Father Inclusive Practice Forum
5 & 6 October 2005
The University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia
Contact: Richard.Fletcher@newcastle.edu.au Family Action Centre, the University of Newcastle and the Commonwealth Department of Family and Community Services.
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Workplace seminars for dads and mums
The Fatherhood Institute (www.fatherhoodinstitute.org) is the world’s leading independent ‘think tank’ on fatherhood. We support both mothers and fathers as earners and carers.
Schools – boost your results by becoming a FRED provider
‘When I see my children at the weekend they say, “We don’t want to go to McDonald’s – can we read stories instead?”.’
You probably already know how important dads can be to their children’s learning – and if you don’t, you can find out here.
Creating father-inclusive health and social services: one-day course
The government’s Healthy Child programme says:
“The contribution that fathers make to their children’s development, health and wellbeing is important, but services do not do enough to recognise or support them.
Help us tell the story of dads and co-parenting during the Covid-19 crisis
Covid-19 is throwing up challenges for all sorts of families across the UK, including families where children usually move between households; families in economic hardship; and even ‘better off’, intact families spending more time together in a confined space than they are used to!
Does Boris Johnson want to be taken seriously as a father? If so…
Photo of Boris Johnson waxwork at Mme Tussaud’s, by Dominic Lipinski for Press Association
….yes of course the Prime Minister should take paternity leave when his partner Carrie Symonds gives birth to their baby this summer.
Dads using a maternity ward ‘like a hotel’: our response
We have been asked to comment on this story about claims that fathers are using an Edinburgh maternity ward ‘like a hotel’.
