**North East Young Lads & Dads** | ANNUAL REPORT 2023 

_**‘Yous are amazing. I’ll forever be grateful and will support the charity forever.’**_ (Young Dad) 





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PROUDLY DELIVERING 

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**North East Young Lads & Dads | ANNUAL REPORT 2023** 

## _**‘Yous are amazing. I’ll forever be grateful and will support the charity forever.’**_ 

**(Young Dad)** 

## CONTENTS 

## FOREWORD 

## **By The Right Reverend Paul Butler, Bishop of Durham** 

|**FOREWORD**By The Right Reverend Paul Butler, Bishop of Durham|**02**|
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|**CHAIR’S REPORT**By Professor Anna Tarrant|**03**|
|**CEO’s REPORT**By Kevin Stoodley|**04**|
|**OUR IMPACT**By Doug Laidlaw|**05**|
|**MEET THE TEAM**|**06**|
|**SUPPORTING YOUNG DADS: A CASE STUDY**<br>By Doug Laidlaw & Steven (A young Dad)|**06**|
|**TEEN DADS**By Doug Laidlaw|**07**|
|**EVALUATING THE TEEN DADS PROJECT**|**07**|
|By Dr Michael J Richardson||
|**DIGIDAD: FROM PETERLEE TO PERU**By Kevin Stoodley|**08**|
|**AN EVALUATION OF DIGIDAD: A PIONEERING DIGITAL EDUCATION**|**09**|
|**AND SUPPORT OFFER FOR YOUNG FATHERS**||
|By Professor Anna Tarrant & Dr Izram Chaudry||
|**GAMING TOGETHER**By Will Patterson, Robert Oughton & Nathan Noble|**09**|
|**A STANDING OVATION**: FATHER UNKNOWN By Kevin Stoodley|**10**|
|**FIRST AID FATHERS**By Kevin Stoodley|**11**|
|**BEES ON THE BALTIC & BEES IN THE BOROUGH**|**11**|
|By Tom Jamieson and Jordan Pike||
|S**TORY GATHERING AND SYSTEM BARRIERS INQUIRY**|**12**|
|By Will Patterson and Dr Richard Gibbons||
|**AMBASSADADS ASSEMBLE!**By Dr Linzi Ladlow & Robert Oughton|**12**|
|**DAD2DAD PEER SUPPORT**By Will Patterson & Andy Appleyard|**13**|
|**DAD2DAD PEER SUPPORT YEAR 1 INDEPENDENT EVALUATION**|**14**|
|By Dr Linzi Ladlow & Professor Anna Tarrant||
|**WHEELIE GOOD DADS**By Nathan Noble|**15**|
|**DAD2DAD PERINATAL HEALTH PROJECT**By Jan Rigby & Robert Oughton|**16**|
|**KEEP ON RUNNING**By Jonah York|**17**|
|**DURHAM DADS**By Andy Appleyard and Nathan Noble|**17**|
|with Colin Cowings and Robert Oughton||
|**SUPPORT FOR YOUNG DADS THROUGH FAMILY HUBS**|**18**|
|By Kevin Stoodley||
|**ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS**|**19**|



Children need their Dads. Dads, especially young ones, need guidance and support in knowing how best they can be a full part of caring for their partner and their baby / child. So, reading the wide range of ways in which North East Young Dads and Lads (NEYDL) offer such guidance and support is inspiring and encouraging. 

The value of this work is seen very clearly in the way that it has steadily grown and developed over the years since it started. The breadth of resources, always backed up by the irreplaceable need for person-to-person contact, is impressive. Quite rightly the place of peer-to-peer support is growing. There will always be an important role for the support and advice of older Dads and Grandads, but it is also key that young Dads and Lads have someone of their own age and experience to share with them. Intergenerational support will always be the strongest support. 

It is also extremely good to see careful and thoughtful evaluations of the work being undertaken. The insights and skills that researchers can bring not only ensure that the work is achieving what it seeks to do, but also offers insights into how further improvements and developments can be found. As the demand for the services offered grows it will be important for NEYDL to always hold on to the very best and develop fresh ways of support. 

It is an honour to write this Foreword. Congratulations on the work undertaken – and keep pressing forward because Children need their Dads. Dads will always need guidance and support. 


