Monday 26 January 1pm – 2pm
For the Public
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A Q&A with ‘This Morning’ Agony Aunt Deidre Sanders about family separation and mediation, chaired by FMC Accredited (FMCA) Mediator Anna Vollans.
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Deidre Sanders is resident agony aunt on ITV’s This Morning programme and edited the daily Dear Deidre problem-page in The Sun from 1980 – 2020. Deidre trained in counselling and, with the help of her team, answered every reader’s problem personally – more than six million over the years via post, online and telephone helplines. She was awarded an MBE in 2023 for services to charity and the nation’s mental health. She is president of the Family Lives charity, ambassador for Adfam and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. She helped found the Kids in the Middle coalition of 30 charities and 25 agony aunts campaigning for children affected by their parents’ poor relationship or relationship breakdown. |
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Anna is an Accredited Family Mediator and Chair of the Family Mediators Association Board. A former family solicitor, she also has experience in SEN mediation and is currently working with a number of primary and secondary schools to develop peer mediation schemes. Anna is experienced at working with young people and is committed to family mediation as an early intervention that can ease conflict and improve outcomes for children and young people during times of change. |
