Dear Friend,
This month we’re delighted to share with you our brand new promotional video.
Our last video served us well for ten years, and we want to say a huge thank you to Equippers Church, Chertsey and all the dads and children who featured in it. It’s incredible to think that most of those children will now be teenagers.
We also remain indebted to Cinnamon Network, whose technical and financial support made that video possible. Do explore Cinnamon Connect as the way to find people, resources and knowledge to help your church community project thrive, whether you’re interested in Who Let The Dads Out? or any of the other forty social action initiatives they recommend.
With seventeen new Who Let The Dads Out? groups setting up already in 2023, it feels as though we’re moving into a new season of growth, as we all look at how we can support families with love and compassion through the joys and challenges they are experiencing. Whether you’ve been journeying with us for ten years or ten days we are so grateful for your company and the heart you have to support dads and father figures.
In this newsletter we also feature details of the next Mountain Dad event, our autumn Zoom Cafés and Care for the Family’s whole autumn events schedule. So please do read on.
Kind regards,
Who Let The Dads Out? team
New promo video
A huge thank you to Teddington Baptist Church, their Who Let The Dads Out? team and all the families who contributed to the making of our new video.
Mountain Dad – Cader Idris Hike
Friday 10 – Sunday 12 November 2023
Join us, as together we make memories that will last a lifetime.
Mountain Dad is for adventurous dads (and father figures) with adventurous kids. It offers a chance to spend time with your children (aged 8+) in a group with other dads and their children. You can together take on the challenge of hiking to the peak of Cader Idris in the beautiful Eryri (Snowdonia) National Park, before relaxing back at the Min y Don centre on the Mawddach Estuary.
Our Zoom Cafés are a chance to connect with others across the Who Let The Dads Out? community, to ask questions, share ideas, talk through issues or just listen in.
No pre-booking required – simply make yourself a drink and click on the Zoom link to join.
Monday 11 September
12.30pm–1.30pm
Zoom link: https://careforthefamily.zoom.us/j/87389292330?pwd=V2NPdUxYaUdvQVIvYXk5S2YvbUZadz09
Meeting ID: 873 8929 2330
Passcode: dadcafe7
Tuesday 7 November
7.30pm–8.30pm
Zoom link: https://careforthefamily.zoom.us/j/86917389862?pwd=TklVMWw4bGtjWE1RdEZPMjJzZDlDZz09
Meeting ID: 869 1738 9862
Passcode: dadcafe8
Autumn Events 2023
Our autumn events schedule includes three weeks of A Mind of Their Own and four weeks of An Evening with Rob Parsons. Mum’s Night Out is in Northern Ireland and couples can once again unpack a Date Night in a Box.
Building your child’s emotional wellbeing
10, 11, 12 October – Eastbourne, Southampton, Croydon
17, 18, 19 October – Nottingham, Leicester, Cheltenham
21, 22, 23 November – Bradford, Preston, Sheffield
3, 4, 5 October – Cambridge, Southend-on-Sea, Ipswich
7, 8, 9 November – Chelmsford, Clapham Common, Luton
14, 15, 16 November – Portsmouth, Bournemouth, Bristol
28, 29, 30 November – Derby, The Wirral, Manchester
Effective wellbeing tools, real-life stories and a whole lot of laughs!
7, 8, 9 November – Portstewart, Belfast, Banbridge
Play together, laugh together, grow together
10 November, 17 November, 24 November or 1 December
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