The need to engage with young fathers is increasingly a key theme in central and local government research, policy and practice. Young fathers are usually defined by service providers as male parents under the ages of 25. Since teenage pregnancies usually involve 18 or 19 year-old females, most young fathers are in their early twenties (Dudley, 2001).In addition to statutory obligations for equal treatment of men and women in public services (as is now required by the Gender Equality Duty, enshrined in The Equality Act 2006, which became law in April 2007), local authorities are encouraged to...