Fathers 4 Justice Thames Valley

HOLY DAD’S ARMY! - Hunger striker ‘too weak’ - F4J Fun Day Newbury

From the Newbury Advertiser 9th October 2004

HOLY DAD’S ARMY!

Hunger striker ‘too weak’ to join campaigners
Group denies exploiting local father
Existing on red wine and soya milk
Women `support pressure group's cause

Newbury F4J Fun Day 9th October 2004

A few photos from the photo album

On a rather windy day fun and petition signing greeted visitors to Newbury Market Square on Saturday morning, 9th October 2004. Batman and Robin were there waving and greeting children, a stilt walker made balloon animals for them (the children, not Batman and Robin) and a petition for equal parenting was signed by several hundred people. A council official did tell us to remove the F4J banner from a signpost but that was no problem. It was moved somewhere else. The event was organised by the Thames Valley branch of F4J and was a great success and F4J co-ordinator Mike Ellis expects to repeat it again soon.

The full photo album is at Newbury F4J Fun Day

And there’s a video here

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BATMAN IS COMING!

Batman is coming to Newbury on Saturday, 9th October. He is arriving to sign autographs for kids in Newbury's Market Square as part of Fathers4Justice new campaign of public awareness. The Thames Valley branch of F4J are setting up the first of their stalls in order to collect signatures from the public over what they see as a serious social issue, that of fathers prevented from seeing their children and, by a court system which never punishes mothers who consistently break court orders.

The 'Fun Day' as F4J are calling it, is intended to revolve around children and as such, apart from Batman there will be a stilt walker and someone who makes animals out of balloons.

Said Mike Ellis, the Co-ordinator for the Thames Valley branch, "As children are the most important thing in our lives and yet we are either prevented from seeing them or, see them on a very limited basis, we felt that it was important that we theme this stall around children. Many of society's problems today are caused by children not having their father's influence on a regular basis. These stalls are going to be a regular feature in the Thames Valley for the forseeable future."