Children and young people - parental custody

National Association of Child Contact Centres (NACCC) is the national charity promoting safe child contact within a national framework of 390 Child Contact Services, offering safe, friendly and neutral places where children of separated families can spend time with one or both parents and sometimes other family members.

Supported Child Contact Centres

Most centres offer supported contact at a neutral venue where contact can take place.   Centres can also normally facilitate a handover if the parents do not want to meet; if this is required it would need to be specified that the parents were not to meet on the referral form.  Supported centres cannot work with families if there are high levels of risk involving domestic violence, safeguarding children, drug or alcohol abuse and mental illness.

Supervised Child Contact Services

Where there is identified risk of harm a supervised centre has to be used as they offer one-to-one supervision.  Reports for court can be produced if required. 

Contact centre details nearest to Westminster:

NACCC Child Contact Service: 

St Vincent’s Family Project

Type of contact offered:

Supported & Supervised contact

Open days and times:

Monday 10am to 4pm, Tuesday 10am to 2pm & Saturday 10am to 4pm.

Contact number: Co-ordinator:

020 7654 5353

Any charge:

Details available on request

If accept self-referrals (as last resort only if no-one available to refer): Yes