NEWPIN is a support network for men and women who look after children. It offers children and their carers a unique opportunity to achieve positive change in their lives and relationships.

The Fathers Group gives men a chance to explore your experiences about being a father in a safe, friendly and private way. We will

- talk about the stresses and challenges

of being a Dad, as well as what’s good

about it.

• Share ideas on how to be a good father: how to look after your children and yourself.

• Meet up with our children sometimes at weekends and in holidays and have fun (e.g. swimming, going to a city farm.)
• Give one-to-one support if you need it.

The group is free of charge and is for all fathers and stepfathers who are involved in their children’s lives, whether or not they are living with them. It will take place weekly in the evening in Walworth, South London. Each week, for about 8 months, we will talk about different aspects of being a father and eat a meal together. You can help decide what else we do - THIS GROUP IS FOR YOU.

Dads have many things in common. Every father wants his children to love and respect him. There’s not a child alive who does not need their father’s love and approval. But you also offer something unique because of who you are. You can share your children’s lives, protect them as they grow up and give them a vision of the future.

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Children who are closer to their fathers are happier and fare better in life. Fathers also matter to mums-kids can be hard work and it is good to share the responsibility. There is no single answer to the question ‘what is a good father like?’ but a good father

• Protects and cares for his children
• Gives them love, affection and praise
• Spends time playing with his kids
• Encourages them when they face challenges
• Listens to them and answers their questions
• Shows them life outside the home
• Is ‘there’ for them

These days, part of becoming a father is becoming part of a ‘real man’. As well as the love and trust of your children, you can get self-esteem and a sense of purpose from being a father. Involved fathers are also more successful at work and have happier, more stable relationships.

Being a father can be an exhausting and isolating experience, but it can also show you strengths you didn’t know you had. More and more men are realising that their relationship with their children is one of the closest and most important in their lives. This group takes being a father seriously and values what you have to offer. DON’T DELAY! CONTACT US NOW!