Our Mission Statement

The Busy Dads Club was formed to help Dads be Dads.Based in Bishop Auckland, working with Dads around County Durham. We provide a service that is dedicated in helping Dads, of all ages and backgrounds, play an active and meaningful role in the lives of their children.

Creating opportunities, spaces and experiences to talk, listen and understand.

We offer a non-judgemental environment for Dads to be themselves, championing their skills and helping those that need it.

Having active opportunities to get involved with their children in the community, supporting bonding and creating lifelong memories.

Create opportunities in the community to get Dads and children active and involved

Reduce social isolation and continue to build peer support networks

Break down the stigma of mens mental health, be an open and inclusive club, encouraging Dads to share their thoughts and feelings.

Expand parenting skills and relationships with children and families

Have effective partnerships to help link Dads to provisions and support in their area

Create events that will help build a legacy of fathers with their children and long-lasting memories.

Provide a first point of care for Counselling with a FREE first session where possible

Encourage Dads to use Counselling sessions when required, by talking about how it can help and sharing experiences with counselling services

The Busy Dads Club

Originally set up in 2022 By Robert Proud and a few others Dads to get Dads out and socialising. But with several parts of what we deliver today going back as far as 2015.

Robert is a Dad of 5, Jack, Charlie, Zachary, Erin and Bobby he plays an active roll with his children.

“ Having children can be a very challenging time. For Dads there can be some elements of losing ourselves and identity. We must take our role seriously as a father and be great role models for our children.

I believe it’s all about balance, we must strive to ensure we do get that quality time with our children, whilst making sure we have time for ourselves so we can be sociable and meet other Dads.

By creating opportunities for Dads and their children to build bonds and create lasting memories we will secure our own legacy with our children”

After losing my Dad, I realised how important of a role we have, and memories of our time together came flooding back to me. I knew I had to try and create those same types of memories with my children”

This group enables us to share our experiences and gives us the opportunity to be better Dads.”