Relate
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Relate is a charity providing relationship support throughout the United Kingdom. Services include counselling for couples, families, young people and individuals, sex therapy, mediation, and training courses.
It was founded in 1938 as the National Marriage Guidance Council, after a clergyman, Herbert Gray, noted that the divorce rate was increasing. It adopted its current name on Valentine's Day 1988.
In the 1990s, Relate's public profile increased after Princess Diana became its patron in 1989.[1]
Today, Relate sees over 150,000 clients a year, at more than 600 locations across the UK. Local services can be found by visiting www.relate.org.uk
In 2006, Relate opened the Relate Institute, the UK's first Centre of Excellence for the study of relationships, in partnership with Doncaster College, and the University of Hull.
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- Official history
- Government funding stated in a written answer
- Obituary of Nicholas Tyndall (former chief of the organisation)
- BBC News 12/2/98 Why do couples argue?
- BBC News 3/8/2002 Spend more government money on counselling
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