{"id":73,"date":"2025-07-30T17:39:30","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T17:39:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/familiesfirst24.com\/?page_id=73"},"modified":"2025-12-23T10:05:26","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T10:05:26","slug":"home-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/familiesfirst24.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Across the UK 2.7 million children have no Father figure at home, that equates to 1 in 5 of all dependent children (1) An epidemic of absenteeism and lack of \u201cpresence\u201d among fathers has become the norm, and it is almost expected of anyone who has a job. In stark contrast approx. 8.9 million children have mobile phones (2); sadly, it would appear more children have smart phones than Dads living under the same roof. It’s because of this that we are aware that this can cause problems 24 hours a day, seven days a week, hence our name.<\/p>

When \u201cMollie\u201d aged 15 won a very special award the first person that she told was my friend who was giving her a lift to school. She said that she \u201ccouldn\u2019t tell Dad, he\u2019s always on the phone\u201d \u2013 how sad!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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About the Founder<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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My name is Malcolm Johnston and I currently live in a suburb of Manchester having lived in several other parts of the UK over the years.<\/p>

My main job is that of being a husband to Kay for 51 years, a Father, Grandfather (\u201cPapa\u201d), uncle, great uncle, and even a great great uncle.<\/p>

To keep a roof over our heads I have had several other jobs; I started off at the BBC in a job that became very well paid. When Kay became pregnant I started to look for another job as the current one was incompatible with family life. I found one as a representative, but in taking it I took a pay cut of two thirds.\u00a0<\/p>

Other jobs followed including 18 years in the pharmaceutical industry; during this time, I was ordained as an Anglican Priest (Cof E) to be a minister in the workplace. As well as having had two highly paid jobs, I\u2019ve also had 2 spells of benefits with all the loss of dignity and hardship that results from being in that place.\u00a0<\/p>

In recent time I have been working mainly with Church leaders principally on their work\/life balance.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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