20.08.2024.
A dad is there to offer love, support, and guidance, helping to create a happy and strong family, but it’s not always easy. Australia sets an example in supporting dads’ mental health with “Man with a Pram” fundraiser.
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. That’s around 205 dads every day.
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. Happen to be in Australia? 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).
The organization has been running Man With A Pram since 2017 and they have a goal of making this year’s event bigger and more impactful than ever.
The Australian Men’s Health Forum emphasizes that research shows the best way to improve men’s health is by addressing the underlying social factors that shape it, such as boys’ education, experiences of fatherhood, working lives, social connections, and access to male-friendly services. It is the peak body for men’s health in Australia and has a proud history of representing the evolving men’s health sector.
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