Dads Rock

Dads Rock offers practical family support to Dads, children and families throughout Scotland, to ensure they have the strongest relationships they can. We want Dads confidence to increase so children have better care and relationships with their fathers. We help Dads understand how important their support is to both mum and baby and support young dads in learning to become a good parent. Dads Rock provide: Free weekly groups for Dads/male carers and their children; music tuition for young people and families; Free antenatal ‘Dads to be’ classes and other parenting workshops; one to one support for at risk Young Dads and their families; Scotland's only peer support service for Dads in the perinatal stage (from when they know they are going to be a Dad until the baby is one year old); supporting Dads as part of the Universal Early Years team in North Ayrshire. One example of the support we give was with Tam*, one of our Dads who brought his son to our groups. He started coming to Dads Rock when his son was only days old, he said he “wanted to meet other local fathers and get to know people”. He was unemployed and didn’t do much with his son. Over the four years he came to our groups his confidence grew so he felt more able to look after his son by himself and moved into employment. The groups also provided a support network for Tam* and they both made friends. (*name changed)