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Roger Olley MBE together with his proud family visited Buckingham Palace earlier this month to receive his award from the Queen.

Roger was awarded the MBE in the Queen's birthday honours for ‘services to families’.

Children North East and the Beatrice Webb Memorial Trust national conference on Child Poverty at the Sage Gateshead on 23rd November 2011.

The conference will include the first showing of an exhibition by children and young people, illustrating how they see child poverty in the North East Region in 2011. Over 1200 children and young people have so far taken part.

The focus of the day will be to collectively find solutions and generate 120 actions to end child poverty.
Follow the conference on twitter using the hashtag #CNEconf.

Tiemo Entertainments

Presents

In Celebration of Men II

"Giving boys the best possible start in life"

A series of workshops and seminars will shine a spotlight on mens health and well being, education and rights to fatherhood.

Saturday 19th November 2011
10-2pm

Westminster Academy
The Naim Dangoor Centre
255 Harrow Road
W2 5EZ
London

Followed by

Dinner and Networking Event
6.30pm for 7pm - 10pm

Hotel Ibis, 3 Cardington Street, London NW1 2LW

With Keynote Speaker Mr Damion Queva - Publisher of Fathers Quarterly magazine

Congratulations to Roger Olley who has been awarded the MBE in the Queen's birthday honours for ‘services to families’. From 2000 until his retirement in 2010 Roger led the Father's Plus Service for Children North East.

Dads on Track

A new course for Dads and Family Men

Be the best dad you can be!
Come along to our free weekly course for dads and male carers, learn practical childcare skills and more!

Suitable for dads and male carers with children of all ages

Starting 9th May 2011 - 1pm-3.30pm

at Austin House, Southwick, Sunderland
Including a free lunch!

Let us know if you are coming

Send us a text or give us a call on 07931360714 with your name and number

Tomorrow, I will be heading to Westminster to pass on the views of North East children, mums and dads to the Labour Party’s education policy advisory group.

Parents are vitally important to children's learning and development, yet many parents, and this is especially true for fathers and male carers feel disengaged from their child's learning in school.

A big thank you to the hundreds of dads and families who came along to the DLI Dads Fun Day on Saturday despite the snow and rain! A great time was had by all.

Family men and their children joined in with Paintballing, football, meeting soldiers from the past, making solider puppets, getting camouflaged and much more!

The fun day was part of a longer programme of events and activities for men and their children at the museum. The next one is 'Cadet Capers' and takes place on the 12th March. Bookings can be made through the museum on 01941

FATHERS and children are invited to a military-themed family fun event this Saturday.

The fun day will be held at Durham Light Infantry (DLI) Museum, in Aykley Heads, Durham City, as part of the museum%u2019s Courageous Restraint: 3 Rifles in Afghanistan programme.

It will include people dressed as soldiers from throughout the ages, military vehicles and displays from various regiments.

Visitors will be able to try camouflage and field cooking with RAF Cadets.

I'm thrilled about being asked to chair this exciting conference on behalf of Fathers Plus.

The theme is 'Families for the Future'

It's on Friday 28 January 2011; 9.30am to 3.45pm

At Hartlepool Maritime Experience, Jackson Dock, Maritime Avenue, Hartlepool TS24 0XZ

It is an interactive event to share good practice and generate ideas for future work with families most in need

Want to know more about camouflage and concealment, think you can build a bridge or dig a trench, want a go in a Challenger tank, want to meet a real live Roman soldier or just want somewhere fun to hang out and share a bacon butty with other dads and children?