As the history of Father & Child is at an end, it is time to reduce the hosting costs and maintenance of this website to a minimal level. If all goes well in the next few hours, it will magically convert from WordPress to static HTML, and retire to a cheap VPS somewhere in Texas.
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Dear Father and Child Supporters,
For 20 years, Father and Child Trust have been resilient, surviving many tough times, delivering information and support for all dads, almost all over the country. However, under pressure like many charities, a funding shortfall has required urgent and clear action.
Father and Child has ceased trading as of March 1st 2019 and unfortunately will be winding up its services.
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Meri Kirimete and Happy Holidays!
Father and Child Trust Auckland welcomes our dads, families and supporters to their end of year BBQ on Wednesday 12th December from 6pm. (more…)
The NZ Family Court has never been so keen for input from Dads.
Andrew Little has announced a review of the 2014 Family Court Reforms, with a series of questions relating to those changes, but open to opinions, stories and ideas. Father and Child has helped hundreds of dads who’ve had experience in the Family Courts. Mainly in Christchurch and Auckland, but including all other areas.
We met the panel representatives last week and presented our responses to their questions.
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Father and Child Trust have been hosting events during the week before Fathers Day since 2010. This carries on the great work by Elaine Dyer and Violence Free Waitakere, when Waitakere really was the super city.
Our week included a movie night watching ‘Leave No Trace’ at the Rialto in Newmarket, plus an ‘Week of Fathers Day’ evening with Bunnings Mt Wgtn, where we helped many children design a Fathers Day card for themselves.
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Father and Child are very pleased to invite families and friends to our events around Fathers Day.
On Monday 27th August We invite you to the Rialto Cinema in Newmarket to view ‘Leave No Trace’ a father daughter story starring young kiwi actress Thomasin Mckenzie helping her dad escape his demons in the Oregon winterland. We will be at the 6pm screening and tickets can be purchased online here
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Cliff Shepherd has been Father and Child Christchurch Support Worker for five years, and manages Father and Child’s Discovering Fatherhood and Anger Management Correspondence Courses.
Cliff has three children of his own, and is a trained school counsellor. He maintains a garden and bikes to work nearly every day to keep the worst effects of aging at bay.
Numbers: At Christmas 2017, I had 58 men on the waiting list to do courses, as of today I have 11.
I have averaged sending out 64 modules per month of our correspondence courses over the last 6 months with nearly all men doing both the Anger Management course and the Parenting course. In that time 32 men have completed courses and gained certificates. About 50% of the men would be Maori. (more…)
Do you want to have more effective conversations with clients to support lifestyle behaviour change?
Father and Child with Guardians of Our Children and Separated Parents Trust are pleased to offer a free workshop on effective skills in talking to clients – especially around pregnancy or baby time. (more…)
We are proud to announce a new partnership between The CMC, Canterbury Plunket Society and Father and Child Trust. From August 18th, 2018 every Saturday at 10am new or curious dads are welcome to meet, share and ask any questions.
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Kidz Need Dadz are hosting a conference on ‘Men and Relationships in 2018 – Te tangata me te whanaungatanga i roto i te 2018.’
Key Note Speakers include Victoria University’s Chris Bowden, Children’s Commissioner Judge Andrew Becroft, Minister Of Children, Honourable Tracey Martin and Oranga Tamariki/Ministry for Children Deputy Chief Executive Hoani Lambert, plus ‘Male Survivors Aotearoa’s Philip Chapman.
Father and child will be hosting a workshop on ‘Mums and Dads – Working better Together’ and we’ll be part of a panel discussion on day one, very interested in all the speakers.
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