Young men facing fatherhood have consistently told us that they struggle to maintain contact with same-age peers after becoming a dad. What’s more, young men rarely know or meet other young dads, leaving them socially isolated and often lonely. In an effort to address this issue, we continue to invest in new and exciting opportunities that bring young men together, including dedicated Peer Support Groups and more recently Dads and Toddler playgroups.
We now run young dads peer support groups across the region (including Middlesbrough, County Durham, Gateshead, Sunderland and Hartlepool) with some geography restrictions. Contact us for more details.
Gateshead Young Dads Group –
Established in 2016 this group meets regularly in Gateshead and is open to all young dads (aged under 25), regardless of how often they get see their children. Whilst the programme of activities changes throughout the year, we have recently participated in the following activities:
- Basketball
- Beach trips
- Bee keeping and joinery
- Bread making and cookery
- Bushcraft & wild camping
- Capoeira – martial art
- Fatherhood awareness
- Film making
- First Aid
- Fishing
- Football
- Games nights, and quizzes
- Paintball
- Parenting skills
- Relationship skills
- Sexual Health awareness
- Snooker and pool hall visits
- Trampolining
Because groups often work better when people make a commitment to attend regularly, we like to spend a little time getting to know every young dad before inviting them to join. This will be discussed with you when you first meet one of our project staff or volunteers.
Young men facing fatherhood have consistently told us that they struggle to maintain contact with same-age peers after becoming a dad. What’s more, young men rarely know or meet other young dads, leaving them socially isolated and often lonely. In an effort to address this issue, we continue to invest in new and exciting opportunities that bring young men together, including dedicated Peer Support Groups and more recently Dads and Toddler playgroups.
We now run young dads peer support groups across the region (including Middlesbrough, County Durham, Gateshead, Sunderland and Hartlepool) with some geography restrictions. Contact us for more details.
Gateshead Young Dads Group –
Established in 2016 this group meets regularly in Gateshead and is open to all young dads (aged under 25), regardless of how often they get see their children. Whilst the programme of activities changes throughout the year, we have recently participated in the following activities:
- Basketball
- Beach trips
- Bee keeping and joinery
- Bread making and cookery
- Bushcraft & wild camping
- Capoeira – martial art
- Fatherhood awareness
- Film making
- First Aid
- Fishing
- Football
- Games nights, and quizzes
- Paintball
- Parenting skills
- Relationship skills
- Sexual Health awareness
- Snooker and pool hall visits
- Trampolining
Because groups often work better when people make a commitment to attend regularly, we like to spend a little time getting to know every young dad before inviting them to join. This will be discussed with you when you first meet one of our project staff or volunteers.
Information on our current groups is presented below
We now run young dads peer support groups across the region (including Middlesbrough, County Durham, Gateshead, Sunderland and Hartlepool) with some geography restrictions.
Contact us for more details.
North East Young Dads and Lads Project
c/o BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Arts
South Shore Road
Gateshead
NE8 3BA
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Registered in England
Charity No: 1172924
Company No: CE009920
