# BOTH PARENTS MATTER

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 276899
- **Other names:** BOTH PARENTS MATTER, FAMILIES NEED FATHERS LIMITED, F N F
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [01396139](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/01396139)
- **Registered:** Feb. 13, 1979
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=276899


## Contact

- **Address:** 27 OLD GLOUCESTER STREET, HOLBORN, LONDON
- **Postcode:** WC1N 3AX
- **Phone:** 0300 030 0110
- **Email:** admin@bothparentsmatter.org.uk
- **Website:** www.bothparentsmatter.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE CHARITY&#x27;S OBJECTS ARE:  (I) FOR THE RELIEF OF PARENTS AND THEIR CHILDREN AND OTHER CLOSE FAMILY MEMBERS SUFFERING FROM THE CONSEQUENCES OF DIVORCE OR SEPARATION BY PROVIDING ADVICE, ASSISTANCE AND OTHER SUPPORT AND, IN SO DOING, HELPING PARENTS STAY IN TOUCH WITH THEIR CHILDREN AFTER DIVORCE OR SEPARATION;  (II) TO FURTHER THE EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN WHOSE PARENTS HAVE DIVORCED OR SEPARATED BY ENCOURAGING SHARED PARENTING ARRANGEMENTS WHICH ENABLE SUCH CHILDREN TO HAVE CONTINUING AND MEANINGFUL RELATIONSHIPS WITH BOTH THEIR PARENTS;  (III) TO CONDUCT STUDY AND RESEARCH INTO PROBLEMS CONCERNED WITH CHILDREN WHO ARE DEPRIVED OF THE PRESENCE OF A PARENT IN THEIR FAMILIES, AND INTO THE PROBLEMS CONCERNED WITH ESTABLISHING GOOD RELATIONS BETWEEN PARENTS LIVING APART FROM THEIR CHILDREN, AND TO PUBLISH THE USEFUL RESULTS OF ALL SUCH STUDY AND RESEARCH IN ORDER TO ENCOURAGE APPROPRIATE CHANGES IN PROFESSIONAL AND PUBLIC OPINION;  (IV) TO RELIEVE POOR PARENTS BY HELPING TO OBTAIN AND PROMOTING THE PROVISION OF LEGAL ADVICE, ASSISTANCE AND OTHER LEGAL SERVICES WHICH SUCH PERSONS WOULD BE UNABLE TO OBTAIN BY REASON OF THEIR LACK OF MEANS.

**Activities:** Families Need Fathers is a self help charity which provides information and support on children&#x27;s issues for separated and divorced parents (including unmarried parents), as well as grandparents, partners, friends, and the extended family. Our main concern is to maintain a child&#x27;s relationship with both parents during and after family breakdown.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** Children/young People, The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** ENGLAND AND WALES
- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Paul Jeremy O&#x27;Callaghan** | Chair | Dec. 5, 2020 |
| Frances Carr |  | Nov. 2, 2024 |
| Greg Cavadino |  | Feb. 19, 2022 |
| Jackie Sanders |  | Nov. 2, 2024 |
| LEE GRICE |  | Feb. 2, 2012 |
| Mihir Parikh |  | Jan. 25, 2025 |
| WILLIAM JAMES DAVIS |  | Feb. 26, 2024 |
| Wayne Martin |  | Nov. 16, 2014 |




