All of us know mothers are important. What’s less well understood is that when dads are positively involved, children do better in all sorts of ways. Find out how with our five-minute guides to why dads matter.

The Fatherhood Institute pulls together, analyses and publicises international research on fatherhood, lobbies for a more father-friendly Britain, and supports new dads in developing positive relationships with their children. Find out more about what we do.

We need your help to continue this important work!

Become a supporter

We welcome all donations, large or small. You could make a one-off donation or raise money for us by organising your own event.

But regular donations help us plan our work more effectively, meaning we can develop projects without the need for government funding or lengthy grant applications. Also, having a number of supporters giving monthly by direct debit helps further our cause by showing that fatherhood is something people really care about!

Receive a free gift

If you donate £7 per month or more we will keep you up to date with our work via newsletters, and you can choose one of four great free gifts:

• Baby’s Here, Who Does What? by Duncan Fisher
• The Guide for Separated Parents by Karen and Nick Woodall
• Dad Can Do by Chris Barnardo
• A year’s membership to Dadcando.com

[Read more about the free gifts here. Please note: when you donate to us, you must donate £7 per month or more, and agree to us contacting you in future, in order to benefit from a free gift; once we have received your donation, we will get in touch to ask which gift you'd like and where we should send it.]

Or you could support us with a smaller monthly direct debit donation – £3 per month minimum - to just receive our newsletters.

If you are interested in supporting the Fatherhood Institute in another way, please email our Development manager Kate Tanner, or call her on 07920 525 686.

Who are our supporters?

If you have a passion for fatherhood, we need your support!

Perhaps you’re a dad and feel that involved fathers need more recognition or support. If you’re a mum, you might be fed up with the way everyone assumes mothers are the ones who’ll hold all the responsibility for childcare.

You may be the son or daughter of a great dad and want others to have the same experience – or maybe your dad wasn’t around and you know how gaping a hole that can leave?

You might be an older father who regrets not having spent more time with his children, or a grandmother who sees her son struggling to combine work and family life.

Perhaps you work with dads and see their untapped potential, or just feel that fatherhood is undervalued in our culture. Whatever your reason, please do what you can to help.

Support the Fatherhood Institute now. Let’s give Britain’s children the best dads in the world!