In May 2021, the team submitted evidence to the House of Lords Parliamentary Inquiry on youth unemployment. You can read our submission here. We highlight that young parents are a seldom heard voice in considerations of youth unemployment and that Continue reading Read our submission to the House of Lords Parliamentary Inquiry on youth unemployment
Congratulations Dr Ladlow! The Following Young Fathers Further team would like to say a huge CONGRATULATIONS to our team member Linzi, now Dr Linzi Ladlow. Yesterday she successfully defended her PhD thesis with no corrections! Linzi’s PhD is called ‘Housing Continue reading Congratulations Dr Ladlow!
On Wednesday 28th April 2021 we ran a sharing and learning webinar where we launched several new resources and research findings based on a recently concluded community led research study called ‘Diverse Dads’. Diverse Dads was a collaborative project between Continue reading Launching new findings from the Diverse Dads Collaborative project
Researching young fatherhood during a pandemic: FYFF features as a case study in the Healthcare Improvement Scotland ‘Engaging Differently’ series In November 2020, the FYFF team gave a keynote presentation at a webinar run by the Covid Realities project. The Continue reading Researching young fatherhood during a pandemic: FYFF features as a case study in the Healthcare Improvement Scotland ‘Engaging Differently’ series
YDC Grimsby in the Local Press: We are now recruiting to the project! We are making progress with establishing the Young Dads Collective (YDC) in Grimsby and today The Grimsby Telegraph has released a short piece highlighting the project. YDC Continue reading YDC Grimsby in the Local Press: We are now recruiting to the project!
Today we are pleased to announce the launch of two new briefing papers based on wave 1 of the Following Young Fathers Further research. As part of this short series we present emergent findings of the impacts of the COVID-19 Continue reading Launching our wave 1 Briefing Paper series: the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown on young fathers
on Tuesday 20th October 2020, we held the YDC Grimsby webinar with ten representatives from local support services, the statutory and voluntary sectors and local government in Grimsby and the North East Lincolnshire region. The objectives of the webinar were Continue reading Young Dads Collective Grimsby Webinar
This week we have launched a new survey which will support the Following Young Fathers Further (FYFF) study to identify and understand the views of organisations who work with, or research, the lives and support needs of young fathers. As Continue reading Understanding current support provision for young fathers
