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Parents Helpline - Focus on Fathers - June 2010

Parents Helpline, a project within Parents Advice Centre, is a leading family support service providing support and guidance on parenting and family issues, with a particular focus on child development, managing behaviour, communication and impact of separation.

Fathers have a crucial influence on their child’s development. Research shows that strong relationships between fathers and children are associated with higher levels of happiness and excellent health and when fathers are positively involved with their children before the age of 11, the children are more likely to escape a criminal record by the age of 21.

Many fathers are already using Parents Helpline services – in 2009 20% of contacts to Parents Helpline were made by men. However we recognise that many more men and fathers would really benefit from the service, which is why Parents Helpline are running a ‘Focus on Fathers’ campaign throughout June.

If your organisation would be interested in finding out more about the Focus on Fathers campaign or Parents Helpline please contact Andrea on 028 9031 0891 or e-mail andrea@parentshelpline.org.uk. We can provide promotional materials, parenting articles for newsletters, information stands or talks for your staff / clients.

If you are a father, or any other family member, who would like to discuss a concern that you may have please contact the Parents Helpline Freephone in confidence on

0808 8010 722, e-mail fathers@parentshelpline.org.uk or info@parentshelpline.org.uk

For further information on the range of services which Parents Advice Centre offers, including parenting courses, log onto: www.parentsadvicecentre.org

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