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Ashley shared his experience of growing up without a father in his life. The boys really were impacted by his testimony and asked some very poignant questions. Thank you Ashley for sharing your story and inspiring our boys. 😊

Lads Need Dads are looking for a venue with cooking facilities and a dining area for our Christmas ‘Come Dine With Me’ event where boys and mentors cook up a fabulous three course meal for the boys mums. The kitchen needs to be bigger than a domestic kitchen, ideally...

Yes would have been nice to have some sun and a little less of the wet stuff ☺️ but either way the lads enjoyed it, the majority had never been on a boat before. We love to give our boys new experiences. Big, big thanks to the Pioneer crew; Brian, Tariq...

Hoping for ok weather 🙈 or at least not too much of a bumpy ride 😝.

You could literally see lightbulbs going off in the boys faces! Open and honest sharing from the lads. A breakthrough session! 👍

Lads Need Dads need more men from the community of Tendring and Colchester to help our young men become the best they can be. For more details contact: info@ladsneeddads.org or call 07553618033. Recruiting now!

Week four of our 6-month programme. 100% attendance to date. We explored understanding anger. We looked at what anger is, anger triggers, what signs in our body tell us we are starting to get angry and strategies to manage anger. The boys worked hard, bearing in mind...

Two years ago this little lot were the first lads to graduate from our programme. They took part in our 18-month pilot. From the lads pictured here, every single one has now met their dad, (four of them after being estranged 13...