Tidal Family Support

A charity providing a full range of contact services for separated island families, Their aim is to provide a safe venue for children to meet their parent/family member.

Tidal Family Support is a charity providing a full range of contact services for separated island families, they are the only ‘National Association Child Contact Centres (NACCC) Enhanced Accredited Contact Centre’ on the Isle of Wight.

Their aim is to provide a safe venue for children to meet their parent/family member with whom they do not live with, as well as family members they may have had little or no contact with due to family breakdown. Many of the families and children they support have multiple and complex needs and the impact on the children is that their needs haven’t been fully meet and can result in children presenting social anxiety, poor mental health and low self-esteem or taking on caring responsibilities.

When Families are in conflict or when it is not possible or safe for Parents to meet face to face it is necessary to provide contact services to allow children to maintain their relationship with their non-resident parent and or extended family members.

Wight Aid’s grant for therapeutic support sessions to children and young people will provide a safe and comfortable place to meet family members. 

Colton Clark, – Contact Supervisor with Tidal Support said:

Many of the families we support have multiple and complex needs, and many of the children have witnessed domestic abuse and or have a parent with a history of alcohol or drug misuse or poor mental health. This grant will make a real positive difference to a great many young people.

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