Relationships Foundation has just updated its annual “Cost of Family Failure Index”, and can reveal the 2015 cost of family breakdown to the taxpayer is £47 billion – costing each…
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Relationships Foundation welcomed the publication of The Family Test guidance for government departments from the Department for Work & Pensions1. RF has been making the case for this development for…
We are delighted that today the Prime Minister has announced the implementation of a ‘family test’ to examine all domestic policy for its impact on the family. His speech today is…
The total cost of family breakdown to the UK was £46 billion, up from £44 billion last year. The index looks at the cost of family breakdown in five key…
Inside: Cost of Family Failure remains at £46bn despite government cuts, Marriage Foundation’s second national conference a huge success, and an update on the Relational Schools Project! Click the…
Thirteen authors, all highly respected professionals, assess the criminal justice system from a relational perspective and suggest ways of bringing a concern for the relationships damaged by crime at the…
Written at a time of intense debate both in the emerging post-communist world and the recession-ridden West, The R Factor presents a powerful critique of our culture. Only through the…
Writers in this unique collection of essays, from their very different walks of life, challenge the neglect of our relationships. Drawing together evidence from pyschology, economics and commerce, sociology and…
This book looks at the characteristics of NHS relationships. It looks at policy and the theory underpinning these relationships and builds on practical examples from many of the health communities…
Each chapter adopts a consistent format and a clear framework for professional relationships, considering those with the same profession, other professions, new partners, policy actors, the public and with patients….
Relationships that work lie at the heart of every successful organisation – on a strategic level, a cultural level, an operational level and a personal level. Distilling 20 years of…
Our annual “Cost of Family Failure Index” continues to receive widespread attention. Most notably it was used by the Department for Education in their evaluation of the cost effectiveness of…
Our chair of trustees, Peter Lacey, has begun a blog on the question “Why Relational Health?”. You can see his first blog post, “Compassion &mdash, not just for nurses” here….
This report, from Relationships Forum Australia sets out to establish whether there is a link between changes in Australian working patterns and aspects of well-being associated with relationships, particularly those…
There was an interesting reference to our work during yesterday’s debate, ‘Strengthening Couple Relationships’, in the House of Commons (Westminster Hall). Fiona Bruce MP said, “The Relationships Foundation has described…
This year the Social Market Foundation released its ‘M Word’ competition around the party conferences. Asked to tweet what should have been in the manifesto, we (in the winning tweet!)…
Inside: Relational round tables, the Relational School project and updates from our other initiatives! Click the image to view the PDF in your browser. Right click and select ‘Save…
Congratulations to Allia, long ago an initiative of the Relationships Foundation, who have just announced that the Scottish Government will invest £10m in one of their charitable bonds! Allia started…
The New Statesman has picked up arguments that we have long been making about the importance of the family in preventing poverty and boosting living standards. “The state and market…
The Relationships Foundation’s Cost of Family Failure Index was (mis!)quoted in the Daily Express on Saturday, in an article about the proposed marriage tax breaks. “When families break up they…
A new report from the Centre for Social Justice shows that aroundd one million children grow up with no contact with their father. The think tanks says that “Many are…
The Relationships Foundation’s Cost of Family Failure Index was quoted in The Telegraph this morning in an article about the proposed marriage taz breaks, “David Cameron believes in marriage –…
Inside: Cost of family breakdown hits £46bn; Introducing Relational Schools; and the RF in HK! Click the image to view the PDF in your browser. Right click and select…
In a most welcome development along the lines of our thinking, the new Relationships Alliance has called on the National Institute for Clinical Excellence to develop a quality standard on…
Barnados has produced an excellent report on how the new Benefits Up-rating Act may affect families. They highlight concerns that in recent years families have experienced both downward pressures on…
The Telegraph reports today that the average UK family with one worker and two children loses 27. 9 per cent of their wages in tax, compared with 26.2 per cent…
RG International Council RF Chair, Peter Lacey, is attending the International Council of Relationships Global in Hong Kong, together with representatives from other relational organisations from around the world….
UPDATE: See press comment on this press release at the Daily Mail and The Telegraph. The Relationships Foundation’s annual “Cost of Family Failure Index” is now widely quoted both in…
The Marriage Foundation’s first national conference, “Modern Marriage: Myths, Realities and Prospects” was held on February 15 and was sold out two weeks before the event! The conference…
The Relationships Foundation welcomes Relate’s report recognising and discussing why men are less willing to seek help or support for relationship problems. Harry Benson, Director of Communications at…