Our campaign for father-inclusive support for working families
18 September 2019

Over the next six weeks we will submit our responses to the UK Government's Good Work Plan, which includes three separate consultations, about neonatal leave and pay; transparency of employer work-life balance policies; and parenting leave and pay. Taken together, these consultations amount to an important opportunity for us to argue the case that the support Britain offers to working families should be designed so as to offer fathers and mothers real choices over how they share the earning and caregiving when they have small children. We have already sent a critique of the confusing and unhelpful ways in which the parenting leave and pay consultation was drafted. We are also part of a 'Flex for All' coalition lobbying for flexible working to be made the default for all UK jobs.

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Mental health checks for dads: how the NHS announcement played out
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5 December 2018
Adrienne Burgess writes: NHS ENGLAND announced via a press release (2 December 2018) that when an expectant/new mother’s mental health has been identified as poor, a mental health assessment and relevant referrals are to be offered to her partner.  
Why we need more focus on dads in the First 1000 Days
News, Policy »
12 September 2018
The Government’s proposed First 1000 Days strategy should include, as a priority, the provision of detailed guidance to ensure that pre-conception, maternity and post-natal services reach out to, engage with and support expectant and new fathers. 
Fatherhood Institute Research Summary: FATHERS AND POSTNATAL DEPRESSION
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10 September 2018
Messages from Research – updated August 2010 1. The father’s role in mothers’ depression The evidence that impaired postnatal maternal mental health has adverse effects on the infant socially, emotionally, behaviourally and cognitively is extensive (e.g. 
Workplace seminars for dads and mums
Training »
1 July 2018
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. 
Blog: Men don’t feel welcome in early childhood. Here’s how to change that
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27 June 2018
This article was originally published by Apolitical, and can be found here. Christian, a preschool teacher in Tromsø, Norway, has worked in early childhood education for a decade. 
Blog: Why maternity services must modernise and take fathers seriously
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12 June 2018
Jeremy Davies writes (this blog first appeared on Huffington Post UK): OK, we get it. Maternity services: the clue’s in the name. 
Blog: Where’s the daddy? Why we need better data on all kinds of fathers
Blog, Policy »
26 February 2018
This blog was published by CLOSER (Cohort & Longitudinal Studies Enhancement Resources), which is located at the UCL Institute of Education and brings together eight leading studies, the British Library and the UK Data Service. 
Please support the Fatherhood Institute
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4 July 2017
The Fatherhood Institute (UK charity number 1075104) is a small charity that has been working behind the scenes to raise the profile of ‘involved fatherhood’ since 1999.