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FNF speak on Men's Radio Station

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Published: Wednesday, 01 May 2019 12:11

We speak to Men's Radio Station about all things FNF

Families Need Fathers were invited on 28th April 2019 to spend an hour or so talking to Russ Kane about all things FNF on their Sunday afternoon show. We wish Russ, James, Goldie well with this project. 

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'Contact at all costs' Campaign

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Published: Thursday, 30 May 2019 12:11

Review of how family courts protect children and parents in cases involving domestic abuse and serious offences

Families Need Fathers seeks to provide balance on the Victoria Derbyshire Show

A number of organisations have lobbied MPs to persuade them to back a campaign for an independent review of how family courts protect children and parents in cases involving domestic abuse and serious offences. The campaign's focus appears to be the suggestion that courts are making orders for 'contact at all costs', following the deaths of four children over the last four years or so who were killed by fathers on contact. The Victoria Derbyshire Show earlier this month in which we took part (this episode can be viewed here until 13th June 2019) was based on this premise, whilst ignoring incidents of children killed by mothers, including those on contact. It was also the basis of a letter from 123 MPs calling for an independent review.

Most of our service users will know that the suggestion of 'contact at all costs' is far from the truth and certainly not based on any evidence. Our experience tells us that is is precisely the opposite.

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Parental Alienation - FNF Highlighted on Radio 4's Woman's Hour

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Published: Wednesday, 01 May 2019 12:11

Parental Alienation Discussed on BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour

Families Need Fathers are Mentioned

BBC's Woman's Hour on 26th April broadcast an excellent discussion portraying the grim reality of Parental Alienation following publication of a judgement (Re MFS (Appeal: Transfe r of Primary Care) [2019] EWHC 768 (Fam)) where a child whose primary care was reversed.

The programme also highlighted FNF's involvement on International Parental Alienation Awareness Day, following a march from the Royal Courts of Justice to Downing Street organised, we understand, by an alienated mother and supported by us.

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Indirect Contact - Article in Family Law by FNF and barrister, Sarah Phillimore - May 2019

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Published: Wednesday, 01 May 2019 12:11

Indirect contact: on what basis do such orders promote the welfare of children?

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Sarah Phillimore, St John's Chambers Bristol

Article first published in the May 2019 issue of Family Law journal and reproduced here with acknowledgement and thanks.

Indirect contact: on what basis do such orders promote the welfare of children?

This article examines the evidential basis supporting orders for indirect contact to provide a mechanism whereby direct contact may at some point resume. The authors are concerned that this ‘wait and see’ strategy at best achieves nothing and at worst is actively harmful. They call for better research about the impact of indirect contact in cases of entrenched opposition, and greater willingness to consider psychological intervention at earlier stages.

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