Families Need Fathers
UK's Largest Shared Parenting Charity
What We Do
We are the UK's leading Shared Parenting charity, active since 1974. We believe in a responsible and collaborative approach, both for parenting and also when working for change. We support the end of hidden injustice and a fairer society.
Help & Support
We offer information, advice and support services through our website, our Helpline and the 40+ Branches throughout the UK
Factsheets & Guides
We provide a range of Factsheets (Members only) and free Guides to help you navigate the legal and emotional maze of separation
Help us do more
We rely on support through membership and donations to exist.
If you believe in our cause and are able to help us, please do.
Featured Article
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FNF Survey Shows Value of Indirect Contact Is Questionable The results published in May by Family Law, shows court orders for ‘indirect contact’ (letters, cards and gifts) offer false hope with no evidence of any prospect of direct contact resuming.Read more...
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2nd May 2019 For decades, policy makers and court support services argued that just one in ten separated families relied on the assistance of courts. It turns out that this figure was very wrong and has been clouding policy judgements. President of the Family Division, Sir Andrew McFarlane, said this…Read more...
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638,900 parents will fall into Child Maintenance ‘poverty trap’ under Universal Credit says a new report by the Centre for Social JusticeRead more...
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PRESS RELEASE 21st January 2019 : For Immediate release The Draft Government Domestic Abuse Bill must protect the vulnerable, including those who are falsely accusedRead more...
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Getting the Balance Right One-Day workshop (09.00-17.00) Saturday 27 October 2018 Conference Room, Resource for London, 356 Holloway Road, London N7 6PA Organised by the Central London Branch of Families Need Fathers Violence between adults and especially by an adult on a child, is repugnant. It is, of course, contrary…Read more...