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Join the Man with a Pram fundraiser for dads’ mental health

The Man with a Pram movement continues to grow as families and friends across Australia prepare to roll into Father’s Day on 1 September, raise funds and bring greater awareness to dads’ mental health.

Dads Group, organisers of Man with a Pram, say that 1 in 10 dads experience perinatal anxiety or depression in the first six months of a child’s life.

They are on a mission to promote positive parenting for men and to ensure that no new dad – or their partner or children – walks alone.

Money raised will go directly to Dads Group and its work to change the culture of fatherhood for the better.

Dads Group activities include:

  • Facilitating Dads Groups, which provide new fathers with the connection and support they desperately need.
  • Engaging dads at the beginning of fatherhood by bringing them together with midwives in the maternity hospital to talk about the road ahead.
  • Arranging regular community events for fathers, grandfathers and families to create stronger local communities.
  • Developing tools, resources and programs that help organisations support their employees through the transition to parenthood.

Getting involved with Man with a Pram is easy. Register for a Man with a Pram event and ask others to join you on the day. Set yourself the goal of raising $205 for the 205 dads who will experience depression today. And finally, walk with your local community on September 1.

So far close to $5000 has been raised (as of 12th August 2024).  

Register for Man with A Pram

Read also:

Man with a Pram reaches dads in a dad-friendly way (AMHF August 2019)

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