Child Contact Services
that work better for children
Providing safe spaces where children can meet the parents they don’t live with.
Child Contact Services
that work better for children
Providing safe spaces where children can meet
the parents they don’t live with.
Avenue Child Contact Centre
Avenue Child Contact Centre
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Parenting shouldn’t end
when relationships do.
More than a million children have no contact whatsoever with one of their parents after separation. Unfortunately, some children experience behavioural issues including antisocial behaviour, distress, unhappiness, and both physical and emotional problems.
NACCC is the only charity in the UK dedicated to solving this problem by providing safe spaces where children can meet the parents they don’t live with. We oversee around 350 contact centres across the UK, run by a network of nearly 4,000 volunteers.
The Avenue Child Contact Centre, which is located in Westcliff-on-sea, Essex, is a place for children to meet with parents with whom they no longer live after relationship breakdown. We welcome referrals made through a solicitor, CAFCASS officer, family mediator or social worker. And we also accept self-referrals using the National Association of Child Contact Centres (NACCC) online Self-Referral System.
Feedback from some of our families
‘Thank you all for your genuine care and time. It means a lot in so many ways.’
‘Many, many thanks for all the time and effort you volunteers put into keeping the Contact Centre going. Your efforts are appreciated.’
‘We wanted to thank all the volunteers who make it possible for the Contact Centre to exist. For my son, it was a lifeline to his own son – both of whom love each other very much.’
What is the self
referral process?
Find out how to set up contact for
your child >
Help us to raise
funds?
Find out how you can help to
support our centre >
Interested in
volunteering?
Find out how you can help
run the centre >
Latest News from Avenue Child Contact Centre
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We are open
Coronavirus Statement wef:1st July 2021 We are fully open and happy to be welcoming you all back to the Contact Centre. In order to be Covid-19 safe we will be limiting the number of families at each session. We are still taking referrals and accepting phone calls....
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CAFCASS About CAFCASS CAFCASS (The Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service) was set up on 1st April 2001 under the provisions of the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act which brought together the family court services previously provided by the...
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