Woolley & Co Solicitors – Stoke on Trent

Contact: Catherine Edmonson

Address: PO Box 3587, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire, ST4 9LT

Phone: 01782 367294

Free interview? Yes

Services: Divorce; Separation agreements; Financial settlements; Prenuptial agreements, Expat divorce; Child arrangements orders.

Are you accredited by the Law Society in Family Law? Yes

Are you accredited by the Law Society in Child Law? No

Are you a Member of Resolution? Yes

Woolley & Co, Solicitors is a specialist family law firm with lawyers throughout England and Wales. The firm is recognised as a Leading Firm by Legal 500 and out website contains testimonials from many satisfied clients.

All our lawyers are Resolution Members, they are very experienced, and all regularly advise grandparents on issues around contact with their grandchildren.

Our lawyers are friendly and approachable and offer pragmatic, child focused advice.

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Kinship care in the news

Kinship care needs to be moved up the agenda and one of the ways we're doing that is by hitting the headlines. Here's a summary of our recent coverage
Additional investment to the Adoption Support Fund - our response

We welcome the additional investment to the Adoption Support Fund. For the kinship carers with Special Guardianship Orders eligible to apply for the Adoption Support Fund, this is often the only way they can fund therapeutic support for the children in their care.
Why kinship care needs to be recognised in law

As austerity begins to loosen its grip and money starts to trickle back into the system, it’s worth looking at how pioneering local authorities have been working with us to support kinship carers, and why kinship care needs to be recognised in law.

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Our Advice Service helps kinship carers in crisis to make difficult decisions that will affect them, and the children in their care for the rest of their lives. Our team of three experienced, advisers help 2,000 kinship carers a year with their questions on benefits, employment, housing, education, grant applications - and often a shoulder to cry on too. The demand is rapidly increasing and we want to be able to answer more calls, more quickly. Your donation will help us do this Read more

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