Call for book chapters for an edited collection for consideration by Routledge. Please see below a call for contributions for an edited collection focusing on men and their welfare. The deadline to submit (short) chapter proposals is 28th May 2020. I am keenly aware that this is a challenging time for many researchers, especially those … Continue reading
New Policy Briefing on kinship care launched by Ark
Following two presentations for the Ark Ageing Programme in June 2017, a policy briefing has been published, which includes findings from my Leverhulme Trust research fellowship. The Policy Brief is based on the workshop called ‘Exploring inequalities in caring: grandparents’ experiences of kinship care from multiple perspectives’, which was held at Queen’s University Belfast on … Continue reading
Grandparent’s Experiences of Kinship Care – Repair and Rescue, rather than Pleasure and Leisure.
Originally posted on Ageing Issues:
So often grand-parenting is presented as a fun and fickle leisure activity of wealthy Baby Boomers. For many grand-parents, the idyll of days out, holidays and baby-sitting is a remote possibility. Research by Grandparents Plus has found that in England alone there are 153,000 children living with relatives, and over…
New publications available about support for young fathers
On Tuesday 28th March 2017 a training event for professionals who work with young fathers was held in the Civic Hall in Leeds. This was a pilot based on the outcomes of ‘Responding to Young Fathers in a Different Way‘, an impact project that built directly out of the findings of Following Young Fathers, a research … Continue reading
New article in The Conversation: The myth of the fatherless society
I am delighted to announce that Dr Mike Ward (Swansea University) and I have had a short article published in The Conversation. ‘The Myth of the Fatherless Society‘ draws on our research (Beyond Male Role Models; grandfatherhood; and Men, Poverty and Lifetimes of Care) to critique the ‘crisis of fatherlessness’ narrative that has recently re-emerged … Continue reading
Dr Anna Tarrant 