About Us
Founded in 1974, Families Need Fathers is a self-help charity which provides information and support on children’s issues for separated and divorced parents regardless of gender, background or marital status, as well as grandparents, partners, friends and the extended family.
Our main concern is to maintain a child’s relationship with both parents during and after family breakdown.
Our support services are based around a national network of volunteers and including over 30 branches around the country, a free telephone helpline, website, online forums and a wide range of publications and literature including McKenzie magazine.
As a campaigning charity, Families Need Fathers is widely recognised as the most knowledgeable representative of parents living apart from their children. Recent campaign successes have included automatic parental responsibility for unmarried fathers on birth certificates (2003), the right of a Litigant in Person to a lay adviser (2007) and the opening of family courts to the media (2009). Families Need Fathers is widely consulted by government and social welfare organisations.
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The aim of this exciting new national initiative is to encourage families of all shapes and sizes to spend time with each other, because good family relationships have such an important influence on individual happiness and community strength.
During the week, activities will be happening across the country, with celebrities, politicians and hundreds of thousands of families involved. On bank holiday Monday 25th May the Family Week Picnic will take place in numerous venues including the flagship picnic in Regent's Park London. This will be Guinness World Record attempt at the largest simultaneous picnic! There will be over 2000 other activities going on too, from sports days and family fun days to storytelling, arts & crafts, free swimming and exploring the countryside.
This is a great opportunity for Dads to spend some more time with their kids. You could watch a movie together on Family Week Film Friday, take them to a sports taster session on Family Week Sports Day or why not organise a barbecue for the Family Week Feast on Sunday 31st May? You could invite your kids' friends and their families round to join in the fun.
To find out what's going on in your area, have a look on the National Family Week website at www.nationalfamilyweek.co.uk/events
Contact Us
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Call: 0207 613 5060
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