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Families Need Fathers - FNF

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FNF is a wealth of information for separated parents who are trying to see their children and provides details of services such as local branch meetings and a helpline.

Online resource site at www.FNF.org.uk

Families Need Fathers have been keeping children & parents in contact since 1974. This website has a wealth of information for separated parents who are trying to see their children and provides details of services such as local branch meetings and a helpline.

Aims of Families Need Fathers

Families Need Fathers is a registered UK charity which provides information and support to parents, including unmarried parents, of either sex. FNF is chiefly concerned with the problems of maintaining a child's relationship with both parents during and after family breakdown. Founded in 1974, FNF helps thousands of parents every year.

The annual subscription costs less than a few minutes of a solicitor's time, and gives access to a wide range of information and support that is beyond the scope of some lawyers. They have a rapidly growing number of grandparents and women members.

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What FNF believe

Children have a right to a continuing loving relationship with both parents
Children need to be protected from the harm of losing contact with one parent
Both parents should be treated equally and shared parenting should be encouraged
Each parent has a unique contribution to make to their children's development
The Family Courts should be backed by a nationally funded mediation service
Litigation is not the prefered route for resolving post separation childrens matters.

What FNF do

Work to increase awareness of the problems of family breakdown
Produce booklets, leaflets, a website and a regular newsletter
Hold local self-help branch meetings throughout the UK
Provide support to members through our internet forums
Operate a national helpline as a member of the Telephone Helplines Association
Have a network of volunteer telephone contacts
Run Parenting Support workshops
Provide speakers and case studies for the press and media
Participate in family policy forums and seminars
Respond to government consultations
Lobby Parliament and the legal profession
Collate and promote relevant research information.

Become a member of FNF

There are many ways that you can participate in FNF activities. In fact, one of the greatest things that FNF can offer you is the sense of actively doing something to improve the situation for you and your children.

FNF's best resource is its 3000 members and the joint experience and support individuals get from each other. Become a member of FNF to receive advice and support, and help make a difference.