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Importantly, the protocol requires the centre to be provided with court orders and reports so that it understands what and who it is getting, which may include a mother worried that the contact may not be safe enough, even in a centre, and a father resentful of the use of a centre that he feels to be unnecessary and rather demeaning. There is also sometimes a problem about meeting the fees charged by the centres, which vary, and meeting the travel costs when they are too far away from one or the other party’s home. In my experience, it is gratifying when it works. The parents’ trust is rebuilt, the children’s confidence is increased, and the children enjoy it.