Rock July with Us!
Rock july with us!
Well - June was such a busy month but July is here and it’s the school holidays! We’ve still got stuff on for you and your family though, so check out our calendar or click the links below for up-to-date information!
We hope to see you soon!
Raffle time!
Summer is heating up and so is your chance to win big while supporting a great cause! ☀️🎸
For just £5 a ticket, you could win entry for two people to one of the three days of the Dundee Discovery Festival, happening this July 25–27. This epic weekend features iconic acts across multiple decades, here's what you will be playing for:
2 Tickets to Friday the 25th July’s session to see the best of britpop with headliner 🎤 Ocean Colour Scene, and guests: 🎶 The Fratellis 🖤 White Lies 🌟 Cammy Barnes
2 Tickets to Saturday the 26th July’s 80’s Calling session with headliner 🎤 The Human League and supporting acts 🎷 ABC 🎸 The Christians 🥁 Big Country 🎤 Toyah 💃 Altered Images and 🎶 T’Pau
2 Tickets to Sunday the 27th July’s session to see the legendary Tom Jones (and special guests to be announced)
And even better? Every raffle ticket helps us continue to provide free support to dads and families across the country.
Groups
If you are wanting to spend some quality time with your wee one(s) and chat with some other local dads, our groups are the place for you.
Most groups run every week but it’s always worth checking the calendar to make sure it’s on.
North Ayrshire: In North Ayrshire we have weekly groups for Dads and their children in Irvine on Sundays at 10.30am and the Three Towns Dads Group is on Wednesdays at 6.30pm.
Glasgow: In Glasgow we have a playgroup on every Saturday at 10am in Maryhill.
Edinburgh: In Edinburgh we run playgroups every Saturday and Sunday at 10am
Dundee: We are working on setting up some Dundee groups, so stay posted and follow our social media for updates.
You can sign up to come along to any of our groups: groupsignup and check the calendar to see it’s on: whatson
Don’t forget our WhatsApp groups! If you’re not part of our community you can join here: WhatsApp
Workshops
We run free workshops regularly in our different locations across Scotland. There are a range of topics that we cover and this month we will be running:
Raising Children with Confidence – Our Raising Children with Confidence 6 week course supports parents to build their children’s resilience and emotional wellbeing. You need to attend all six dates to complete the course. It started on the 4th of June with the last session on 9th July.
Dads Antenatal Workshop – Our Dads Antenatal workshops are here to support dads-to-be with practical skills, support and a space to ask any questions. You can find us online on 21st July, Edinburgh on 29th July and a brand new venue in Irvine on 24th July! Sign up here: Online Edinburgh Irvine
You can find out more about all our workshops using the link here: Parenting Workshops
Other support
As always we’ll be supporting Young Dads in Edinburgh and Glasgow, New Dads through our PS service and families in Tayside and North Ayrshire.
June Round-up
What a month June was!
Fathers Day this year was on Sunday the 15th of June, and we had a weekend jam-packed with celebrations and activities for the whole family. You can see more about that here: Father’s Day Takeover
On Wednesday 11 June at 3pm, we gathered outside the Scottish Parliament in support of the Dad Strike, a national protest calling for better, fairer paternity leave. Organised by The Dad Shift, the strike was to highlight the urgent need for substantial, affordable, and equal paternity policies, as current UK laws offer just two weeks’ leave paid below minimum wage. We were in the paper! The National
Did you see us on BBC TV? We were on The One Show! Showcasing the amazing work we do in Edinburgh, Glasgow, North Ayrshire and now Dundee! Take a peek: One Show We’re going to be on another show soon called ‘Will & Ralf should know better’ coming to your TV screens on UKTV and Dave.
Our lovely marketing student from Napier University, Meta, left us this month after her 6 month placement - huge thanks to her for all her hard work and our best wishes for her final year.
Not one but two awesome teams from Stantec came to help us spruce up our hall and toys at Gorgie - huge thanks to all fo them for giving their time and getting stuck in to cleaning and painting.
Here’s a round up of June’s photos (you’ll find the father’s day ones on the separate blog linked above):
