Author: Eliza

Anyone can experience loneliness. Whether alone or when in company, we each have different reasons for feeling lonely. However, if chronic or long-term loneliness is left unresolved it can begin to impact on our mental health.

Divorce or separation means letting go of some areas of your life that are no longer right for you and brings inevitable change. This can cause a blend of feelings including loneliness.

What causes loneliness after divorce?

Reasons for feeling lonely differ widely from person to person. However there are some common factors often brought about by divorce or separation:

• Separation from your children – the end of a relationship often means separation not only from your ex-partner, but from your children while they spend time with their other parent. In a relatively short space of time, you can go from living all together and seeing each other daily, to spending longer than you’re

While financial tensions and pressures are a common factor in cases of domestic abuse, the increased pressure caused by the UK’s current cost-of-living crisis is having a considerable impact on people in abusive relationships.

Just last month it was reported that the cost-of-living crisis had already led to ‘unprecedented levels’ of women reporting domestic abuse. While Women’s Aid recently proposed an Emergency Domestic Abuse Fund to support survivors and shield them from the worst of the cost-of-living crisis.

The connection between financial strain and abuse

Financial hardship is known to increase the risk of physical, emotional, and financial abuse, but simultaneously also means many domestic abuse survivors believe that they can’t afford to leave the financial security of their abusive partner. With consecutive rises in the cost-of-living and further rises predicted, future affordability is also uncertain. The combined effect is that those experiencing domestic abuse are effectively trapped in their

The past few years have been difficult for us all. We are still experiencing the rippling effect of Brexit, the pandemic, the wider impact of the Russia-Ukraine War, and the cost-of-living crisis.

With a series of unpredictable events, it can be easy for uncertainty to rise and for you to worry about things that are out of our control. However, now’s the time to try focussing on what you can control – like planning ahead and preparing yourself a little better for whatever lies ahead by building an emergency fund. Geraint Davies (Independent Financial Adviser) from The Money Partnership shares more.

What is an emergency fund?

An emergency fund is a separate savings pot that you can access to cover unexpected expenses. Job loss, illness, and surprise bills are a few reasons why having a contingency fund of at least three months of living expenses is recommended. To avoid temptation,

With less than two months until Christmas, now’s the time to agree how your children will spend time with their other parent during the holidays.

Christmas can be a time of tension for separated parents as they plan the festivities and plan where and how they’ll each see the children. 

So, we asked our Regional Director for Yorkshire, Rachel Roberts, to share her advice for parents on taking the strain out of making child arrangements for Christmas. 

Child arrangements and Christmas

As we approach December, we see a flurry of clients getting in touch for help to try and resolve arrangements for the festive season. 

Before I turn to my tips on how best to manage arrangements, there are a couple of key points from the Government and family law sector that are certainly at the forefront of my mind when advising clients.

Last year, a leading family