NORTH AYRSHIRE

Working with the Health and Social Care Partnership to support Dads and families

Weekly Three Towns Baby Group for Dads

Starting on Wednesday 10th January 2024 there’s a weekly group for Dads with babies under one. It’s at Ardeer Neighbourhood Centre Creche in Stevenston at 6.30pm. You can sign up here: NADads&Babies

Pop in and join us for a chilled out time with your baby, grab a cuppa and hang out with other dads. Ryan from Dads Rock will be around to help you explore babies needs and how to grow your connection with your wee one, or just chat.

We’re going on a trip! Join us for a beach walk on 30th March: Beach

North Ayrshire WhatsApp

Our WhatsApp groups provide space for you to ask each other questions and provide support and feedback to others who may be going through similar challenges. There’s some general chat too.

To join the group, message 07807498709 or drop us an email and give us a note of your full name, phone number and location and we will add you in!

Please note by asking to join our WhatsApp groups your name and number will be shared with the other group members.

About our North Ayrshire Health and Social Care Partnership

Dads Rock is working with the North Ayrshire Health and Social Care Partnership with funding from the Scottish Government Whole Family Wellbeing Fund to provide much needed support to Dads in North Ayrshire.

In a first of its kind partnership our Dads Rock worker is embedded in the Universal Early Years’ team helping Dads to be the best that they can be and support them to give their children the best possible start in life. This means working with Health Visiting, Midwifery and Social Work to provide bespoke 1-1 support for dads and their families at home and in the communities of the Saltcoats, Stevenston and Ardrossan.

As a part of this work, we are working with the NHS to review the current antenatal education provision and develop the service to be even more inclusive of dads-to-be during the antenatal support in North Ayrshire. There are not currently any Dad specific antenatal workshops within this area but you can find out more about our online workshops here: Antenatal

For more information contact Ryan Warren, Dads Worker - email ryan@dadsrock.org.uk or phone him on 07970441092