St. Andrew's with Castle Gate United Reformed Church
The Nottingham Child Contact Centre
The Nottingham Child Contact Centre (formerly known as the Access Centre) at St Andrew's with
Castle Gate, provides a neutral meeting ground where children from broken homes can meet
and spend time with the parent they do not live with. This was the original concept of
Mary Lower, who conceived the idea whilst serving as a magistrate.
She realised there was a need for some space in which the non-custodial parent could
have access to their child, which was not associated with either parent or with officialdom.
Lord Mayor visits our Child Contact Centre
Following the success of the idea in Nottingham, a group called the National Association
of Child Contact Centres (NACCC) has formed nationwide.
To begin with, NACCC had their national office in one of the rooms on the lower ground floor
of our halls but, with the growth of the organisation, they eventually moved to larger
premises elsewhere.
The number of member centres
throughout the country has now risen above 300. An annual conference has been held at
the church, but has now grown so large that it is being held at the Clifton site of the
Nottingham Trent University.
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