse, and also coercive and controlling behaviour.
DAVE supports all men; with or without children. Find out more.
Mental Health Support
Mental Health Support
When you go through a family separation or relationship breakdown – it can be a very stressful and difficult time. Dads Unlimited provides Mental Health support through a team of counsellors who work on a one-to-one basis with clients and also provide therapeutic support for our support groups. Find out more.
Counselling
We have a team of counsellors who provide low-cost counselling to registered clients with Dads Unlimited. Find out more.
Mental Health Workshops
Still to come! DU will be running group workshops around reducing anxiety, PTSD, isolation, trauma, and behaviour.
Court Support
Family Court Support
If you are a Litigant in Person (this means that you don’t have a Solicitor working for you), then our Court Support team can help you to identify what court paperwork is required and then to help you format and submit the paperwork in the correct manner. Find out more.
Barrister Representation Service
DU helps clients to prepare for hearings and to prepare court paperwork; instructs barristers; and acts as the contact between clients and the court; ensures that clients submit the correct paperwork on time; helps them with scanning, printing, and submissions by email; and checks that they have paid any necessary court fees. Find out more.
Community Activities
Combined with our drive to get Dads to start to open up, talk about their problems, deal with their Mental Health issues, and combat their loneliness; at Dads Unlimited, we want to build a community of Dads who can be there for each other.
Support Group Meetings
We currently hold Monthly Support Group Meetings, where we also have our own dedicated Counsellor to encourage positive peer support from within our group of Dads. Find out more.
Community Events
We run a range of community events for separated Dads on their own and also events for separated Dads and their children. Find out more.