Lockdown Fathers: the untold story

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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. 

UK fathers get ‘all clear’ to support mums in labour and childbirth
Doctors’ and other clinicians’ professional bodies in the UK have issued clear guidance that fathers who do not have symptoms of Coronavirus should be able to accompany women during labour/birth. 

Dads using a maternity ward ‘like a hotel’: our response
We have been asked to comment on this story about claims that fathers are using an Edinburgh maternity ward ‘like a hotel’. 

Our campaign for father-inclusive support for working families
Over the next six weeks we will submit our responses to the UK Government’s Good Work Plan, which includes three separate consultations: one about neonatal leave and pay, one about transparency of employer work-life balance policies (these first two must be submitted by 11 October), and one about parenting leave and pay (to be submitted by 29 November). 

Training

Fathers and breastfeeding – what’s it got to do with them?
It is World Breastfeeding Week, and to celebrate we are offering a special 20% discount on our Fathers and Breastfeeding – What’s it got to do with them? 

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. 

PIP guide: Surrey post-natal father assessment
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. 

PiP guide: Developing and sustaining father-friendly services across Lincolnshire
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.