Goal: To support and encourage dads to spend more time outdoors with their children
Contact: Mike Hunter at mike.hunter@actionforchildren
Beachcombing, wildlife spotting and den building are some of the activities Devon dads are being encouraged to try as part of a new course.
Outdoor Dads is a partnership between Barnstaple children's centres and Devon Family Learning. The course, which started last month, comprises six monthly evening sessions at Sticklepath Children's Centre. "The sessions are just for adults," says dads' worker Mike Hunter. "The idea is we look at different free things to do locally, whether that's going to the beach and collecting stuff to make a sculpture or going to the woods and making a den and using bushcraft skills."
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