April 2020 - Lads need Dads

A lovely example of lockdown remote mentoring today

by Sonia Shaljean | 28th April 2020 | General

One of our lads wants to be a chef, so his mentor set him a goal of cooking a meal for his family. We booked him on a Level 2 on-line food safety course. Mentor sourced food and arranged delivery. LND boy made home-made burgers and even made his own burger sauce!...

Tune in today as we speak at around 11:10 about our new penfriend initiative

by Sonia Shaljean | 28th April 2020 | General

Tune in today as we speak at around 11:10am about our new penfriend initiative, set up in response to the corona virus in conjunction with fans network, matching our boys to elderly gents in care homes. 😁 Posted by | View Post | View...

Great to see the pen-friend initiative working

by Sonia Shaljean | 24th April 2020 | General

Great to see the pen-friend initiative working. 😍 This is one of our lads reading a reply to his first letter to an elderly gent in a local care home 😁 Posted by | View Post | View...

Peter Richards, a long standing mentor with Lads Need Dads has set himself a goal of “SkiErging” (simulated Cross-country/Nordic Skiing) 250 miles in 18 days

by Sonia Shaljean | 22nd April 2020 | General

Peter Richards, a long standing mentor with Lads Need Dads has set himself a goal of “SkiErging” (simulated Cross-country/Nordic Skiing) 250 miles in 18 days, (equivalent to half a marathon a day!) to raise funds for Lads Need Dads. To find out more and/or to...