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Dads Rock Family Ceilidh

Come dance! bring the whole family, and at the same time raise money for Dads Rock! The Ceilidh is open to all ages. Caroline from Ceilidhkids is running the dancing, we’ll also have face painting and refreshments.

You can buy tickets, from Aaron, Barry or Thomas, or via the eventbrite link. Book your space now:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/family-ceilidh-tickets-44340390301
Family Ticket £10
Adult Ticket £5
Child Ticket £2

Caroline, Bex – the face painter and The Charteris Centre are donating their time and space to us also kindly giving us free use of their space, so 100% of the funds raised will be going to Dads Rock.

Lottery windfall for Granton’s Walled Gardeners

Awards for All grant for Friends of Granton Castle Walled Garden

Local community group Friends of Granton Castle Walled Garden is one of 22 Edinburgh projects to receive a share of £1.1 million National Lottery Awards for All funding. The community group receives £9800 to commission a feasibilty study and conduct community consultation to plan for the future use and restoration of Granton Castle’s historic walled garden. Continue reading Lottery windfall for Granton’s Walled Gardeners

Swinney steps in to save Dads Rock

 

Happier times: Dads Rock opens at The Prentice Centre

Parenting support charity Dads Rock has been awarded £50,000 to secure its future, Deputy First Minister John Swinney announced last night.

The Edinburgh-based organisation has had to scale back services following a number of unsuccessful funding applications. Now, Dads Rock will receive £35,000 from the Scottish Government, which will enable the reinstatement of all playgroups, antenatal classes and work with young fathers.

In addition, the organisation will receive a further £15,000 to evaluate the benefits of its work, which will help it apply for funding in future.

Mr Swinney said: “I hugely value the important support Dads Rock provides to parents, particularly fathers, and I was very concerned to hear it was in jeopardy because of a funding shortfall. I am pleased that this £50,000 will enable services to resume, as well as helping to secure the long-term future of the organisation.”

 

 

 

 

Join Dads Rock on Father’s Day

Our fourth free family event is coming! On Father’s day (Sunday 18th June). It’s for all the family.  We’re heading back to take over the Royal Botanic Garden for lots of fun, check out below what’s going on, the link to our Eventbrite page is:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/free-fathers-day-family-takeover-tickets-34690033825

Looking forward to seeing everyone there!

 

Dads Rock launch ‘Being Dad’ photo campaign

We want to help celebrate all the great Dads/granddads and male carers out there, we want to share with others the joy and struggles of being a Dad, and let others see a wee bit about our lives.

It’s important that our kids understand how much us Dads love them, and we still need to break down some barriers and help people see what it means to be a Dad today.

So we’ve launched the ‘Being Dad’ photo campaign!
THIS IS WHERE WE NEED YOUR HELP …WHAT WE NEED IS…
1. A photo of you (dad/granddad/male carer) with your kids
2. 160 words or less about the joy/struggle of being Dad
So get creative and get involved! – We’re going to be taking some of the photos to the Scottish Parliament in June to display – and we’ll invite families to come see their photos there.
You can share your photo and words on Instagram, facebook or twitter, or of course you can email them to us.
Use #beingdadrocks and remember to tag us.
You can see some of the first entries here:
http://dadsrock.blogspot.co.uk/2017/04/being-dad-photos.html