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Redefining Strength: Why healthy masculinity matters so much for the next generation
The Netflix drama Adolescence really brought this topic to the fore, and with award season coming up, there’s sure to be another big bounce in the headlines and column inches it attracts. As we see outstanding young actor Owen Cooper being crowned the youngest ever Emmy nominee, have we made any progress since the show…
Read MoreAsk Dad’s response to Adolescence – Fact or Fiction?
“One of our aims was to ask, ‘What is happening to our young men these days, and what are the pressures they face from their peers, from the internet, and from social media?’ ” Stephen Graham told Netflix. “And the pressures that come from all of those things are as difficult for kids here…
Read MoreStart a Good Conversation with Fast Forward
Fast Forward has secured a National Lottery award from The National Lottery Community Fund for our Good Conversations pilot. We will pilot support for parents & carers enabling them to become more comfortable, and confident, in having what they perceive as difficult conversations with their children. The pilot will draw on our significant experience in…
Read MoreAsking Dads About Father’s Day
Mark Hunter, our Project Officer leading the “Ask Dad More” project, shares some insights from The Haven Project’s Dadtastic Group reflecting about Father’s Day. It is hard to argue that there is a more significant relationship in anyone’s life than that between parent and child. “Significant” needn’t mean wholly positive of course. The lack of…
Read MoreThe National Lottery Community Fund invests £76,415 in supporting dads and father figures in Edinburgh and the Lothians.
Fast Forward has received a National Lottery award from The National Lottery Community Fund of £76,415 to continue its work with dads and father figures. Over the next two years, Fast Forward will continue to develop and expand the Ask Dad More Project thanks to the award. The Ask Dad More Project will use the…
Read MoreThe Ask Dad Project, a year on.
It’s already been a year since the Ask Dad Project started. Project Officer Mark reflects on the work developed so far. The Ask Dad Project: helping me learn as a practitioner and as a father Not for the first time since taking on the development of the Ask Dad Project for Fast Forward have…
Read MoreOur new project: Ask Dad
Hello! I am Mark, the new(ish) Ask Dad Project Officer and this is my first ever blog for Fast Forward. Having previously enjoyed 13 years as a Youth Worker at the Pilton Youth and Children’s Project, I was delighted to take on a new challenge and join the team at Fast Forward at the beginning of May to…
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