Fearless is a site where young people can access non-judgemental information and advice about crime and criminality. What makes this site different is we also provide you with a safe place to give information to us about crime - 100% anonymously - you don't have to give any personal information.

Areas of Operation:
National

#livesb4knives is an anonymous support group aimed at those affected by knife crime or serious youth violence.

Areas of Operation:
Luton

Bedford Womens Centre is based in the Raleigh Centre which is in the Cauldwell ward of Bedford on Ampthill Road. Our aim is to support women in the community to improve the quality of life for them and their families. We offer one to one support and mentoring, weekly workshops and support groups for women to promote healthy relationships and eradicate Domestic Abuse. The centre is run by Family Groups Bedford, which is a registered charity who have provided services to the local community since 1982.

Areas of Operation:
Bedford

Pro-Bono family law clinic for clients living within or around Bedfordshire offering free initial advice for 30 minutes by telephone with family solicitor Gita Duggal. There will be advice on all family law matter including: Divorce and Separation, Financial matter arising out of Divorce/Separation, Child Matters, and Domestic Violence. Opening times: Wednesday 11am-3pm & Friday 12pm-3pm

Areas of Operation:
Bedford, Central Beds, Luton

Bedfordshire Victim Care Services (BVCS) supports those affected by crime in Bedfordshire, putting victims at the heart of everything we do. BVCS offers free and confidential support to anyone affected by crime, whether it has been reported to the police or not. This includes victims themselves, bereaved relatives, parents or guardians of victims under 18 and members of staff where a business has been the subject of a crime. Whether it is you, a partner, friend, relative or colleague who has been the subject of a crime, Bedfordshire Victim Care Services is the way for you to find the help that meets your specific needs.

Areas of Operation:
Bedford, Central Beds, Luton

Our relationships affect every aspect of our lives. To learn how to make yours work better, create a free account – share questions and stories with the community, try fun and helpful activities, or get private support from a Click listener.

Areas of Operation:
National

FACES has a range of innovative services designed in direct response to our service user 'families' emerging needs - to our knowledge we are one of a kind. FACES support services are free and confidential.

Areas of Operation:
Bedford

Families First Bedfordshire has a strong ethos and a long history of family support. Families have always come first and are at the heart of our organisation. Families first provide programmes of support for parents and families for a variety of issues, and one to one and group based therapy for children who have experienced domestic violence, substance misuse or mental health issues within their home.

Areas of Operation:
Bedford, Central Beds, Luton

Are you a father looking to have contact with your child(ren)? If so, Fatherhood’s aim is to offer you an opportunity to meet and talk about your needs as a father. You can meet with an experienced professional who can help you make practical decisions, with a focus on what’s best for your child(ren). We can help you reach agreement or mediate issues with your child’s other parent, share information about your child’s well-being (where appropriate), and help you keep in contact with your child. If you think our service could help you, please do not hesitate to contact us for further information. We also work in partnership with local agencies and other appropriate organisations.

Areas of Operation:
Luton

Flying Start seeks to provide the best outcomes for children and their families from pregnancy to their 5th birthday, as a foundation to a healthy future. Flying Start ensures that all young children in Luton have a Flying Start in life, by intervening early when help and support is needed.

Areas of Operation:
Luton

Welcome to Galop, the LGBT+ anti-violence charity. If you’ve experienced hate crime, sexual violence or domestic abuse, we’re here for you. We also support lesbian, gay, bi, trans and queer people who have had problems with the police or have questions about the criminal justice system.

Areas of Operation:
National

Home-Start Central Bedfordshire helps disadvantaged children including children with disabilities and families suffering from physical and mental ill health, bereavement and domestic abuse.

Areas of Operation:
Central Beds

LGBT Links Luton is here to offer advice, support & guidance to anyone from the LGBT community friends and family, throughout Luton and surrounding areas. We seek to promote living a healthy happy, active life and reduce isolation and stigma which can be experienced by people in the LGBT community.

Areas of Operation:
Luton

Love For The Family provides a free, confidential and impartial listening and advice service for women, men and families experiencing an unplanned pregnancy or crisis during their pregnancy. Our trained advisers will help you think through your options in a calm unbiased way. Love Baby Essentials loans clothing and equipment to women and families who find themselves facing financial hardship due to a pregnancy and for the first year of a child’s life. It also signposts to help and support.

Areas of Operation:
Luton

We offer specialist, tailor made and evidence based courses that incorporate mindfulness, meditation and reflection to support children and adults affected by domestic abuse. This includes victim's and their children, perpetrators, and youths who are at risk of perpetrating abusive behaviour.

Areas of Operation:
Bedford, Central Beds, Luton

The National Offenders’ Families Helpline can support you if a family member is in contact with the criminal justice system. We provide advice and information on all aspects from what happens on arrest, visiting a prison to preparing for release. We support families in England and Wales.

Areas of Operation:
National

Our mission is to strengthen relationships for couples, families, communities and workplaces using evidence based training and digital resources. Relationship skills can be learned at any time of life and we work with individuals, couples and families of all shapes and sizes – together, apart or otherwise.

