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Black Dads Matter: a Fatherhood Institute statement and discussion
15 June 2020
Should maternity leave be extended in response to the Covid-19 pandemic?
18 May 2020
Why should we care about locked down dads?
14 May 2020
Top tips for locked down dads
6 May 2020
Supporting breastfeeding during Covid-19
15 April 2020
Dads using a maternity ward ‘like a hotel’: our response
27 January 2020
Mental health checks for dads: how the NHS announcement played out
5 December 2018
Blog: Men don’t feel welcome in early childhood. Here’s how to change that
27 June 2018
Blog: Why maternity services must modernise and take fathers seriously
12 June 2018
Blog: Where’s the daddy? Why we need better data on all kinds of fathers
26 February 2018
Are dads too lazy around the house?
3 June 2017
Blog: Could EU plans hold key to UK parenting leave reform post-Brexit?
3 May 2017
Why we need men to walk the talk for gender equality at work
10 November 2016
Why we need the UK press to stop dad-shaming
14 June 2016
How can we help UK families become more gender-equal?
13 June 2016
No, dads don’t make pain of childbirth worse…far from it, in fact!
21 January 2015
Dads in ads: highlights from 2014
16 December 2014
Promising news from our ‘Engaging Fathers in Safeguarding’ project
16 December 2014
Should mums and dads share the parental leave? Yes!
1 December 2014
Will shared parental leave level the playing field for new dads and mums?
28 November 2014
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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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