Public Affairs & Policy Development
Our political expertise and innovative approach give you the edge. We can devise policy solutions, parliamentary campaigns and provide advocacy, advice and support when needed. Our extensive contacts and detailed understanding of how government and parliament works will help you achieve legislative change, build alliances and deliver lasting influence.
We have worked with the Power Inquiry to bring about change in political participation, the Equal Opportunities Commission on driving equality, the Fatherhood Institute in its bid to promote the greater involvement of fathers and Help the Aged on the older people’s agenda.
At DHA, we see public affairs as part of our wider communications activity – and something which can add value to campaigns, advocacy work and an organisation’s communications strategy.
Help the Aged
DHA was asked by national charity Help the Aged to develop arguments and influencing to secure an extension to the limits of the Goods, Facilities and Services Act relating to older people...
Associated Resources
A charter for change
Client: Counsel & Care
Sector: Health & Social Care
Date: 2008-04-08 11:45:40
File: a-charter-for-change.pdf (346.4KB)
Think-tank urges action to give newborns better start 14.04.08
Client: Fatherhood Institute
Sector: Equality & Human Rights
Date: 2008-05-07 10:24:28
File: thinktank-urges-action-to-give-newborns-better-start-140408.doc (94KB)
Ed Balls and Deidre Sanders engaged in talks over 'Kids in the Middle'
Latest news
GOVERNMENT ACTS ON KIDS IN THE MIDDLE
DHA CAMPAIGN DRAWS £60 MILLION SUPPORT FOR CHILDREN AFFECTED BY RELATIONSHIP BREAKDOWN
Kids in the Middle, the campaign devised by DHA Communications for the Fatherhood Institute and other family charities, has won £60 million backing from Government.
At the first ever Relationship Summit, called in response to the campaign backed by 17 of the nation's agony aunts - collectively known as an 'anguish' - Ed Balls said that he was taking a new approach to the issue. He said: "Too often in the past we have focused on supporting adults when they are breaking up but we have not thought enough about the impact on children. We are pioneering a new approach here in thinking about this particular group of vulnerable children.
Among the measures announced today will be further support for new and first-time parents through ante-natal education and parenthood programmes and plans to train practitioners to help them identify and raise relationship issues.
£60m extra will be ploughed into 1,500 schools for over 200,000 children and young people to access support such as counselling and peer mentoring at school.
£5.5m will also be announced for better coordinated local support for separating couples.
