Rock October with Us!

28 Sept

Rock october with us!

It’s October already 👻🎃 so come and join us for some spooky fun!

We’re delighted to have been chosen for the Lidl Customer Voting programme! We’ve already got a guaranteed £1,000 but we could win £10,000 with your help! All you need to do is download the Lidl Plus app, sign up and vote for Dads Rock (You’ll need to pop in our postcode to find us EH11 2QU) Voting is open now until 7th October. Thank you! 🙌

Over at Tesco Saltcoats Superstore or Kilwinning Express, please use your blue token to vote for Dads Rock. Every vote could help us make an even bigger difference for local families.

Fancy taking on a personal challenge? We’ve a few places left for the Stadium Soar at Barclays Hampden on Sunday 28th February 2027 - fly 15.85m (52ft) above the pitch on a 150m (492ft) zip wire! Email us if you’d like a spot!

There’s lots of activities coming up so take a look below – we can't wait to see you at one of our events!🌻✨

New Dads

One to one support

Groups

workshops

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 Irvine we have weekly groups for Dads and their children on Sundays at 10.30am and the Three Towns Dads Group is on Wednesdays at 6.30pm🚴

Glasgow: In Maryhill we have a playgroup on every Saturday at 10am🐝

Edinburgh: In Gorgie we run playgroups every Saturday and Sunday at 10am. On Tuesday evening at 7pm is our Dads and Dice group - a games night for Dads with or without their babies🌻

Dundee: Saturdays the Boomerang Centre 10am🥁

East Ayrshire: Join us in the Baby Sensory Room, My5s Football, Kilmarnock. Monday’s from 6pm🫧

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

Trips

No trips this month but all the groups will be hosting some spooky fun this month 👻🎃 so check the event listing for details!

Wo rkshops

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:

Dads Antenatal - Join us on Thursday 15th October 7pm at Gorgie Mem, Edinburgh and Wednesday 28th October 7pm online for our free Dads Antenatal Workshop (sign up via the links). These relaxed, dads-only session offer practical advice and hands-on experience, including changing nappies and bathing a baby, while giving you the chance to meet other expectant dads and build confidence ahead of your little one's arrival👶💙

First Aid - Our popular First Aid workshops especially for parents of young children are back this month with 3 workshops available. Tuesday 3th November 7pm in Glasgow and Tuesday 10th November at 6.30pm in Kilmarnock. Spaces are limited so please sign up via the links.

Our workshops are free to attend but donations are always welcome! They are a great way to build confidence while spending quality time together.

You can find out more about all our workshops using the link here: Parenting Workshops

Other support

As always we’ll be providing one to one support in Edinburgh, Ayrshire, Tayside and Glasgow, as well as peer support for New Dads through our PS service

September Round-up

In September we had a great time at the opening of the Palm House at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 🌴 the Scottish Mask and Puppet Centre in Glasgow 🎭 and Dean Castle Park in Ayrshire 🏰. We also had a joint trip with Midlothian Surestart to Dalkeith Fire station 🔥🚒

We’re hugely grateful to our Kiltwalk team for taking part in the Edinburgh event and raising over £2000.

A awesome team came to help out in Gorgie and did a great job fixing up our play equipment, building a new shelter and sand pit and generally improving our outdoor space 💪

Below is a round up of August photos👇