Rock November with Us!
Rock november with us!
October was a blast with Halloween Parties, our Oasis Prize Draw and the AGM (lots of photos below) but now it’s time to rock into November with lots more in store for the Dads Rock family! This month kicks off with a hair styling workshop on Saturday, all our usual groups and
Click the links below or check the calendar for up-to-date information on what’s on! We hope to see you soon!
GROUPS
Our Playgroups for Dads/male carers and children under 5 are in Edinburgh every Saturday and Sunday at 10am at Gorgie Mem and Glasgow every Saturday at 10am at Easterhouse Sports Centre. These are the perfect place to meet other Dads and connect with your wee one through play, song and stories. As well as our Family Workers, Greg and Amy, you’re likely to find Thomas at these groups over the next couple of months while we recruit a new family worker to take over from our Maddy who’s going back to the USA this month. Huge thanks to Maddy for all she’s done for Dads Rock over the past few years
Our Dads and Baby Groups are every Tuesday at 18:30 at Gorgie Mem, Edinburgh and every Wednesday at 18:30 at Ardeer Neighbourhood Centre Creche, Stevenston. These groups are open to all Dads and babies under 1, and is the perfect place to connect with your baby, meet other Dads and get some friendly advice from our staff Greg and Ryan.
TRIPS
This month we plan to go to the National Museum in Edinburgh and Kelvingrove in Glasgow - sign up, bring the kids and join us for some fun at these awesome attractions!
PARENTING WORKSHOPS
Hairstyling: This month kicks off with our popular Hair workshop in Glasgow for Dads. Our trained team will help Dads gain practical skills in how to plait and put up hair, including pony tails. You’ll need to bring your hair brush, bobbles, clips and your child to this one! 👱♀️ Sign up here: Hair
Dads Antenatal Workshops: These workshops are open to all Dads-to-be to help them get hands-on experience and advice prior to the birth of a child.
We will have 3 Antenatal Workshops during the month of November. The first workshop will be held on 13th November at the Easterhouse Sports Centre in Glasgow; on 21st November it’s our online workshop; and on 26th November at the Gorgie Mem in Edinburgh. All workshops are from 7:00 to 9:00 pm. Click the links to sign up!
Sleep Workshop: If you’re having trouble with your wee one going to be or getting through the night then this workshop is for you! Find out how importance sleep is, share your sleep issues and learn how to create a successful bedtime routine and more. Watch our video here and sign up to come along: Sleep
You can find out more about all our workshops using the link here: Parenting Workshops
October ROUNDUP
October has been a busy one with all our usual groups and workshops ending the month with our awesome Halloween parties - thank you so much to everyone who came. We presented our accounts along with our new Impact Video which you can see here 👉
Many thanks to some of our playgroup families who helped us with filming a piece with STV news around the National paternity campaign we are involved in.
We were sorry to say goodbye to our Maddy who started off with us as a Social Work student on our Young Dads Project, then having graduated joined the team to lead our New Dads support. She’s done a really amazing job of building up the service and working with our Peer Support Volunteers to provide support to around 40 new dads every year. If you’d like to know more about our perinatal support look here: PSDadsRock
Billy has joined us as a new Dads Worker! Based in North Ayrshire with Ryan, he’ll be helping us expand the support we give to families alongside the Health and Social Care Partnership.
We are so grateful to everyone who brought a ticket and helped us raise over £3000 from our Oasis Ticket Prize Draw - our lucky winner, Mrs P from Edinburgh, was over the moon and cannie wait to go and see them 🎶🎸. Thanks also to the awesome kids who helped us create some great videos - they’re all rock and roll stars (if you missed it check back onour socials)!
For any budding musicians out there we’ve got some guitars for sale! Take a look 👀
Shout out to a couple of fundraisers this month! Laura took on the Great Scottish Run raising over £300 and Mark took part in an Ultra Comedy Night raising £130. Thank you so much for your amazing support.
We also published a blog on World Mental Health Day, recognising that having a child is one of the biggest challenges and transitions in life and publishing our annual survey results. You can read more about that here: WMHD
Our Thomas talked about his personal experiences and the heartache of baby loss for Baby Loss Awareness Week here: Thomas’ Story
