FI Newsletter January 2015
Book now for our March courses: Fathers Reading Every Day and Supporting Couple Relationships

We will be running three Fathers Reading Every Day (FRED) courses for early years, school and family learning staff, on 4 March in Cambridge; 6 March in London; and 12 March in Bristol. Find out more.
 
We are also offering free places at a seminar about supporting couple relationships and co-parenting, on 13 March in Birmingham. Find out more.

Child protection: what about the dads?

With the Fatherhood Institute's support, your local authority child protection service can dramatically improve its engagement with dads. 

Conwy Council's rate of father-engagement in core assessments rose from 47% to 82%, for example, with 90% of fathers (up from 72%) invited to initial case conferences.

Read more about the support we can offer, including a case study from the current issue of Children and Young People Now.

Who's your Dad of the Year?

Dad Info has launched a 'Dad of the Year' competition, and you've got until 28 February to send in your nomination videos.

Five winners will each receive 'Red Letter Days' experiences worth up to £1,000. So get nominating! Here are all the details you need. 

Dad power: the answer to childhood obesity?

Are you a school, early years or health service provider keen to make a big impact on children's (and parents') obesity?

We can now train you to provide Healthy Dads, Healthy Kids - a well-evaluated programme developed in Australia, which improves children's activity levels, BMI scores, dietary behaviours and other outcomes. Find out more.

Be our Valentine!

Book a Fatherhood Institute training course before St Valentine's Day (14 February) and we'll give you a super-romantic 10% discount!

Go to the FI website homepage and hover over the Training & consultancy tab to find more detailed information about our courses.

To claim your discount, contact our National Practice Development Manager, Jeszemma Garratt by email or on tel 0791 7864130 and quote the code VALENTINE.  

Involved dads are nothing new, say historians

The stereotype of the distant, uninvolved Victorian father is an exaggeration, according to a new study.

In her new book Fatherhood and the British Working Class, 1865-1914, Manchester University's Julie-Marie Strange argues that the myth grew up as a way of making later generations of dads feel better about themselves. Read more in this Daily Telegraph article.

Fathers at the birth: ignore the headlines

Never doubt the ability of the British press to damn fathers on the flimsiest of evidence. 

This week we heard that dads shouldn't be present during childbirth - thanks to a new study which said no such thing. Read more in our blog.

Great dads can change the world

Why does fathers' involvement in hands-on caring matter? If you're not sure - or if you want a well-written summary to show to colleagues - read this fantastic article by our good friends Gary Barker (from MenCare) and Michael Kaufman.
 
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