Fatal Attraction

Fatal Attraction looks at the changing attitudes towards casual sex and explores the long-term and shocking consequences that people have experienced following one seemingly frivolous night of passion.

Couple Chay and Michelle were still facing the repercussions of Chay's one night of passion three years later, as his former fling embarked on a terrifying stalking campaign. When Steven succumbed to a friend's provocative advances, he was faced with a false rape allegation a month later. Carefree 20-year-old Rogan's seemingly innocent one-night stand resulted in him becoming a father a little sooner than expected. And 25-year-old Sylvia, finding herself too busy to meet men, places adverts on the internet for casual sex, which she considers the quickest way to satisfy her desires.

To find out more about the support available for people affected by stalking, false accusation or fatherhood issues see below.

Stalking

Network for Surviving Stalking (NSS)
PO Box 7836
Crowthorne RG45 7YA
E-mail: help@nss.org.uk
Website: www.nss.org.uk
Provides help, support and information to those affected by stalking and harassment. See the website for more information, or send a stamped addressed 'A4' envelope to the address above.

Anti-Stalking & Harassment Guide
Website: www.stalking-information.co.uk/stalkinginfo/index.html
This online guide is intended to help you decide if you are being stalked and to give you some insights and advice about how to deal with the situation.

Anti-stalking guide
Website: www.scotlandyard.police.uk/stalking/guide.htm
This downloadable guide gives police guidance on how to investigate stalking and other harassment offences and includes a section with advice for victims.

False Accusation

False Allegations Support Organisation (FASO)
PO Box 4
Crosskeys
Newport NP11 7YA
Helpline: 0870 241 66 50 (Mon-Fri 6pm-12am)
Website: www.false-allegations.org.uk
Voluntary organisation dedicated to supporting anyone affected by a false allegation of abuse.

Legal Appeal
Central Office
BCM 4213
London WC1N 3XX
Tel: 0845 226 2641 (every day, 9am-10pm)
Website: www.legalappeal.co.uk
Provides pre-trial preparation and appeals for those faced with a false accusation of a sexual offence. The website includes useful information including tips on giving evidence in court and what to do if arrested.

Fatherhood issues

Equal Parenting Council (EPC)
38-40 Gloucester Road
Kensington
London SW7 4QU
Helpline: 0906 550 1865 (24 hours; calls charged at £1 per minute of which 50p goes to EPC as a donation)
Website: www.equalparenting.org
A charity campaigning for shared parenting as the best arrangement for children after their parents divorce or separate and campaigns for parents to be treated as equals in the eyes of the law.

Families Need Fathers (FNF)
134 Curtain Road
London EC2A 3AR
Helpline: 0870 760 7496 (Mon-Fri 6-10pm)
Office: 0870 760 7111
E-mail: fnf@fnf.org.uk
Website: www.fnf.org.uk
UK charity which provides information and support to parents, including unmarried parents, of either sex as well as grandparents. FNF is chiefly concerned with the problems of maintaining a child's relationship with both parents during and after family breakdown.

Fathers Direct
Website: www.fathersdirect.com
Website containing information about many aspects of fatherhood, including young fathers, separated families, parenting education and fathers in employment.

Shared Parenting Information Group (SPIG) UK
Website: www.spig.clara.net
Pressure group promoting responsible shared parenting after separation and divorce. The site includes guidelines for separating parents, sample parenting plans and joint custody FAQs.

Young, single, non-residential fathers: their involvement in fatherhood
Website: www.jrf.org.uk/knowledge/findings/socialpolicy/sp137.asp
Results of a study by Newcastle University which focused on the involvement in fatherhood of young, single, non-cohabiting fathers in Newcastle.

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