Sunday Express Exclusive: Family separation sends parents to early grave – Matt O’Connor calls for a full investigation & a Minister for Men
THE heartbreak of family separation is sending absent parents to an early grave, figures show. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) data shows that parents who leave their children are almost three times more likely to die early. It was unearthed by Sunday Express staff who compared the number of Child Support Agency (CSA) […]
Evening Standard: I spent £10,000 trying to see my young sons by F4J Founder Matt O’Connor
Note: In January 2002, a month after setting up Fathers4Justice, founder Matt O’Connor gave his first interview to the Evening Standard and explained why he has started the organisation. Published here for the first time online by Fathers4Justice.Judges are calling on Ministers to act over fathers who are denied access. Here, one dad, Matthew O’Connor, […]
Join the #Fathers4Justice #Daddypower Election Squad
We are now recruiting for our General Election squad in the run up to the election on 7th May 2015. Team members are required to play in various positions including activists, public speakers, social media activists, leafleteers, canvassers & protest co-ordinators. We particularly require people in London, Oxfordshire and Hampshire as we drive home our election […]
Why fathers need to push for 50/50 Shared Parenting. By Matt O’Connor.
I have been asked 2 questions at least 5 times every week ever since I started Fathers4Justice in 2001. Do I know a good lawyer? The answer is still no. Should I ask for shared parenting? Hell, yes!In any negotiation, you have to ask for the world. You can always come down, but you can […]
Promoting injustice, inequality and abuse: The Coram Children’s Legal Centre & NSPCC
There can be few more depressing sights than a charity proclaiming to act on behalf of children, whilst doing it’s damndest to deprive them of their most basic of human rights – their right to a father. That’s been the role of Coram Children’s Legal Centre (CCLC), an organisation, supported by Cherie Blair, that appears to […]
#CameronMustGo Prime Minister faces allegations he had secret affair with aide
Fathers4Justice can today report that David Cameron faces allegations that he had an affair with a member of his personal staff. The story is an open secret in Westminster and in the media, but as yet the story hasn’t been reported, no doubt because of the serious implications this would have in the run up […]
The Tories betrayal of Britain’s fathers continues – By Matt O’Connor
The Parental Involvement Provision: Section 11 of the Children and Families Act 2014 has recently come into force and a few supporters have approached us about this provision thinking it infers fathers greater rights. It does not.The legislation does not mention the ‘F’ word ‘fathers’ once. It does not recognise fathers in law nor provide […]
Independent Article Rebuttal “Fathers4Justice in court accused of neglecting their campaigns in favour of increasingly personal attacks” – Formal Response by Matt & Nadine O’Connor
In April 2013, a dispute arose between Fathers4Justice, Matt & Nadine O’Connor and Adrian Yalland which resulted in legal actions on all sides. The parties have now agreed to seek to resolve the matters amicably, and as such the dispute has been resolved. The following is a rebuttal of today’s Independent article about Matt […]
Daily Mail 27th January 2014 – Meet the woman who took on Kate Winslet.
Meet the woman who took on Kate Winslet: Fathers4Justice manager Nadine O’Connor explains why she humiliated the Hollywood icon and mother in THAT controversial ad. When Kate Winslet became the subject of a Fathers4Justice campaign last month, the world watched as a glamorous Hollywood icon became embroiled in the gritty debate on fathers’ rights. No […]
F4J Response to Sir Gerald Howarth Demonising Dads with Tory Stereotyping
Dear Mr Howarth, We have read your reported comments here today http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2539511/Strip-feckless-fathers-benefits-say-MPs-Breakdown-families-costs-country-46billion-EVERY-year.html Your comments not only demonise and stereotype dads as ‘deadbeats and feckless’, but they have caused great anger and upset amongst our supporters, not least because your party promised to introduce a legal presumption of shared parenting at the last election – a […]
