Dad Matters in Yorkshire
Supporting Dads In Yorkshire to have the best possible relationship with their families.
Info for Dads
This service supports dads and secondary carers from pre-birth to two years
We want to make sure dads know how important they are, how to access support when they need it and why it’s essential for baby’s development.
We aim to help dads have successful relationships with their families,
to support dads with anxiety, stress and mental health issues.
We work directly with services that support dads, families and especially babies to increase engagement and knowledge across the sector.
We hope to get dads engaged with services that have traditionally been targeted
at mums, and to train & support volunteer dads to work with us.
We offer a range of peer support opportunities for dads:
- Walk and talks (group or individual sessions)
- New Dad workshops.
- Monthly Winter Stay And Play Sessions
What we do
For Dads
- We work closely with other professionals locally and nationally to better support dads in the first 1001 days of their parenting journey
- We offer outreach services/drop-ins at maternity centres, and community venues, provide 1:1 peer support to dads, signpost and support dads to access services and information to help make sense of being a dad and supporting dads with anxiety, stress and mental health awareness
For Professionals
- Dad Matters is a perinatal and parent/infant peer support service for dads and male carers. Developed by Home-Start UK and delivered by Home-Start schemes across the UK, we reach thousands of dads universally and hundreds with one to one peer support each year
- We work with dads and their families to support with attachment and bonding, mental health and access to services. We have universal engagement, targeted outreach and one to one peer support, as well as our online engagement
- We are happy to share research requests around dads mental health, parenting and perinatal experiences, including loss and NICU, and can share requests to our most popular platforms. We offer a range of peer support opportunities for dads
- Online we have platforms on Facebook, X (formerly twitter,) Instagram, YouTube and TikTok. Collectively we have over 25k followers, including over 1000 dads in our closed Facebook groups. these are currently run joint with Manchester but you are welcome to join us we will be developing some Yorkshire based social media groups very soon
- We can also offer support and advice around engagement of dads on a consultancy basis – please contact ask.us@dadmattersyorkshire.uk for more info on this
Dad Matters has already provided a lifeline for Dads across Yorkshire
Get in touch if you’d like to find out more
07787 823 441
Dad Matters Yorkshire is part of Home-Start Schemes across Yorkshire, local Home-Start charities provide emotional and practical support to all parents with at least one child under five years old, some also for under twelves.
The Yorkshire Consortium is made up of Home-Start Bradford District, Home-Start Hull, Home-Start Kirklees Home-Start Leeds, Home-Start Richmond, HomeStart Wakefield & District and Home-Start York
Between these Home-Starts, families throughout the county are able to access help and support.