Huge thanks to Vincent McGovern.
Central London Branch claims to be one of our best. No-one currently knows how long it has been operating. Probably 35 years. It meets every week. There is no record of one ever being missed. Zoom during lockdown but live meetings recently resumed. Before the pandemic there were about 1,000 attenders a year. Numbers are building up again, there were 12 on the 5th of June. Upstairs room of the Three Kings public house, 7, Clerkenwell Close, near Farringdon tube. Every Monday 20.00-22.00.
For the last 11 years Vincent has been branch chair and the principal meeting host. With his work as McKenzie friend (he does not do it anymore) there must be possibly several hundreds of children re-united with a parent as result. His guidance and support to LIPs was priceless and stellar, as it was his career in child protection.
He also led lobbying work. The branch, with him and John Baker as main organisers, run workshops on Parental Alienation, False Allegations, how to cope personally with exclusion, the failings of the family courts and prospect on contact denial as Child Abuse.
His book ‘The War on Dads and Children: How to fight and win’ (from Amazon) is must-read. His interview with Ann Widdecombe, her site, ‘Heresies’, episode 7, from 19 to 36 minutes had got 56,000 views of a year ago.
He leaves a strong branch and an infinite sentiment of gratitude and admiration from the CLB committee and the thousands of people he has helped in his 15 years of involvement with FNF.
Our warm thanks and best wishes for him personally and for his carrying on in a different capacity. As he will.
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