Dads' Wellbeing | Children and Families Newcastle

Mental Health

Contact for peer support

Birth can be a traumatic experience for women and their birthing partners. You or your partner might experience flashbacks, anxiety or even PTSD. The Birth Trauma Association have peer supporters, including a dad peer support who can help.

Find your nearest group

ANDYSMANCLUB are a men’s suicide prevention charity, offering free-to-attend peer-to-peer support groups across the United Kingdom and online. We want to end the stigma surrounding men’s mental health and help men through the power of conversation. #ITSOKAYTOTALK

Find your nearest pie club

Men's Pie Club opens once a week for guys in various locations in the North East. It’s all about tackling social isolation and improving mental health. It’s for guys who live alone, or feel alone, or just need an excuse to get out more. There’s no stress and no pressure. Just a bit of cooking.

Financial wellbeing

Financial Wellbeing

Visit our finance pages if you are worrying about money, debt, gambling and more. There are lots of services to support you.

Citizens Advice

When you’re a new parent or you’re expecting a baby you have extra rights at work. Find out more about maternity rights, paternity leave and pay, shared parental leave, adoption leave, unpaid time off to look after your child and going to antenatal appointments with your partner.

Work and Thrive

Work and thrive is the place for employment support in Newcastle. Whatever support you need to find a job, fill a vacancy, or make the next step in your career, Work and Thrive Newcastle are there to help.

Relationship Support

Healthy relationships

When you have a child, it can change your relationship. Some of our support is specifically for dads. Visit our relationships page to find out more.

Separating and separated parents

Parenting while separating can be a challenge. Find out how we can support your family during and after separation.

Parenting

We have lots of support available to parents. You might want to find a group of other like minded parents to chat to, or you might want to do a course to better understand your child and their development. Have a look at our parenting page to see what's happening near you.

Something missing?

Please let us know if you haven't found the support that you were looking for on these pages by contacting;

Sarah Robson: Fathers and Male Carers Enhanced Service Coordinator

Email: sarah.robson@barnardos.org.uk

Mobile: 07565 013506