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Daddy Leave: why Britain’s fathers need more time off work in their babies’ first year

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18 June 2022

Watch the Daddy Leave video explainer. Please note: the £152 figure quoted in the video has since been raised to £156.66.

Happy Father’s Day to all the first-year dads

Practice » For fathers

13 June 2022

We know that sometimes it feels like you’re the forgotten parent. Nobody smiles at you or talks to you, invites you to appointments about the baby, or asks you how you are.

Blog: Why maternity services must modernise and take fathers seriously

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Blog » For fathers

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.

How can we help UK families become more gender-equal?

Blog » For fathers

13 June 2016

Jeremy Davies writes: Today we publish the 2016 edition of our Fairness in Families Index #fairnessinfamilies, which uses a basket of measures to compare developed countries’ progress towards gender equality.

Government wrong to extend shared parental leave to grandparents

Policy » For fathers

7 October 2015

Chancellor George Osborne’s announcement that the Government will extend shared parental leave and pay to grandparents will undermine gender equality by reducing the likelihood of fathers taking the leave, the Fatherhood Institute has said.

Did your dad inspire your love of reading? Help us hit the £5,000 target to roll out FRED

22 June 2015

Huge thanks to our key supporters – we’re over half way to our £5,000 FRED crowdfunding target. We have 6 days left to hit the target.

A quick guide to FI training

News

Do government flexible work plans go far enough for dads? Share your thoughts before 1 December
Please note: an earlier version of this page said, incorrectly, that the consultation ended on 8 December. In fact it closes on 1 December!

New FI project with Fulham FC supports dads and daughters
The Fatherhood Institute is forming a partnership with Women in Sport, Fulham Football Club and the English Football League Trust, to help low income families in London get active with their children.

NHS fails new mums by ignoring dads, says major FI study
The NHS is failing to provide the ‘family-centred’ antenatal, maternity or health visitor services required by its own rules and desired by parents, according to a large survey of new fathers, published today.

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.

Training

PIP guide: Developing a father-inclusive workforce
This is one of a series of guides to help agencies develop father-inclusive services, produced by the Department for Children, Schools and Families’ Parenting Implementation Project (PIP), which ran from early 2008 until June 2009.