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Book now for ‘Working with fathers: research evidence for practice’ event
16 December 2014
Promising news from our ‘Engaging Fathers in Safeguarding’ project
16 December 2014
Bringing Fathers In: helping global activists embrace ‘dad power’
15 December 2014
Bringing Fathers In: the background
16 November 2014
The risks of excluding fathers
5 September 2014
Young Carers in Focus – an important project to which FI contributes
17 April 2014
Share your top tips for supporting young carers and their dads
19 February 2014
Engaging men in safeguarding work
11 October 2013
Helping a child of violence – with a message from dad
3 October 2013
‘Invisible Fathers’ Working With Young Dads Resource Pack
23 July 2013
Engaging fathers in child protection: a report from an FI roundtable
8 April 2013
Engaging with men in social care
5 March 2013
Signposting for Separated Dads
1 December 2012
Case Study (Early Years/Young Fathers/Parenting Education): Who Let the Dads Out?
1 November 2012
Dads’ FAQs: Care system
22 October 2012
Dads’ FAQs: Child protection
21 October 2012
Dads’ FAQs: Dads in prison
17 October 2012
Working with fathers to improve children’s well-being: a new website
9 October 2012
Helping local authority safeguarding services engage with men in families
22 May 2012
A state-wide fatherhood initiative in South Australia
3 November 2011
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Free online groups for new and expectant dads during Covid-19
Dads have a critical impact on babies, but during the Covid-19 pandemic, fathers face significant extra challenges. Many dads are being excluded from NHS appointments, scans or early labour, and access to health visitors or other family support is limited.  That’s why we’re teaming up with Best Beginnings to run small online groups for dads, under a Barnardo’s programme funded by the Department for Education. 

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. 



News

Sources of help for fathers during the Covid-19 crisis
Families in the UK, and around the world, are experiencing unprecedented challenges, ranging from enforced proximity to enforced separation, not to mention coping with financial stress and the difficulties of keeping small children entertained. 

New data shows men’s childcare is up 58% during lockdown
The COVID-19 lockdown has led to a dramatic 58 per cent increase in unpaid childcare undertaken by men, according to data gathered by the Government’s Office for National Statistics[1]. 

Why should we care about locked down dads?
Adrienne Burgess writes… Reflecting on the process of industrialisation in Britain from the mid-nineteenth century, the historical demographer Peter Laslett wrote: “The most important of all the effects on the family group of the process of modernisation has undoubtedly been the physical removal from the household of the father and other earners for all of every working day . 



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