Research, policy and practical work with fathers in families facing challenges relating to mental and physical health, poverty and unemployment, immigration and ethnicity, imprisonment, low education and achievement, and so on.
The role of fathers has been much debated in research and press. Fathers have been shown to be as responsive to their children’s needs as mothers, and in families where fathers can offer kindness, care and warmth children do better at school, have stronger social skills and exhibit less criminality.
Children are at risk because child protection services often exclude fathers from discussion of their future. Dads can often take steps to protect their children as well as offering vital support.
Father involvement can be vital to children, improving educational achievement, social skills and cutting criminality, according to major research commissioned by four British charities working with fathers and part-funded by the Home Office.
Bringing Fathers In: helping global activists embrace ‘dad power’
Almost 10,000 people have already downloaded our Bringing Fathers In #bringingfathersin materials, designed to help professionals from a range of disciplines work in ways that embrace and build on fathers’ vital role in improving children’s outcomes.
FI calls on government to scrap bedroom tax for separated fathers
The Fatherhood Institute is calling on the government to make separated fathers exempt from the bedroom tax and take other steps to ‘draw in’ and support disadvantaged dads – who are more likely to lose contact with their children if they separate from the mother, according to new research.
Stop bashing young dads – and support them to help their children
The Fatherhood Institute calls on government-funded services aimed at supporting parents to identify and support young fathers as well as young mothers, rather than dismiss them as ‘feckless’ and reduce their role to that of cash providers.
Dad Factor INSET training for schools
The Dad Factor is a package of INSET training for schools, family learning and extended school services and the staff who work in these settings including head teachers, teachers, learning assistants, mentors, family learning teams, community education staff, school nurses and counsellors.
FI Training: Dad Factor mini-conferences for schools
Sample template for a Dad Factor mini-conference
A strategic event for up to 50 delegates: including head teachers, teaching staff, learning mentors, extended services and family learning practitioners.
Boys’ Development Project Trainings
Mainstreaming work with fathers (June/July 2010)
These workshops will focus on three interrelated areas:
How to improve outcomes for children through our work with fathers;
How to build in evaluation to ensure we know the effectiveness of our work with fathers;
How to integrate work with fathers into mainstream work with families.