Relationships

+ Websites

Relate

Divorce and Separation Advice

Ester Perel

One Love
On a mission to change that. We educate young people about healthy and unhealthy relationships

The Shared Parenting Information Group

One Plus One
A charity whose aim is to enhance understanding of how family relationships contribute to the well being of adults and children. See also The Parent Connection and The Couple Connection.

Only Dads
Advice and support for single dads

Only Mums
Advice and support for mums going through separation and divorce

The Parent Connection
Supports parents through separation and co parenting difficulties. It can also be used by parents who are just worried about their relationship.

A Guide for Gay Dads (attach PDF)

RU Coming Out?
Real life coming out stories.

LGBT Switchboard
Switchboard is an LGBT+ helpline – a place for calm words when you need them most. They’re here to help you with whatever you want to talk about. Nothing is off limits and conversations are 100% confidential. Call 0300 330 0630 (10am-10pm daily).

FFLAG
Supports friends and family members of LGBT people.

+ Books

In the Meantime: Finding Yourself and the Love You Want by Iyanla Vanzant

Living Through the Meantime: Learning to Break the Patterns of the Past and Begin the Healing Process By Iyanla Vanzant

Tender The Imperfect Art of Caring

Almost Everything Notes On Hope

The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
A quick and absorbing read on the importance of love that may make you cry but will leave you uplifted for sure.

Between Two Kingdoms - Suleika Jaquad

Eat, Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

Building Love Together in Blended Families: The 5 Love Languages and Becoming Stepfamily by Gary Chapman

The Stepfamily Handbook: From Dating, to Getting Serious, to forming a "Blended Family" by Karen Bonnell

Surviving and Thriving in Stepfamily Relationships: What Works and What Doesn't, by Patricia L. Papernow

Coming Out Stories: Personal Experiences of Coming Out from Across the LGBTQ+ Spectrum by Emma Goswell and Sam Walker

Becoming a Man: The Story of a Transition by P. Carl

Trans Power: Own Your Gender Paperback by Juno Roche

Non-Binary Lives: An Anthology of Intersecting Identities by Twist, Vincent, Barker, Gupta

All Adults Here - Emma Straub

+ Podcasts

The Divorce Spesh Katherine Ryan's Telling Everybody Everything about DIVORCE

The Divorce Club with Samantha Baines
Jo, our very own Socials Manager, recorded an episode with Samantha this month, so watch out for her very candid account of heartbreak coming soon.

Where should we begin with Ester Perel

Just Break Up

Unqualified by Anna Faris

Modern Love

The Divorce Club with Samantha Baines
Jo, our very own Socials Manager, recorded an episode with Samantha this month, so watch out for her very candid account of heartbreak coming soon.

Where should we begin with Ester Perel

Just Break Up

Unqualified by Anna Faris

Modern Love