_**‘I don’t think I’d be at the at the stage I am now without North East Young Lads and Dads.’‘Yous are amazing. I’ll forever be grateful and will support the charity forever.’**_ 

**(Young Dad)** 

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**North East Young Lads & Dads** | ANNUAL REPORT 2023 

## _**“According to my research a good Chair of Trustees is altruistic, has a good sense of humour, empowers others, and is friendly and humble.”**_ 

(Professor Anna Tarrant) 


## CHAIR’S REPORT 

## **By Professor Anna Tarrant** 

It is an absolute honour to introduce the North East Young Dads and Lads’ 2023 Annual Report in my brand-new capacity as the Chair of Trustees. As a starter for ten, please permit me to provide a brief overview of how I came to take on this role. I first became acquainted with the charity in 2017 and then again in 2020 in my capacity as a researcher, initially at the University of Leeds and now the University of Lincoln. I have been researching the lives of men in low-income families for a long time now, including a strand of work with young fathers and have always been interested in capturing the pioneering work of services that are involved in supporting fathers and families to flourish. My research team (Following Young Fathers Further) and I approached the charity in 2020 having seen CEO Kev talk about the pioneering work of the North East Young Dads and Lads on the BBC and it was clear that our interests and agendas for supporting young fathers in innovative ways aligned. In a research capacity, we worked to support some of NEYDL’s young dads to conduct peer research as part of the Diverse Dads study. We co-wrote two research reports and a peer reviewed journal article with the dads as the Diverse Dads Collaborative and demonstrated the capacity of young dads to challenge negative stereotypes about themselves and others by contributing new knowledge and by changing the narrative. I later joined the Board of Trustees in 2022, bringing my research experience into the conversations of the board. 

When Steven Bramwell announced he was stepping down as Chair of Trustees, I made the decision to take the step up; to support Kev and the NEYDL team with their ambitions for this thriving charity, to work with the Board of Trustees to support Kev and his strategic vision, and to sustain the ethos and ambitions of the charity. And what big shoes I must fill! According to my research a good Chair of Trustees is altruistic, has a good sense of humour, empowers others, and is friendly and humble. I’d like to think I epitomise all of those things (sense of humour included!) but certainly our outgoing Chair Steven is all these things in spades. It is therefore my aim to bring these qualities and a comparable level of passion, drive, and enthusiasm to the role as Steven did. 


As the items in this year’s report demonstrate, the anticipated trajectory of growth and innovation that was described in the 2022 report, has been realised and some! It has certainly been another fantastic and progressive year as promised! The charity continues to attract significant grant funding and is supporting an ever-expanding portfolio of young fathers, not just across the North East and Tyne and Wear region, but also nationally and even internationally. The community beekeeping, and Wheelie Good Dads projects have gone from strength to strength and via the DigiDAD platform, the charity is reaching new and increasingly distant destinations, from the depths of Wales to the far flung reaches of Peru. Testament to the increasing visibility and recognition of the charity and its work on DigiDAD, the charity was shortlisted in the category of Charity of the Year in the prestigious Children and Young People Now Awards 2022 and a further 2 categories in 2023 (Advice and Guidance and Youth Work categories). At the point of publication I’m pleased to report that we won in both categories in 2023. This is a huge honour and testament to the rising visibility and impact of the charity, and its work with and for young fathers. 

As the year 2023 unfolds, I wish to say a huge thank you to the young dads, to the Board, to the consultants, the funders, and the ever-expanding staff team at NEYDL for everything that you do. Thanks also to Kev, for your tireless commitment to the dads and to the charity as it develops and as it grows in its reach and influence. I look forward to working with you all in the year ahead. 


## **Professor Anna Tarrant** 

(Chair of Trustees since 11th July 2023 and Vice Chair from 7th July 2022 to 11th July 2023) 




_**‘They (NEYDL) were in our corner every single step of the way.’**_ 

(Young Dad) 

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**North East Young Lads & Dads** | ANNUAL REPORT 2023 

## _**‘Congratulations on your 6th anniversary, the traditional gift for which is iron. May you continue to have the strength of girders and the elegance of the wrought iron gates of a palace.’**_ 

(Neil Shashoua, Manager, Lloyds Bank Foundation) 


## CEO’s Report 

## **By Kevin Stoodley** 

## Dear Friend, 

## **A very warm welcome to this, our sixth Annual Report, covering the charity’s endeavours and achievements over a 12-month period from May 2022 to April 2023.** 

Like the best laid plans of mice and men, every year I endeavour to release a short and snappy Annual Report as soon as the charity’s year ends, only to lose myself in the wealth of rich, varied and wonderful stories, quotes and imagery shared by our incredible staff, trustees, volunteers and project partners, resulting in a burning desire to showcase this work in all its glory, even if it does mean adding yet another page or four to the final report. In the words of Roy Scheider (Chief Brody) during his first encounter with the oversized and rubberised Great White Shark in the movie Jaws, ‘you’re gonna need a bigger boat!’ Or in our case a bigger printer! 

