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Lakes Mediation. We mediate around child access in the North West. We help couples work out arrangements around divorce and separation.
Call our team on 01539 644 002
The Mediation Information and Assessment Meeting (or a MIAM as it is known) is the mandatory first step for families who are considering making an application to the Family Court regarding children or financial matters.
Lakes Mediation, as an accredited provider, conducts this crucial meeting to determine the best path forward for your family. If you are looking to submit a court order in most cases you will need to attend a MIAM to evidence that you considered the process before they will progress your application.
The Mediation Information and Assessment Meeting (MIAM) is the mandatory first step for families who are considering making an application to the Family Court regarding children or financial matters.
Lakes Mediation, as an accredited provider, conducts this crucial meeting to determine the best path forward for your family. The MIAM is a confidential, individual meeting between you and an accredited mediator. It is typically a one-hour session held either in person at a convenient location in the Bolton area or, more commonly, online via video link (Zoom/Teams), offering flexibility and convenience. A MIAM doesn’t mean you will necessarily enter into mediation but it gives both you and the mediator a chance to discuss your situation and to find out if it will be the right process for your issues.
Family disputes in Manchester often involve child arrangements, financial disagreements, and communication breakdowns after separation or divorce. Busy lifestyles, high population density, and cultural diversity can make communication between co-parents challenging.
Lakes Mediation offers a safe, neutral environment where parents can work together to:
Create parenting plans tailored to children’s needs
Resolve financial disputes, including assets, savings, and pensions
Improve communication and reduce ongoing conflict
Maintain healthy relationships for the benefit of children
Local knowledge is key. We work with families across Manchester districts, including Hulme, Didsbury, Moss Side, Cheetham Hill, Salford Quays, and Rusholme.
Lakes Mediation offers accessible mediaton funding for families facing financial hardship.
Eligibility: Eligibility for Legal Aid is means-tested, based on your income and reciept of benefits. Our team will take you through a simple assessment to let you know what you qualify for
Financial Support for Mediation: If you qualify, your initial assessment and the mediation meetings will be funded by Legal Aid. In addition the Family Mediation Voucher Scheme is currently available and can provide up to £500 of joint mediation sessions funded.
Bolton is a powerful historic centre of Greater Manchester, known as one of the world’s most prolific centres for cotton spinning during the Industrial Revolution, where local inventor Samuel Crompton perfected the spinning mule at Hall i’ th’ Wood. This industrial heritage, which also includes the historic textile centres of Horwich and Westhoughton, is preserved in the town’s impressive Victorian civic architecture, most notably the grand Bolton Town Hall.
Bolton acts as a gateway to the spectacular West Pennine Moors, offering vast open space at nearby Jumbles Country Park and scenic views from Winter Hill above Blackrod. It contrasts this natural beauty with the urban culture of the renowned Octagon Theatre and the sporting fame of Bolton Wanderers FC at the Toughsheet Community Stadium.
We offer mediation hubs around the North West. Family Mediation, Legal Aid Mediation.
Strictly by Appointment Only. Location is not staffed.
Mediation and urgent MIAM appointments can be arranged online
Our Bolton Hub – Find us at
1A Parklands, Lostock, Bolton BL6 4SD
Call our team to book your mediation on 01539 644 002.
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