Blog: The Fatherhood Institute

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.

Workplace courses and resources
Men have changed – they want to be fully involved, hands-on dads, not just chained to a life of breadwinning.

News

Evidence suggests 3-month ‘daddy leave’ could fix UK gender equality
The Fatherhood Institute welcomes the Women and Equalities Committee’ proposal, which could cut gender pay gap and pregnancy discrimination, support fathering, equalise home-life – and even lead to ‘post-Brexit baby boom’.

Putting dads in the data: why the UK needs a rethink on family statistics
The Government should review data collection on families by all publicly-funded bodies, which currently risk failing millions of children because they typically gather such weak information about fathers.

Father’s Day: listen to us on BBC Radio 4 Archive Hour
In this show, comedian Mark Thomas examines how the image of dad has been made and re-made over the decades – supported by the Fatherhood Institute’s joint CEO and head of research, Adrienne Burgess and others.