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Media News re Divorce Aid

There is so much happening in the Media with Divorce Aid in 2008 so far. Christina and Jill Curtis were invited by the Director BBC Children Television to a pre screening drinks party re CBBC Newsround and Christina was also invited as a guest of Relate to their secind annual lecture by David Cameron.

Our work with Which? continues and they have published a flyer with the help of Divorce Aid's Liz Tait, partner with Irwin Mitchell Solicitors. Their new book on divorce is also doing well and we are signposted.

Our Dr Bradley is busy with a new TV series and Jeremy Ferguson has a new show on Sky Legal TV on mediation in addition to his regular divorce shows and daily advice to Divorce Aid.

David Hodson is about to publish his new book for lawyers on International Family Law and Christina looks forward to the launch in July.

Liz Tait was interviewed for research into financial inclusion by The Jospeh Rowntree Foundation and the report will be published in July 2008.

In May, CAFCASS published new family leaflets and we are delighted to be highlighted as a source of advice and information.

Many of our solicitors around the UK and abroad regularly step in to assist Divorce Aid's enquirers and these solicitors are regualr contributors to the national press and our News and Views section.

We are assisting with various television projects and have been interviewed by Orange and the teenage magazine, Sugar and also Bliss. Christina will be replying to men's letters in Men's Health magazine having done some work at Christmas for their website. The Express photographer has just left as we shall be in a feature in the Sunday Express magazine.

And excellent news - we are in the new edition of the
Which? Guide to Divorce.

A web video on helping a friend through divorce is also ready and is raising a smile from lawyers. Watch Divorce Aid's video with Videojug. A very busy time. It has also been pointed out that our link appears below a nude photo of a model on Radio 1's Newsround site and we are assisting various health projects including the Great Ormond Street Hospital.

We have been signposted once again from the BBC News website in relation to research into debt and divorce. We have recently been speaking to BBC Radio 4's PM programme and Law in action, BBC, Woman's Hour and Channel 4/BBC producers.

Channel 4, BBC2 and local radio are appealing for case studies. For full details, please see our new Media section.



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