Fatherhood Foundation
Strategic Plan

Educational Media & TV for Adults and Children  
The Fatherhood Foundation’s goal is to provide positive fathering information and creative family based TV & film production that will educate and entertain.  Well produced TV ads that highlight the power of positive fathering could change public perception of the importance of fathering.  Currently our non-profit TV production arm, Australian Heart Productions (AHP), is finishing work on a ½ hour pilot in a 13 part series called, ‘Australian Heart with the Marshes’.  This series is a real life,  travel documentary with positive family role models and interviews with other Aussie families.  AHP is working on a five minute educational series focusing on families and fathers called ‘Heartfelt’.  Another proposal for a TV show called ‘Aussie Families’ is also being developed.  

‘fathersonline.org’    
The world wide web is expanding at a record rate with a huge take up in Australian homes and business.  The Fatherhood Foundation aims to build up a large internet communication network to support busy fathers in a busy world.  The concept is simple, a weekly email through ‘fathersonline.org’ that will inspire men to be fathers of excellence.  The concept is to use quotable quotes from proven sources to encourage men much like the quotes found in this strategic plan.  If you enjoy these enclosed sayings, you will enjoy ‘fathersonline.org’.

Fun for Families   
Father and son sport and games.  Father and daughter outing and family activities.  Australians love their sport.  Why not find sports that can include children and their dads?  What a great excuse to spend time together.  Other options include camping, travelling and other organized opportunities.  The concept would be to get the community involved at a grass roots level as much as possible.  The possibilities are endless.  The Fatherhood Foundation would be a catalyst for these types of father-friendly family activities.

Fatherhood and Family Success Seminars  
The Fatherhood Foundation is able to provide seminars for fathers wanting to move to excellence in fathering.  The title for the seminar is ‘Fathers, the Seven Secrets for Success’, dealing with such issues as love commitment, sex, faith, friendship, fun, respect, authority and trust.

Fatherhood Success Seminars for Single Dads  
The Fatherhood Foundation will provide help for single and divorced fathers, through training seminars to meet their needs.

Quality Research  
The Fatherhood Foundation wants to sponsor quality research into the results of living in a fatherless society and to quantify the social impact of family breakdown.  The final outcome of all research would be to find ways to overcome the problems and provide positive answers.  In Australia this is an issue that lacks in-depth positive research.
  
Public Speaking Tours/Seminars   
The Fatherhood Foundation will sponsor overseas experts on fathering such as Bill Cosby, Derek Prince, Rob Parsons,(The Sixty Minute Father), Dr Ken Canfield (National Fathering Center, Kansas, USA) and Dr James Dobson (Focus on the Family).  Australia has excellent fathering educators such as Steve Biddulph, Daniel Petre and Ian Grant from NZ who may also be included. To fund such speaking tours will be expensive but ultimately well worth the investment in the families of Australia.

Public Media Announcements on the need for increased support for fathers and to focus public debate on the right of every child to have both a father and a mother. 

Media Liaison for the Fatherhood Foundation: 02 4272 6677  Mobile: 0418 225212
Email: info@fathersonline.org
PO Box 440
Wollongong NSW 2520