The Program
Daughters and Dads Active and Empowered is a 9-week health and wellbeing program. The first session is a 2-hour dads-only session.

Week 1 (Dads Only) - Thursday 17th of October, 5:30-7:30pm (Food & beverages provided).

Weeks 2-9 (Daughters & Dads) each Thursday 5:30-7pm. Week 2 - October 24th until Week 9 December 19th.

Daughters and Dads then attend together for the following 8 weeks. Each week includes a 30-minute empowerment session and a 60-minute Active Session. The Empowerment sessions focus on a range of healthy lifestyle behaviours and social-emotional wellbeing constructs while the Active Sessions include rough and tumble play, sport skill development and fun fitness activities.

NOTE: We welcome father figures, including uncles, grandfathers, and mentors, to participate in the program alongside biological fathers, as we value diverse and supportive role models for our participants.

What is Daughters & Dads Active & Empowered?

Developed by the University of Newcastle, Daughters and Dads Active and Empowered is the world’s first physical activity program specifically targeting primary-school aged girls and their fathers/father figures. The program has been shown to improve a range of health behaviours in rigorous scientific studies and has won national and international awards for improving wellbeing and benefitting society.

The Benefits

Fathers (or father-figures) are taught key parenting and coaching skills to improve their daughter’s sports skills and social-emotional wellbeing.
Daughters make rapid skill improvements as they work with Dad as their 'personal coach’.
Daughters and Dads are empowered to recognise and address gender prejudice in sport and broader life.