Feb 6, 2026
In this episode, Nathanael Harding of Westgate Chambers is joined by Yasmin Khan-Gunns (Family Lawyer at Keystone Law) and Marcie Shaoul (Marcie Shaoul, author of The Co-Parenting Method and Director of The Co-Parent Way) to discuss the Separated Parenting Programme Directory (SPPD).
SPPD is a newly launched (December 2025) UK Charity that provides parents and family professionals with a single, national directory of quality-assured separated parenting programmes. Our purpose is to support separating and separated parents by improving access to trusted parenting programmes that meet our specific quality standards - and, in doing so, to assist family lawyers, mediators, the court, Cafcass and other family related professionals who regularly signpost clients to such support.
SPPD exists in response to a long-standing gap faced by family practitioners: the absence of a central, trusted source identifying which parenting programmes are available, what they offer, how much they cost and whether they meet certain standards. Family lawyers, Barristers and Mediators are encouraged - by the court, Cafcass, and the Family Procedure Rules - to promote early intervention and conflict-reduction support for parents, yet there has historically been no consistent framework for identifying suitable parenting programmes.
SPPD’s website and further information can be found here - https://separatedparentingprogrammedirectory.org/
They can be followed on Instagram here: @sppd.uk.
This episode of the Family Law Week Podcast is produced by Stuart Taylor-Jones.