Ruth SutherlandPromoting access to

relationships education:

issues and challenges

December 2013

1963

2012

What do we know about relationships and

family life?

What makes a good relationship?

Why do good relationships matter?

Relationships see us through good times and

bad

Relationships Alliance: Relate, Marriage Care, One

Plus One & Tavistock Centre for Couple Relationships

Areas of interest:

1. Machinery of government

2. Localism

3. Data

4. Transitions

5. Culture change

Priorities for policy

1. Relationship support should become a core responsibility of local government.

2. There should be greater measurement of the stability and quality of couple, family and social relationships at a local authority level.

3. Government should bring forward a new cross-government couple, family and social relationships strategy.

4. There should be an investment in relationship support at key life transitions.