I know I say this every year but 2023 really has been our best year ever, reaching and supporting more young dads, expectant fathers and non-birthing people (any young person who identifies as a father figure including kinship carers) than ever before, across a geographic area which now extends from Tyne and Wear to Tees Valley, and that’s without mentioning the tens of thousands of people who access our online films, animations, podcasts and course content made by young dads for young dads and showcased on DigiDAD. 

Whilst there are many things about NEYDL’s work in 2023 deserving of high praise as detailed in this wonderful report, I believe our defining achievement this year has been to support, empower and enable young dads to progress from the position of service beneficiaries into one or more of the many volunteering opportunities we offer, from peer researchers to community cycling group leaders, community beekeepers and bee-entrepreneurs to DigiDAD content co-creators and expert advisors, AmbassaDADS to trustees. For young dads Rob, Nathan, Will and Jordan, this journey has ultimately led to their employment at NEYDL, taking on new, vital, and valued roles as Peer Enablers and Cycling Group Leaders who other young dads naturally gravitate towards, trust, and look up to as positive male role models as the following feedback from 2 young dads perfectly demonstrates: 

‘The service (NEYDL) and Rob himself (NEYDL staff member) have been amazing and I am so grateful for the support I have received. You have helped me adapt and become the Father I want to be.’ 

‘I feel involved and more confident around people who’s in the group. I’m much happier and I start loving it, cause whenever Doug or Will (NEYDL staff members) say oh we’re doing a group session this date, then I get excited about it cause I always want to hang out with them. Because they’re, like, really nice people…and if I need help, they come and talk to me. If I need help on something then they just step on the pedal and then talk to us and help me, like, you know, calm the stress, or get much confidence. I really look up to Will in the group because I appreciate what he, like he helped me through since I came into the group. I feel appreciative for him.’ 

Rest assured, as a strength/asset-based community development service, we are fully committed to supporting ever more young dads to grow in confidence, skills, knowledge and expertise as both parents and valued members of society, and I look forward to a day not too far away when a former service beneficiary of NEYDL is sitting in my seat (and doing a far better job of it I don’t doubt). Although it’s been a good year for NEYDL, it has been incredibly challenging and desperate for many of the young families we support, who often live in the most deprived North East neighbourhoods and are thus most starkly affected by the cost-of-living crisis, poor housing, homelessness, limited job and career prospects. In addition, young men continue to report high levels of social isolation and loneliness and poor mental health (including suicidal thoughts, depression, social anxiety, loss and bereavement). We will continue to do everything within our powers and capacity to draw attention to the challenges and inequalities facing this long-neglected community whilst providing meaningful support to young dads whenever and wherever it’s needed, in close collaboration with our service partners which next year will include Sunderland, Gateshead, County Durham and Middlesbrough Family Hubs. 

The incredible work and achievements celebrated in this report would not have been possible without the generosity, support and encouragement shown by our amazing funders, sponsors and organisational partners, and the determination, skills and expertise shown by of our super talented current staff team - the brilliant Doug, Will, Jordan, Robert, Andy, Colin, Nathan, Tom, Amy and Nikki, our departing staff members Jonah York, Andrew Thorp and Dylan Brown, our volunteers, trustees, project consultants and of course young dads and their families. It is because of you that we look forward to another highly productive and successful seventh year supporting young dads. 

Before I sign off, can I please take a moment to thank our departing Chair Steven Bramwell, who recently stepped down after 6 years in office, having expertly steered the charity from its infancy as a little known and part-time Gateshead based service to the Peruvian powerhouse it has become (see article entitled DIGIDAD: From Peterlee to Peru). We couldn’t have got here without you Steven! A very warm welcome is also due to our incoming Chair Professor Anna Tarrant – we are in safe hands! 

I will end this Introduction with an unexpected message we recently received from the parent of a young dad supported by NEYDL which moved me deeply: 

_**‘You have done more than you’ll ever know for my son and grandson.’**_ 

Best wishes. 


