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Transforming Birth Registration

There are approximately 280,000 first time births in England and Wales. The leading providing of relationship support, Relate estimate that a 1-hour ‘relationship MOT’ could be provided for £125-£150 per session. This rate is at the higher end of a 1-hour Relate session and some funds could be reserved for additional support (particularly for low income couples). By delivering relationship support at an increased scale charities within the Relationships Alliance such as Relate could be encouraged to provide additional services to couples who can afford to pay with excess redistributed to support low income couples receives heavily subsided or free services.