Areas of Operation:
National

Breaking Barrier- It is estimated that up to 300,000 children in the UK are affected by having a parent or close family member in prison. This is more than the number affected by divorce. Ormiston Families Breaking Barriers is a non-judgemental, early intervention service providing support for children and young people aged 4.5-5 to 19 years old, affected by the imprisonment of a close family member. Through tailored one to one support Breaking Barriers will help children and young people to reduce any anxiety around prison, improve emotional wellbeing and feel happier, more confident and to believe they can make a difference. We work with children in schools, family homes, or wherever a young person feels safe.

Areas of Operation:
Bedford, Central Beds, Luton

The Prison Advice and Care Trust (Pact) is a national charity that provides support to prisoners, people with convictions, and their families. PACT runs the national Prisoners' Families helpline. The PACT website has a host of information and services that may assist families affected by a loved one being in prison.

Areas of Operation:
National

Path to Recovery is a specialist addictions service providing advice, treatment and support to people, age 18 and over, whose lives are affected by drug or alcohol use. We provide an integrated service with a range of expertise available in one place. P2R provide services across the whole of Bedfordshire with two main sites: Bedford and Dunstable. Both professional and self-referrals can be made via telephone or online. They also offer a friends and family support group via Teams on Tuesdays 5-6pm (please contact for the meeting link), and one to one support.

Areas of Operation:
Bedford, Central Beds

We are an organisation specifically founded to support parents, carers and guardians who are experiencing domestic abuse at the hands of their own children. We have four main aims: Supporting parents, training professionals – including police services, social care teams, charities and other frontline services, influencing regional and national policy and raising awareness.

Areas of Operation:
National

The Prison Reform Trust is an independent UK charity working to create a just, humane and effective penal system. Their website has a host of information about the prison system, both for prisoners and for their families, and is a useful resource.

Areas of Operation:
National

Prisoners Abroad not only help those that are imprisoned in other countries including their families, but also those who return to the UK having been released. The Resettlement Service provides a range of advice and support once people have been returned to the UK, helping with access to accommodation, access to benefits as well as many other things that you will need to consider when returning from a period abroad.

Areas of Operation:
National

We’re the UK's largest provider of relationship support, and last year we helped over two million people of all ages, backgrounds, sexual orientations and gender identities to strengthen their relationships. There are local services in Luton and across Bedfordshire, please visit the website to find local contact details.

Areas of Operation:
National

Respect provide advice and support for perpetrators of domestic violence, male victims of domestic violence and young people using violence and abuse in close relationships.

Areas of Operation:
National

Stronger Families is the Luton programme for the National Troubled Families initiative. Through a Family Partner, it is a gateway to a range of additional support tailored to the needs of the family. The aim of the programme is to help families achieve significant and sustained progress in overcoming their difficulties.

Areas of Operation:
Luton

Supporting Families is the Central Bedfordshire programme for the National Troubled Families initiative. Through a Family Partner, it is a gateway to a range of additional support tailored to the needs of the family. The aim of the programme is to help families achieve significant and sustained progress in overcoming their difficulties.

Areas of Operation:
Central Beds

The BRIDGE Project works with perpetrators of domestic abuse who demonstrate a willingness to change their behaviours. We aim to reduce and prevent abuse and increase victim and survivors’ safety. We challenge attitudes and behaviours of the perpetrators and encourage perpetrators to accept and allow responsibility for their own actions. We teach perpetrators to develop new skills enabling them to respond using non-abusive behaviours and actions towards their partners, and children.

Areas of Operation:
Bedford, Central Beds

The Outreach Perpetrator Programme is part of a wider portfolio provided by ‘The Change Project’, a counselling and DA prevention support service1. The service is based on the Safe and Together Model, a field-tested approach developed in the US (Mandel, 2013), which emphasises the importance of intervention in child welfare cases in which DA is a feature, and working to keep the non-offending parent and child together. The Safe and Together Model consists of a set of assumptions and principles and critical components for use in DA cases, that help to improve identification, assessment, documents, case-planning and decision-making.

Areas of Operation:
Bedford, Central Beds, Luton

The Contact Hub aims to prioritise the needs of the children and offer support to parents and families struggling to co-parent. We offer various different services including, supervised contact and supported contact at our centre as well as handover and family support services.

Areas of Operation:
Bedford, Central Beds, Luton

The Ebonista Project is based in Luton and offers emotional and practical support to women and children who have been subjected to domestic abuse. There is a strong focus on reaching women from the Black African and Caribbean community who may have experienced barriers accessing support due to systemic racism and a lack of cultural understanding in our society. The organisation is led by a team of Black women who have both lived and professional experience. They run a variety of group programmes to educate, raise awareness and empower women who have faced such trauma. The dedicated helpline is accessible Mon-Fri 10am-6pm.

Areas of Operation:
Bedford, Central Beds, Luton