The Dad Test Guide for Children's and Family Services: how to start 'thinking fathers'

This guide has been published by Think fathers and it contains information for professionals around engaging fathers and including them in publications (imagery). It also talks about communicating with fathers and making sure you use terms like father and dad in your publications. There are also some useful case studies in the document that could help teams.

Parenting Programme

Parenting Programmes are packages of training delivered by practitioners, which support children, young people and their parents/carers. This guide goes into detail about services that are available for families in Sunderland, helping professionals signpost parents correctly.

Parenting Support Directory

The Parenting Support Directory has been designed, to give professionals working with families, details of support groups and services that can help support children and families across Sunderland.