My name is Julia Love, and I am the founder of
Alliance Family Mediation.
My name is Julia Love, and I am the founder of Alliance Family Mediation.
My passion for family mediation began when years later I discovered family mediation and realised how it can help people navigate separation and divorce without the need to go to court. It was a real turning point – understanding that there is a more constructive way forward, one that supports better communication and helps individuals and couples reach agreement on important matters.
That understanding and passion have led me into this work. I wanted to help others move through separation in a calmer, more respectful way – reducing conflict and creating space for clearer, more considered decisions about the future.
Julia is also a qualified Professional Practice Consultant (PPC), meaning she supports and supervises other family mediators in their professional practice, in accordance with the standards set by the Family Mediation Council (FMC).
Julia brings a calm, methodical and structured approach to family mediation, creating a space where matters can be explored in a clear and constructive way. She works collaboratively with individuals and couples to move through separation with greater clarity – reducing conflict and supporting practical, solution-focused outcomes.
She understands how challenging and emotionally complex separation can be, and this informs the way she works – ensuring every client feels heard, respected and supported throughout the process.
Julia is empathetic, approachable, and highly professional. She is dedicated to helping individuals and families navigate challenging situations with understanding and care, creating a calm and supportive environment where constructive conversations can take place and practical solutions can be reached together.
Emma has extensive experience mediating a wide range of issues, including child arrangements, property, and financial matters following separation or divorce. Her background as a non-practising solicitor allows her to support clients with clarity and sensitivity, drawing on her legal knowledge without becoming legalistic.
Emma is a qualified family mediator and former solicitor with extensive experience in family law. She also holds a Master’s degree (LLM) in Child Law, giving her a strong understanding of the legal and emotional complexities that can arise in matters involving children.
After taking a career break to raise her two daughters, Emma chose to retrain as a mediator, recognising that mediation offers families a more constructive and forward-focused alternative to the traditional court process.
Clients often describe Emma as warm, approachable and highly professional. She is passionate about helping individuals and families find practical ways forward, creating a calm and supportive space where conversations can take place safely and solutions can be reached.
Accredited Family Mediator (FMCA) | Child Inclusive Mediator (CIM) |Family Mediation Council | College of Mediators | National Family Mediation
Emma has extensive experience mediating a wide range of issues, including child arrangements, property, and financial matters following separation or divorce. Her background as a non-practising solicitor allows her to support clients with clarity and sensitivity, drawing on her legal knowledge without becoming legalistic.
Emma is a qualified family mediator and former solicitor with extensive experience in family law. She also holds a Master’s degree (LLM) in Child Law, giving her a strong understanding of the legal and emotional complexities that can arise in matters involving children.
After taking a career break to raise her two daughters, Emma chose to retrain as a mediator, recognising that mediation offers families a more constructive and forward-focused alternative to the traditional court process.
Office Manager
Before joining the mediation practice as Office Manager, Pam built a strong foundation within the legal sector. She brings that experience with quiet confidence, combining professional rigour with a sincere commitment to supporting families during what can often be one of the most challenging times in their lives. Her background informs the structured, discreet, and conscientious approach she applies to both administration and client care.
Pam understands that mediation is far more than a process. It is a deeply human experience. Behind every enquiry is a person or family navigating uncertainty, change, and often emotional strain. With warmth, empathy, and exceptional organisational skill, she ensures that every client feels welcomed, reassured, and clearly guided from the very first point of contact.
Her calm and dependable presence behind the scenes creates a steady, supportive framework, allowing mediators to focus fully on helping families move towards constructive, lasting outcomes.
Outside of work, Pam enjoys travelling, staying active, and spending quality time with family and friends.
Like Julia, Sacha’s journey into family mediation has been shaped by her own experience of family separation. Having experienced a difficult parental divorce as a child, she understands how unresolved conflict can continue to affect children and families long after a relationship has ended.
That experience left Sacha with a strong belief that separation can be handled differently – with greater understanding, communication and care for the relationships that continue beyond it. When her own marriage unexpectedly ended six years ago, she was determined to find a positive way forward for herself, her former husband and their three young sons.
