On the fourth day of National Family Week, Relationships Foundation is calling on the Government to do much more to encourage co-location, enabling relatives to live near or with other…
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On this third day of National Family Week, Relationships Foundation is highlighting the implications of family breakdown for the future care of vulnerable and elderly people. There are currently…
On this second day of National Family Week, Relationships Foundation highlights the pressure put on UK families by debt. The UK has the highest number of families with ‘critical…
The UK has the fourth most burdensome housing costs in Europe. According to Eurostat figures, 15.4% of Britons live in households that experience ‘housing cost overburden’: this is when rent…
On this day before National Family Week starts, Relationships Foundation is publishing research which highlights the pressures on families who work weekends. There are 6.5 million working families in…
The Relationships Foundation Newsletter May 2011 In the run up to the last general election, in consultation with many of our advisors, we took the view that the area…
Commenting on David Cameron’s Big Society re-launch today, Michael Trend, Executive Director of the Relationships Foundation, said: “Once again, it is encouraging to see the Prime Minister’s heartfelt belief…
The Relationships Foundation’s Family Pressure Gauge has been developed to measure progress towards the goal of making Britain the ‘most family friendly country in Europe’ – the stated intent of…
In Opposition and in Government, the Coalition parties have pledged to make the UK the most family friendly country in Europe. But little action has been taken to that end….
“Far too many families endure chronic, punishing hardship. Lacking jobs and the means to make ends meet, adults are unable to provide adequate nutrition for children, leaving them with lifelong…
The Relationships Foundation welcomes ‘Building a Social Recovery? A first year report card on the Coalition Government‘ by the Centre for Social Justice. In it the CSJ scores the…
The Relationships Foundation Newsletter April 2011 A day in the life of Sam Barker, our Head of Family Policy “The day starts with breakfast and the Today programme, a…
We have been working with our partners Team Focus to develop a survey version of our new online relational audit tools for use in a groundbreaking pilot project in South…
We welcome the launch of Action for Happiness. Many of the recommended actions are about relationships with family, friends and neighbours. While there is much that individuals can do to…
The Relationships Foundation is concerned that, despite the Government’s stated ambition to make the UK the most family friendly country in Europe, they have as yet failed to bring forward…
The Relationships Foundation Newsletter March 2011 Relationships Foundation asks: Where is the ‘Macavity Committee’ on Childhood and Families The Childhood and Families Taskforce was announced by Nick Clegg in June…
Tax breaks, first time buyer and mortgage interest support and fuel duty changes may benefit families in the short term: but it won’t relieve the long term pressure on families,…
David Cameron has pledged to make Britain the most family friendly country in Europe, and Nick Clegg has said ‘we are not casual about the pressure that many parents feel’,…
On flexible working, the consultation has slipped and the pledge has been delayed, despite BIS finding it delivers net benefit, and the Government’s efforts to make Britain more family friendly….
The Childhood and Families Taskforce was announced by Nick Clegg in June 2010, and was due to report around the end of 2010. It was in part a response to…
Welcome to the Relationships Foundation newsletter February 2011 The Relationships Foundation welcomes Sam Barker, our new Head of Family Policy Sam joins us from Westminster where he was senior researcher to…
The Relationships Foundation welcomes Sam Barker, our new Head of Family Policy Sam joins us from Westminster where he was senior researcher to a Member of Parliament working…
On this final day of marriage week, Relationships Foundation, the think tank for a better connected society, is calling for the Coalition Government and the Office for National Statistics to…
On this third day of marriage week, Relationships Foundation, the think tank for a better connected society, is highlighting the cost of family breakdown to the civil and criminal justice…
On the day the Education Bill receives its second reading in Parliament, Relationships Foundation, the think tank for a better connected society, is highlighting the cost of family breakdown to…
Relationships Foundation, the think tank for a better connected society, is using this first day of marriage week to call for marital status to be reinserted into government data collection….
The cost of family failure continues to be a huge charge on the public purse. The Relationships Foundation’s annual index of the cost of family failure shows that the overall…
The Relationships Foundation has today published the results of its third annual ‘Cost of Family Breakdown’ Index. The total cost of family breakdown to the UK was £41.74 billion…
Welcome to the Relationships Foundation newsletter January 2011 Welcome to our first monthly update for 2011. The mission of Relationships Foundation remains to help bring about a more humane and sustainable…
Developed over more than 15 years’ research and practice, the Relational Health Audit is a one-of-its-kind psychometric scorecard that helps clients assess the quality and diagnose the state of relationships…