A Bromsgrove family-support specialist has won a national award recognising innovation in family justice.
Claire Field, founder and managing director of The Parenting Apart Programme, received the Resolution Innovation Award 2026 at a ceremony at Church House in Westminster on Thursday, 24 September.
The award was independently confirmed in Resolution's official list of 2026 winners. Resolution represents family justice professionals and said its awards recognise people and organisations making a positive contribution to separating couples, their families and the wider profession.
Support for separated parents
The Parenting Apart Programme is based in Bromsgrove and works with separated parents who are experiencing conflict or finding it difficult to communicate about their children.
The organisation says its structured individual and joint work is intended to help parents understand the effect conflict can have on children, develop more constructive communication and establish practical arrangements following separation.
Ms Field said: "I am absolutely thrilled to receive this award."
She added: "For me, this is fundamentally about children. When parents separate, their relationship as a couple may end, but their relationship as parents continues. That can be incredibly difficult, particularly where communication has broken down or conflict remains high.
"The Parenting Apart Programme was developed to help parents navigate that part of separation and to keep their children's needs at the centre.
"To have this work recognised nationally by Resolution is a very special moment, and I hope it helps us reach many more families."
Plans to build new partnerships
The programme works with families and professionals both in person and remotely. It is designed to complement support provided by family-law professionals, social workers, Family Hubs, Early Help services and other organisations working with children and separated parents.
The organisation also says the programme is undergoing independent evaluation with the Anna Freud Centre as it develops its evidence base.
Following the award, Ms Field hopes to build further partnerships across Worcestershire, the West Midlands and nationally.
She said: "There is a huge opportunity to improve the support available to families after separation.
"We have spent years developing the programme, working with families and professionals and building the evidence and practice behind it.
"This award gives us an opportunity to start a much bigger conversation about what support parents need after separation and, most importantly, what children need from the adults around them."
Resolution said more than 250 family justice professionals attended the sold-out ceremony. The winners were selected by an expert judging panel following a record number of nominations.