For Sacha, the aim was simple: to become a “different family” – one where both parents could continue to share important moments in their sons’ lives. While the process was not easy, she believes the effort to build a new and healthier family dynamic has been worthwhile.
Sacha brings a broad professional background in family development, education and special educational needs to her mediation practice. For more than ten years, she worked with The Football Association, developing community hubs for children and families within professional sports venues. Her interest in the power of sport to bring about positive change later took her around the world after she was awarded a Winston Churchill Travelling Fellowship, researching innovative approaches to supporting families affected by the complex challenges of addiction.
As CEO of Child First Charitable Trust, Sacha has drawn on those experiences to develop innovative services designed to improve outcomes for children, young people and their families. She is also the founder of Learning Academies, where she leads a creative and experienced team providing bespoke alternative education for children and young people who are unable to access mainstream schooling because of medical needs, anxiety, exclusion, special educational needs or other complex circumstances. Perhaps fittingly, given her belief that relationships can evolve rather than simply end, Sacha continues to run the organisation alongside her former husband.
Sacha brings empathy, impartiality and practical problem-solving to her work as a mediator. She creates a supportive space in which parents can explore difficult issues, consider different perspectives and make informed decisions about children, finances and their future relationship as a separated family.
She believes passionately that mediation can help families move away from unnecessary conflict and towards a calmer, more constructive way forward. For Sacha, being trusted to support people at such an important and vulnerable point in their lives is a genuine privilege.
Outside of work, Sacha enjoys spending time with family and friends, writing, travelling and exploring – usually with a camera in hand. She is also a keen Cornish gig rower (the boat rather than the arguing kind!) and volunteers as a medic with British Divers Marine Life Rescue.
A line from Mrs Doubtfire stayed with her:
“Just because they don’t love each other anymore, doesn’t mean that they don’t love you. There are all sorts of different families.”
Trained Family Mediator (WTA) | Family Mediation Council Family Mediation Association
Sacha’s journey into family mediation has been shaped by her own experience of family separation. Having experienced a difficult parental divorce as a child, she understands how unresolved conflict can continue to affect children and families long after a relationship has ended.
That experience left Sacha with a strong belief that separation can be handled differently – with greater understanding, communication and care for the relationships that continue beyond it. When her own marriage unexpectedly ended six years ago, she was determined to find a positive way forward for herself, her former husband and their three young sons.
As CEO of Child First Charitable Trust, Sacha has drawn on those experiences to develop innovative services designed to improve outcomes for children, young people and their families. She is also the founder of Learning Academies, where she leads a creative and experienced team providing bespoke alternative education for children and young people who are unable to access mainstream schooling because of medical needs, anxiety, exclusion, special educational needs or other complex circumstances. Sacha continues to run the organisation alongside her former husband.
Sacha believes passionately that mediation can help families move away from unnecessary conflict and towards a calmer, more constructive way forward. For Sacha, being trusted to support people at such an important and vulnerable point in their lives is a genuine privilege.
Outside of work, Sacha enjoys spending time with family and friends, writing, travelling and exploring – usually with a camera in hand. She is also a keen Cornish gig rower (the boat rather than the arguing kind!) and volunteers as a medic with British Divers Marine Life Rescue.
Financial Support Is Available
The Ministry of Justice are currently providing families with a £500 voucher to help with the cost of mediation, where there are children are involved. We can support you with those details.
Mediation Is Quicker Than Court
You both get to decide your outcome, with our support.
Final Agreements Can Be Made Legal
With our help, agreements can be made in a safe and confidential space to suit both parties. All agreements can then go on to be made into legally binding orders through the courts.
Mediation Is Less Stressful Than Court
We can help you reach agreements for child arrangements which will benefit the whole family. Going to court can further damage your relationship as co-parents moving forward.
Supporting families across the UK with online and in-person family mediation, helping you reach calm, practical agreements without the need to go to court. A more constructive and cost-effective alternative to court proceedings.
Giving you the control, support and clarity to move forward with confidence.
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