Fathers Together podcast
Fathers Together podcast
Podcast Description
Fathers Together is a podcast about young dads, imprisonment, and what it means to hold onto love, identity, and hope in the toughest of places.Hosted by Roifield Brown, this deeply human series shares the real stories of five fathers from racially minoritised communities who became dads young and served time behind bars. Through interviews, reflection, and expert insights, the podcast explores how they stayed connected to their children, what they lost, and what they’re fighting to rebuild.From bedtime stories told over the phone to the emotional cost of silence and stigma, Fathers Together shines a light on voices too often left out of the conversation on prisons, parenting, and masculinity.Developed in collaboration with the Race Equality Foundation and based on research led by Dr. Anita Mehay and Professor Richard Watt, this podcast is part of a wider NIHR-funded study working to co-design parenting support with fathers inside five English prisons.These are stories of rupture and repair. Of accountability and love. Of fatherhood behind bars — and what comes after. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The podcast delves into themes of fatherhood, identity, love, and resilience, with episodes focusing on the harsh realities faced by young dads in prison, such as the emotional toll of separation and strategies for staying connected, including episode highlights like Julian's story of becoming a father behind bars, and discussions around the systemic issues affecting racially minoritised communities.
Fathers Together is a podcast about young dads, imprisonment, and what it means to hold onto love, identity, and hope in the toughest of places.
Hosted by Roifield Brown, this deeply human series shares the real stories of five fathers from racially minoritised communities who became dads young and served time behind bars. Through interviews, reflection, and expert insights, the podcast explores how they stayed connected to their children, what they lost, and what they’re fighting to rebuild.
From bedtime stories told over the phone to the emotional cost of silence and stigma, Fathers Together shines a light on voices too often left out of the conversation on prisons, parenting, and masculinity.
Developed in collaboration with the Race Equality Foundation and based on research led by Dr. Anita Mehay and Professor Richard Watt, this podcast is part of a wider NIHR-funded study working to co-design parenting support with fathers inside five English prisons.
The Fathers Together is hosted by Central North West London NHS Foundation Trust. The views expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the NIHR or the Department of Health and Social Care.
These are stories of rupture and repair. Of accountability and love. Of fatherhood behind bars — and what comes after.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In this fifth and final episode of Fathers Together, we meet Tamym, who reflects on his life journey from childhood in Mauritius and England to imprisonment and the difficult work of rebuilding afterwards. He shares how struggles with cultural identity, a strained relationship with his father, and the pull of criminal associations led him into destructive choices.
Prison was both transformative and deeply painful, marked also by the loss of his mother and fractured family ties. Tamym’s partner offers her perspective on raising their children and holding the marriage together through the separation. Together, they speak candidly about grief, resilience, and how a parenting programme helped them to rebuild their family life.
Tamym’s story is one of endurance and return — finding strength in love, in fatherhood, and in the hope of creating something better for his family.
Joining host Roifield Brown are Dr Anita Mehay, who leads the Fathers Together study, and Leandra Box, Deputy CEO of the Race Equality Foundation. They discuss the disproportionate impact of imprisonment on Black, Asian and racially minoritised families, and what this means for children and women left behind.
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Website: www.fatherstogether.co.uk
Linkt.ee: https://linktr.ee/FathersTogether
YouTube: @TogetherFathers
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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