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Dadstastic Day 2026
What’s happening at Dadstastic Day 2026? Inside Leeds City Museum (11am–3:30pm): • Code fighting robots with Leeds City Library• Upcycle records into colourful art with Zulu King Monk• Create glamourous Leeds West Indian Carnival costumes with Valentina’s Collective• Make memories Read more
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Dadstastic Day 2026
Dadstastic Day is Coming! A day of Free Family Fun at Leeds City Museum and Millennium Square celebrating Father’s Day and the #NorthernManFestival! Join us from 11-4pm on Sunday 21 June at Leeds City Museum LS2 8BH. Music, Comedy, Family Read more
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Leeds Dads wins three awards in FOUR WEEKS
Can you believe it?Over September/October 2024 Leeds Dads has won: ALL of this is down to the support of our team and our dads. Thank you! Nomination quotes: ‘Errol’s work with dads is letting them know that they are not Read more
Dads Stories
Being an Older Dad
by Spike Freeway I’ve been asked to do my least favourite thing, talk about myself.Well I’m Spike, dad to Leif, he’s three months old. We wanted him for quite a while butthere’s a few medical things and bits and bobs Read more
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Adoption – A Dad’s Perspective
by Sam Coyle What’s it like to be a Dad?Even though I spend (most of) my day concerned with being a Dad, either through actually looking after a small human or working to provide for her, it’s not something I Read more
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Push for Paternity Leave 2026
Push for Paternity 2026On Sat 2nd May 2026, Leeds Dads will lead fathers pushing prams with their families from 11am – 1pm The family push is from Briggate LS1 6ER to Leeds Civic Hall in Millennium Square, LS1 1UR. Join us Read more
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Leeds Dads Health Summit
In celebration of International Men’s Day 2025, and to mark the launch of the government’s new Men’s Health Strategy, Leeds Dads held a Health Summit at Leeds Playhouse this evening. The event was part of Baby Week Leeds 2025. Leeds Read more
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Fresh Merch from Leeds Dads
Leeds Dads in partnership with Oddballs are delighted to offer the brand spanking new Leeds Dads T-Shirt in true Oddballs style. OddBalls was originally founded to not only produce incredible pants, but to raise awareness of Testicular Cancer. All proceeds Read more
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2 super Saturdays for our fundraisers!
We’re so blessed to have such dedicated Dads supporting us with fundraising events this Summer. In the last week we have had two big fundraising events – the Leeds Dads Runners and the Leeds Dads Rowers! Leeds Dads Runners at Read more