The FQM was launched last week at the Working with Fathers national conference, organised by Fathers Direct, the national information centre, following a two-year consultation by the DfES to define father-friendly practice.
It is open to all early years and children's services, including children's trusts, schools, and maternity and adoption services that meet the requirements of the Children's National Service Framework to include fathers in all aspects of a child's wellbeing.
The NSF specifically requires primary care trusts and local authority children's services to provide targeted information to fathers and to ensure staff have the skills and training to work with them. It states that good parenting by fathers is associated with better mental health in children, less criminality in later life and improved school performance and behaviour.
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