Would Would you like to come along to the launch of Home Front: What do mums and dads need to make life work?

[JustineMumsnet]

Home Front will be a high profile, on-line, national debate supported by the Equality and Human Rights Commission in conjunction with their Working Better campaign, to take place on Mumsnet.com and dads.info over the course of the Summer.

We?re trying to pin down the needs of mothers and fathers balancing paid work and caring for children and what can be done to make that balance work for all.

There will be a q and a session, a round table discussion plus lunch of course and we'd love to see some Mums and especially some Dads, there.

It's occurring next Monday 14 July 12.30-2pm at
Inmarsat, 9 City Road, London EC1Y 1AX

If you?d like to come along please drop and email to [email protected].

Cheers,
M Towers

Yes, why don't they do smaller focus groups all around the country? That would gain a much better representation.

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Can we bring our children? 16 week old DD in my case.

Good idea Gobbledigook!

Mn Towers?

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everyone knows what smart casual means!

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oh yes they do

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he's behind you - with jeans on

alan patridge understood smart casual

partridge. whatever

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Hiya,
I'll ask about kids - not sure if the venue's can accomodate tbh. Originally the idea was to do on a sunday with creche/bouncy castle etc but feeling was that no-one would want to give up weekend time to bring kids to a round-table discussion about work-life balance!

Re the london thing - i think they are hoping to get the press there and so makes sense to do in London as there's no way journos are going to travel...

plse ignore grammar and spelling!

Oh and further rationale for timing of the event is they hope to get some working Mums and Dads to come along in their lunch hour...

So SAHM's can't make it if you can't take kids, WOHM's will be working so that leaves SAHM with school age children in C.London or for people to pay for childcare/take a couple of hours off work?

So SAHM's can't make it if you can't take kids, WOHM's will be working so that leaves SAHM with school age children in C.London or for people to pay for childcare/take a couple of hours off work?

So it's in central London, for people who don't have their children with them? And it's about work life balance?

I'm really not sure you're creating the right impression here. If it's just for London journalists, just invite them, don't pretend it's somehow representative.

We're not pretending anything - it's a big room - there's extra space and we wondered if anyone wanted to come along. Sorry to offend!

And already said - it's at lunchtime so maybe working mums/dads could pop along then?

Well, Mumsnet is not made up of people who can easily be in Central London at a week's notice without their children, is it? My guess is that that is why you have so few replies to this thread. Many of us feel that this clearly has nothing to do with us!

Actually Mumsnet is made up of approx 1/3 full time workers (and 1/3 part time), 43% of whom are in London/S East. We imagine a fair proportion of those work in central london. So we thought a few of those might want to pop along.
So whilst you're correct that this invite is not relevant to all, it is relevant to quite sizable proportion of Mumsnetters as it happens. Although admittedly it's not the most enticing invitation ever proffered... did we mention the free nosh?

Where did the assumption come from that anyone in London can't be on a low income or a single mother?

If this was held in say, Birmingham, still people would complain they couldn't get to it. London is accessible more than any other city. If you really care you would go.

lunch hour?
These are a distant memory for most WOHMs I know, who tend to work through so that they can leave the office before bedtime.