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Help for male victims of domestic abuse
Families Need Fathers
134 Curtain Road, London EC2A 3AR
Charity No. 276899
tel: 0207 613 5060
helpline: 0870 760 7496
e-mail: fnf@fnf.org.uk
web: www.fnf.org.uk
Families Need Fathers (FNF) is a registered charity providing information on shared parenting issues arising from family breakdown and support to divorced and separated parents, irrespective of gender or marital status. FNF’s primary concern is the maintenance of the child’s relationship with both parents.
FNF believes that all parents should be treated equally. Research shows that children thrive best with two caring parents, yet it is clear that prevailing attitudes towards shared parenting after separation or divorce are marginalising non-resident parents – almost always fathers – on an alarming scale.
FNF was founded in May 1974 and became a registered charity in 1979. FNF provides information through its publications and (increasingly) through its internet website. Personal support is provided by a national network of volunteers who act as telephone contacts and local organisers, and regular group meetings are held in a variety of locations throughout the country.
FNF seeks to address the problems faced by non-resident parents, and to influence public opinion by raising awareness of the inadequacy of the current family justice system and its effect on divided families, both parents and children alike. It is aware of the increasing impact that the issue of domestic violence is having in this area.
The ManKind Initiative
Municipal Building, Corporation Street, Taunton. Somerset TA1 4AQ
Charity No. 1089547; Company No. 3869893
Tel: 01823 334244
National helpline: 0870 794 4124
Web: www.mankind.org.uk
The Mankind Initiative is a men’s Civil Rights organisation which gained charitable status in 2001. It is largely devoted to the reform of family law so that that children of divorced or separated parents may have equal access to both parents unless this is unsafe for them.
Directly linked to this is the work which the Charity undertakes for male victims – and their children – of domestic abuse. Many children witness or are part of abuse inflicted by both men and women on their families. The ManKind Initiative intends to play an increasing part in both highlighting and reducing the social effects of this problem. It has recently been able to arrange refuge accommodation in the Somerset area for male victims of domestic violence and their children, the first such provision for male victims in the country.
Although a men’s charity, at the heart of its work lies the ethos that the family is the centre of society and that all members of the family require protection. The Charity therefore will help all callers regardless of gender, race, or sexual orientation.
AMEN
St Anne’s Resource Centre, Railway Street, Navan. Co. Meath. Republic of Ireland.
Charity No. CHY13025
tel & fax: (+353) 046-9023718
e-mail: amen@iol.ie
web: www.amen.ie
AMEN is a voluntary group, founded in December 1997, which provides a confidential helpline, information and a support service for male victims of domestic abuse and their children in the Republic of Ireland.
AMEN volunteers provide information on the legal remedies available to male victims who contact them and assist in making decisions on the options open to them.
The organisation also campaigns for greater recognition and support services for male victims from political and statutory bodies and for the inclusion of men, men’s groups and men’s experiences in the formulation of relevant social policy and legislation in the Republic.
David Yarwood - June 2006
E-mail: david@dewar4research.org
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