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#dadsflextoo - An interview with Chris Haworth

Hi! My name is Chris Haworth.  I am self – employed and am the founder of Peak Performance massage. I have clinic’s both in Oxford and in our local Village, Milton under Wychwood.

#dadsflextoo - An interview with Matt Dupuy

Matt is a stay-at-home Dad, or how he better describes it, a full-time toddler valet to Finch, his three year old daughter. Prior to this, Matt was a full-time subeditor at a news website and tells us why being able to stay-at-home was the best decision for his family, the benefits of this and how flexible working is key to a better work/life juggle.

#dadsflextoo - A blog by Patrick Alleyne

My name is Patrick Alleyne and I am not a stay at home dad but very much employed in a busy and demanding role. I work flexibly but not for family/caring reasons unless caring for yourself and looking after your own wellbeing counts? I work for London regional government and my organisation is hugely supporting of flexible working.

#dadsflextoo - A blog by Phil Farr

Hi, my name's Phil and I work as a Senior Project Officer for the Greater London Authority and have done for 20 years. Yes, really! I have a partner and a lovely daughter who is 7. We live in the Home Counties and due to being able to work flexibly, I am able to balance the commute to work in London with some work from home days and this suits me because I can be there to do the school run and take my daughter to after-school activities.

#dadsflextoo - An interview with Tom Briggs | Diary of the Dad

My name's Tom and I'm a dad of three. I've been a full-time blogger for the last three and a half years. This makes me more of a work-at-home dad than a stay-at-home one in the truest sense, but I've enjoyed the best of both worlds as a result.

#dadsflextoo - An interview with Andy Philip

Hi, I’m Andy Philip; self-employed freelance musician; Dad to six year old twins. My work involves live performance, recording sessions, arranging, composing and some teaching. Performance-work always tends to be in the evening which means leaving home around the kids’ dinner time to make the commute into the West End (I’m the contracted guitarist on the musical Wicked).

Flexible working is just for Mums, isn't it?

Actually no, it really isn’t and it’s something that we often challenge businesses with when we talk to them about the wonderful benefits of flexible working. We talked to Jackie C Whittingham, Special Projects Senior Manager at Grant Thornton UK LLP who gave us an insight into what life is really like for those seeking flexibility within the company (and you guessed it, it isn’t just Mums making this work for them)…