The Young Dads Collective (YDC) works to improve the lives of young dads and their children by tackling the social exclusion that locks out young dads’ potential.

As experts by experience, the YDC’s young dads work with professionals to transform how organisations engage with young dads and overcome the hidden barriers that shut young dads out.

What we do:

Becoming a parent can be one of the biggest and most demanding changes a person can go through.

Young dads are among the most socially excluded parenting groups in the UK.

They often miss out on the support networks that most parents take for granted and rely on.

YDC brings about real change by sharing young dads' knowledge and experiences with practitioners, service providers and policy makers.

The YDC helps young dads to be vocal and heard, to support one another and to improve their life chances and those of their children.

There is strong evidence that father involvement is positive for mums, children and dads.

Our services: 

The YDC provides a range of innovative training sessions that are co-designed and co-delivered by young dads to support professionals to overcome the challenges they face in their work to reach and support young dads.

The YDC’s services go beyond the traditional ‘read this PowerPoint, remember this acronym’ format.

We create a space for real dialogue, reflection and growth.

As experts by experience, our young dads will guide you through open and constructive discussions based on their experiences, supporting you to reflect on and reevaluate your work from the perspective of a young dad.

From small, simple phrases you can use, to organisation wide practices you can implement to transform how you and your team support the wellbeing of young dads in your local community, the YDC will help you make the changes you want and need to see in your work.