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Being a Dad in Prison Pulls No Punches

DAVE DEVENNEY looks back over a highly-acclaimed tour of Scottish prisons by the hard-hitting play Being a Dad.

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Closing the Gender Care Gap

As an influential Commons committee recommends wide-ranging changes to working culture for dads, Fathers Network Scotland director SAMANTHA PRINGLE shares the personal cost of leaving things as they are.

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Scottish Parliament group probes lack of dad data

PRESS RELEASE: “Data desert on dads” needs urgent review for children’s sake, says a new study. If fathers leave the house after breakup, they also leave the statistics, hears the Scottish Parliament’s new cross-party group on Shared Parenting

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Understanding Dad: big impact from small changes

The Understanding Dad training by Fathers Network Scotland is transforming organisations across Scotland as services embrace the win-win from involving fathers.

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JOB: FNS seeks Social Media Manager

Fathers Network Scotland is looking for a Social Media Manager to work 7 hours a week. Could that be you?

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Dads Missing from Data

Publicly-funded research failing families because of weak data on dads, says major new study

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Are some dads ignored by policies?

Is Shared Parental Leave "maternalistic" by design? And if so, who is being left out? DR EMMA BANISTER and Dr HELEN NORMAN examine the need for policy makers to include fathers in family-friendly initiatives.

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Dad & Me - project spotlight

THE dads who attend Fife Gingerbread's Dad & Me project are often grappling with huge personal challenges.

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Fair Jobs for Dads!

Fathers Network Scotland backs calls for overhaul of employment law and three-month period of “daddy leave” following major UK study into fatherhood by Fatherhood Institute/Nuffield.

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Back to School Dad

Schools are looking to engage parents in their children’s education – and the forward-thinking ones are particularly keen to bring dads in. NICK THORPE reports on a rare opportunity to experience daily life in his son's high school...

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