When I meet a young father for the first time I usually explain that there is some support for mothers and for children but there often appears to be very little for fathers, especially young fathers. I will explain that often young fathers feel isolated, ignored or invisible. At this stage every young man I have worked with is nodding, recognising that what I have said seems to apply to them. Brook Young Fathers offers support to men under 25 (or older if their partner is wo

What is Peer Support? As part of the “Building Futures Project” funded by the Big Lottery, I am one of two workers who provide one to one support to young mums across Cornwall for Mums and their families who are part of the child protection process. Last week we arranged a peer support day to allow some of the mums, Clare and I work with to get together and meet other young mums in the same or similar situations to themselves. It was a great opportunity to enable our mums t