I’m now into my fourth week on the job and have taken the opportunity to meet some of the various volunteer groups within FNF and to work on our 3-year strategic plan. That is still taking shape but one of the key priorities, as well as improving our internal organisation and external campaigning, will be to support our branches and volunteers with better communication, learning and sharing. A monthly update from me in this newsletter should also help with that.
As well as working with the board on aspects of the internal organisation since starting, myself and our chair, Paul O’Callaghan, have managed to secure meetings with senior officials within the Ministry of Justice and Department for Work of Pensions; we see these as key, ongoing relationships and will be using them to push the case for reform, both to the family court system and to child maintenance. As well as providing vital support to our service users, helping to change the current system will be key to moving to proper shared parenting in this country.
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