Christchurch Father & Child Trust looks to employ two young people (under 25) on the Unemployment Benefit under the government’s Community Max scheme. Both positions are for 30 hours a week.

The Information Officer position involves IT work with our web site and Father & Child magazine.

The second position is for our research on solo fathers. Follow the links in this post for more detail.

A position will also become available in Auckland in the near future around our New Babies Edition publication.

Christchurch has a father’s playgroup again. Thursdays 10 am at the Father & Child premises, 1/369 Hereford Street. Phone (982 2440) or email Ross at the office for info.

The third ‘focus on fathers’ week in Waitakere is in full swing and will end on Sunday, Father’s Day.

The event was opened on Monday, 31 August, by Mayor Bob Harvey who felt that ‘we have not supported fathers as much as we could have and should have’. ‘Essentially Men’ founder Rex McCann urged dads to introduce their children to other men as well, and Father & Child coordinator Harald Breiding-Buss (image left) spoke about involved fatherhood being just as important for girls as for boys. (more…)