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Scottish Marriage Care - research, information and statistics on families and relationships

Scottish Marriage Care has a dedicated Research and Communication facility. We carry out primary and secondary research on families and relationships.

Scottish Marriage Care produces regular Factsheets and Briefings which can be viewed online.

Our current research projects include a study of the REACT Young Parents Project, in collaboration with CRFR.

For further information contact April Mitchinson, Research and Communications Manager, at the national office.

 Scottish Marriage Care - relationship counselling for couples and individuals. Research to support families
Fact Sheets Family, relationship and young people research
bullet - no function Factsheet 1. Organisational profile
bullet - no function Factsheet 2. REACT
bullet - no function Fact Sheet 3. Relationship counselling and SMC
bullet - no function Factsheet 4. The economic case for relationship counselling
bullet - no function Factsheet 5. The economic and social benefits of relationship counselling
bullet - no function Factsheet 6. Early intervention
bullet - no function Factsheet 7. The effect of family breakdown on health
bullet - no function Factsheet 8. The benefits of employing relationship counselling
bullet - no function Factsheet 9. The situation for our children
Briefings
bullet - no function 1. Counselling works for all ages and stages
bullet - no function 2. Relationship skills: The missing link
bullet - no function 3. Early intervention
bullet - no function 4. The one stop shop
bullet - no function 5. A relationship counselling pilot for couples seriously considering divorce
bullet - no function 6. Understanding our service users
bullet - no function 7. Policy briefing
bullet - no function 8. REACT
bullet - no function 9. REACT young parents one year evaluation
bullet - no function 10. REACT one year on
bullet - no function 11. Unicef report raises concern for Britain's children
SMC Statistics
SMC helps individuals, couples, children and families improve their quality of live though our expert relationship services. Some interesting facts about relationships and SMC are:
  • It has been estimated divorce costs the British economy between £15 and £20 billion every year.
  • There were 10,940 divorces and 30,881marriages in Scotland in 2005.
  • Approximately 80% of our clients stay together after seeking our help.
  • 86% of SMC clients rated our service 8 out of 10 or better.
  • Almost 100% of SMC clients said they would recommend our services to friends and family.
  • People with severe mental health problems are three times more likely to be separated or divorced as those who haven't experienced mental health problems. 
Research Conferences

To be updated.

Email: Info@ScottishMarriageCare.org
 
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