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Towards a conceptual framework for family proofing policy (Relationships Foundation 2010)
The executive summary of a research paper introducing the 3D7L model (3 key domains, 7 critical levers of influence), which helps to analyse the effects of policy on family relationships and also families' ability to contribute to the key goals of that policy.
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Staff at HQ in Cambridge, England:

Dr Michael Schluter, CBE - Chief Executive

Michael trained as an economist before working as a research fellow with the International Food Policy Research Institute, and economics consultant with the World Bank in East Africa. He and his wife Auriel have 3 married children, and 10 grandchildren. Michael is now a social entrepreneur and has launched six charities whose work includes international peace-building (Concordis International), alternative finance (Citylife) and social policy (Credit Action). In 1994, Michael launched the Relationships Foundation; he is also on the board of Relationships Forum Australia. He is co-author of The R Factor (1993), Jubilee Manifesto (2005) and The Relational Manager (September 2009) and has contributed to a number of other books looking at social issues from a relational perspective. He is an experienced speaker who has addressed audiences all over the world, and was awarded a CBE in the Queen’s new year honours in 2009.


Jonathan Tame - International Projects Manager

Jonathan trained as an agricultural economist and worked for the British government’s development agency in Cameroon, before joining a faith-based NGO in Lausanne, to lead their relief and development support office. In 1994 he married Helene, a palliative care nurse, and they moved to Romania to develop a number of social, educational and cultural projects together. These included an international environmental workshop; an arts cafe which hosted a variety of lectures, exhibitions and debates; a women’s counselling centre and maternity home. In 2006 they left Romania for Switzerland, where Jonathan set up a small institute to introduce Geneva’s spiritual heritage to people working in the city’s international community. Jonathan developed a variety of training events on the relevance of Judeo-Christian thinking to different professions and domains of society. He also served on the board of Medair, a Swiss-based relief agency. The family moved to Cambridge in 2009 so Jonathan could join Relationships Global.



Marilyn Collins - PA to Chief Executive

Marilyn is married with two grown up children, and before becoming a full-time mother, she worked as PA to one of the directors of a consultancy firm in the Cambridge Science Park. After her career break she re-entered the secretarial world as PA to the Keeper of the Archives at Churchill College. Marilyn has worked at Jubilee House since 1990 and has been Michael Schluter's PA for 17 years, first within the Relationships Foundation and now as part of the Relationships Global team.