Roger Olley MBE collects his Award

Roger Olley MBE together with his proud family visited Buckingham Palace earlier this month to receive his award from the Queen.

Roger was awarded the MBE in the Queen's birthday honours for ‘services to families’.

From 2000 until his retirement in 2010 Roger led the Father's Plus Service for Children North East. Under Roger’s leadership the Fathers Plus service has become the leading UK experts on how to involve fathers and male carers in ‘family’ services. Roger managed a team of Fathers Workers who built up expertise in involving Dads then spread this knowledge to Sure Start Children's Centres, Primary Schools and Community Health Services all over the UK.

Roger contributed significantly to the development of national policies and strategies about including fathers, he co-authored the ‘Developing Men Friendly Organisations’ accredited training course which has been taken up by managers, policy makers and practitioners in organisations all over the UK. Since his 'retirement' he is still in great demand to advise public sector organisations and speak at conferences. He also continues to write about fatherhood.

Many congratulations from everyone at Children North East.