Photo by Chris Gilbert on UnsplashThe Edinburgh and Glasgow offices of Families Need Fathers Scotland will be closed between 21st December and 4th January inclusive, but members of staff will be available in turn during the entire festive period to take phone calls about urgent issues. Ring 0131 557 2440 and your call will be forwarded to Ian, John or Alastair.
Our offices will re-open on Monday 7th January, and the first group meetings of 2019 will be held in Edinburgh on Monday 7th January and Paisley and Stirling on Tuesday 8th January.
A "taster" session of an Edinburgh parenting course for fathers from Parent Network will be held in Edinburgh on Wednesday 9th January. It will run on Wednesday evenings for the following 9 weeks - contact Alastair Williamson for further details and bookings.
FNF Scotland will be holding a Stress Management course in Edinburgh on 31st January - further details and bookings here.
We are also holding an afternoon event about Parenting Co-ordination for mediators, lawyers and other family support professionals on Tuesday 15th January - further details and bookings here.
The Scottish Government will publish their response to the Family Law consultation in Spring 2019 and a draft Family Law Bill in the middle of the year. FNF Scotland will continue to promote ideas such as a rebuttable presumption of shared parenting and a move away from adversarial conflict in family courts. Parents wishing to help by lobbying their MSPs on these points should contact John Forsyth to help with this work.
Families Need Fathers Scotland wishes a happy and constructive New Year to all the people who contact us and attend our groups and all the lawyers and other professionals who have worked with us in 2018.