Tweddle are grateful to the Wyndham City Council who have provided a Community Health grant which will allow Tweddle to provide Working Out Dads for 20 dads living and working in Wydnham. Working Out Dads is a free after-hours parenting program held in a gym, for dads of children aged 0-4.  The program features facilitated discussion and exercise, handouts and text messages. Themes cover parenting, relationships, mental health, fitness and well-being. Dates for the free program will be announced shortly. If you would like to meet other Dads, work on your health and talk about the things that matter contact Tweddle, join the waiting list here and we will be in touch.

Highlighted today in a critical national report into filicide, released by the Australian Government’s Institute of Criminology, was the need for increased investment into adult-focused mental health, substance abuse rehabilitation and domestic violence services with clients as parents, and a focus on their children. International and Australian research indicates that children aged under five years make up the largest proportion of filicide victims. Infants are at particular risk—between one quarter and one-third of all filicide victims are under one year of age. By intervening early and effectively, the risk of harm to a child can be reduced, parent and family wellbeing can be improved, and the risk of child maltreatment and filicide can drop substantially.