Parents are likely to receive most of their information about running away from within the
community. A number of organisations are using community-based services to provide accessible
advice and information to parents. The Lord Chancellor’s Department are currently piloting family
advice and information networks (FAINs), based in solicitors’ offices. They are designed to link
couples experiencing relationship problems to counselling and advice services, particularly
marriage guidance and relationship support services. The community education development
centre (CEDC) Parentaid project is working to produce local parental support directories to be
used by schools in 120 local authorities and is also running a training and development
programme for local authority staff105.