National Organisations Providing Marriage Preparation

It's easy to get swamped by the wedding preparations and lose sight of the purpose of it all. A weekend away can be refreshing and encouraging, giving you the opportunity to learn new communication skills and plan for your life together. Alternatively some national organisations may be able to offer you a venue near home.

Find a Marriage Preparation Programme Find a preparation programme or weekend offered by any of the organisations in Promoting Marriage

Engaged Encounter (Anglican) Residential weekends for couples preparing for marriage.

Engaged Encounter (Roman Catholic) Weekends (mainly residential) for couples preparing for marriage.

FOCCUS Facilitating Open Couple Communication Understanding and Study uses psychometric inventories for couples preparing for marriage and in enrichment

PREPARE/ENRICH UK Psychometric marital inventories for marriage preparation and enrichment; training and resources also available.

Christian Marriage Ministries Training, support and teaching in all aspects of marriage enrichment and preparation. Production and publishing resources for marriage enrichment and preparation.

Crusade for World Revival Weekend courses for Christian couples engaged (for their first marriage), or for married couples, to develop and enrich their relationship.

Maintaining Marriage Marriage preparation, enrichment and counselling based on biblical foundations

Marriage Care Resources and courses for marriage preparation, and counselling for troubled marriages.

Relate Couples Courses Have a great day out together and find out how to: Keep your love alive; Take the mystery out of relationship success; Crack the argument formula; Uncover relationship potential; and Keep the flame burning.

Two Agreed Marriage preparation/enrichment romantic themed breaks in England and Scotland

Connections Counselling Connections Counselling offers a professional counselling service from accredited counsellors at a reasonable price. "We help people to find options for change and solutions to problems." Counselling sessions can be face-to-face, via email or telephone.

Jewish Marriage Council Provides advice, support, counselling and workshops to all members of the Jewish community.

MRCS Counselling Relationship counselling services in Eire

Association of Interchurch Families Support network and information service for those planning to marry or married and who belong to different Christian churches, one of which is usually the Roman Catholic church.