Restored Lives Summer 2024

Accelerate your recovery, find divorce support near you

What is the Restored Lives course?

Relationship breakdown can be the hardest experience of a person’s life. No one should have to face it on their own. This eight-session course welcomes you into a small group of people who are also facing separation or divorce. Together we explore all the challenges commonly faced when a relationship breaks down, from the emotional struggles to the practical issues including legal and financial matters.

We have consolidated expertise from professional counsellors, family law solicitors, mediators, and parenting specialists to create a course that is stuffed with practical tips that will help you navigate your separation or divorce and reduce the harm of the process as much as possible.

The course has been running for over 25 years and has helped thousands of people come to terms with the breakdown of their relationships. Ordinarily, the course runs in-person in 40 locations across the UK. Where possible you will be allocated to a group with others from your local area. By joining one of our courses we hope you will become part of a local informal network of course participants where you can feel supported.

When is the course

The course runs on Monday evenings via Zoom. The specific dates for this term are:

• Monday, 6 May 7 pm – 9:30 pm
• Monday, 13 May 7 pm – 9:30 pm
• Monday, 20 May 7 pm – 9:30 pm
• Monday, 3 Jun 7 pm – 9:30 pm
• Monday, 10 Jun 7 pm – 9:30 pm
• Monday, 17 Jun 7 pm – 9:30 pm
• Monday, 24 Jun – 7 pm - 9.30 pm
• Monday, 1 Jul - 7 pm - 9.30 pm

Who is it for?

Restored Lives is for anyone who is going through or has been through the breakdown of a significant relationship. This includes civil partnerships and cohabiting couples, recent breakups as well as those that ended years ago.

What to expect

Meet others

Each evening starts at 7 pm with time to connect with the other guests and the leaders and helpers who usually have first-hand experience of going through separation or divorce.

Listen to talks

Each session includes a talk which is either delivered in person or as a video link that explores different topics including:

• Facing what’s happened
• Communication and conflict resolution
• Letting go
• Managing the effect on other relationships, including children
• Legal matters
• Being single and moving on

Discuss in small groups

In small groups of six to eight people, there will be an opportunity to discuss the talk. You can share as much or as little as you like about how your personal situation relates to the topic. Restored Lives is a non-judgemental safe space where you can speak to others who have or are facing similar situations.

Hear personal stories

We end each evening with a personal story of recovery. You’ll hear from past participants of the course explaining what happened to them and the key things they did to overcome their challenges so they could live a fully restored life.

To find out more about Restored Lives visit www.restoredlives.org

Bursaries are available

The course costs £50 - which covers all eight sessions and includes a workbook and book (which will be posted to you) plus access to divorce experts and professionals. However, we never want cost to be a barrier to people attending the course. Bursaries are available, please contact us by emailing info@restoredlives.org if affordability at this time is an issue for you.