In January 2000 Aberlour Child Care Trust set up the Healthy Fathering Project. Although small in scale the project was broad-based and ambitious in scope. The purpose of the project’s work was four-fold:
To raise awareness of the importance of positive and involved fathers and the benefits for children.
To promote professional understanding and commitment more actively to engage with fathers.
To influence policy and practice.
To pilot direct work with men as fathers and with children.