**Kevin Stoodley** (Founder and CEO) 





_**‘I know I say this every year but 2023 really has been our best year ever, reaching and supporting more young dads.’**_ 

**4** 

(Kevin Stoodley) 



**North East Young Lads & Dads** | ANNUAL REPORT 2023 

## OUR IMPACT 

**(Covering the period from 1st May 2022 to 30th April 2023)** 

|**REASON FOR REFERRAL**|**2023**|<br>**2022**|**2021**|**2020**|**2019**|**INDIVIDUAL CONTACT TIME (HRS)**|**2023**|**2022**|**2021**|**2020**|**2019**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Young father / expectant dad|105|<br>68|63|46|61|Dads and Toddlers groups|32|12|0|106|44|
|Non birthing people|10|<br>4|2|1|1|1:1 support (face to face)|850|408|440|350|306|
|**TOTAL:**|**115**|<br>**72**|**65**|**47**|**62**|1:1 support (telephone & social media)|572|234|450|140|92|
|||||||Joint meetings with other professionals|350|460|250|190|119|
|**ENGAGEMENT BY YOUNG MEN**||||||Peer supported group work|480|202|850|959|912|
|New referral|48|<br>25|33|25|53|Training delivered to professionals<br>Research activities|150<br>400|51<br>451|40<br>254|56<br>134|101<br>420|
|Ongoing support<br>**TOTAL:**|67<br>**115**|<br>47<br> <br>**72**|32<br>**65**|22<br>**47**|9<br>**62**|Campaigning, media, and flm-work<br>Community beekeeping|350<br>268|257<br>196|428<br>131|142<br>250|238<br>98|
|||||||Peer mentoring & volunteering|2,625|1,491|280|230|216|
|**LOCALITY**||||||Other activities|50|17|20|36|0|
|Sunderland|34|<br>23|26|22|19|**TOTAL:**|**6,127**|**3,779**|**3,143**|**2,593**|**2,546**|
|Gateshead|20|<br>26|32|20|31|||||||
|South Tyneside|9|<br>6|6|2|5|**AVERAGE INDIVIDUAL CONTACT TIME (HRS)**|**53**|**52.5**|**48**|**55**|**41**|
|Newcastle upon Tyne|57|<br>7|1|3|7|||||||
|North Tyneside|14|<br>3|0|0|0|**Key outcomes**||||||
|Durham|15|<br>6|0|0|0|Child Protection Plans downgraded or completed|22|18|9|5|8|
|Northumberland|0|<br>1|0|0|0|Child-In-Need plans downgraded or completed|9|10|3|3|4|
|Middlesbrough|18|<br>0|0|0|0|Progressed into full time work or study|18|9|10|5|8|
|**TOTAL:**|**115**|<br>**72**|**65**|**47**|**62**|Accessed specialist medical help and support|45|15|2|5|5|
|||||||**TOTAL:**|**94**|**52**|**24**|**18**|**25**|
|**YOUNG MEN LIVING IN AREAS OF**|**HIGHEST**|**DEPRIVATION(Based on**|||**IMD2019)**|||||||
|10% most deprived areas<br>Other<br>**TOTAL**|115<br>0<br>**115**|<br>71<br> <br>1<br> <br>**72**|Not previously recorded<br>Not previously recorded|||**SOCIAL MEDIA METRICS**<br>YouTube Channel – launched 6th April 2021<br>Views:<br>Watch time (hours):|30,598<br>1,049|12,400<br>903||||
|||||||Organic subscribers:|106|80||||
|**AGE AT ENTRY POINT**||||||Impressions:|97,700|41,600||||
|Under 16|16|<br>4|8|4|5|||||||
|16-18|28|<br>18|8|28|21|**Gender demographics:**||||||
|19-25|71|<br>50|49|15|31|Male:|56.5%|58.2%||||
|Not given|0|<br>0|0|0|5|Female:|43.5%|41.8%||||
|**TOTAL:**|**115**|<br>**72**|**65**|**47**|**62**|||||||
|||||||**Age demographics**||||||
|**REFERRAL PATHWAY**||||||18-24:|30.9%|33%||||
|Youth work charities|10|<br>8|11|11|16|25-34:|44.3%|40%||||
|Social services|23|<br>21|18|11|7|35-44:|19.1%|19.4%||||
|Early Help Teams|10|<br>3|0|1|1|44+:|5.7%|7.6%||||
|Family Nurse Partnership<br>Self-Referrals|18<br>5|<br>18<br> <br>6|16<br>5|17<br>4|17<br>14|**TWITTER**||||||
|School & Education|8|<br>1|2|1|2|Followers:|1,152|887||||
|Housing<br>Health|6<br>25|<br>8<br> <br>6|4<br>0|2<br>0|4<br>0|**FACEBOOK**||||||
|Criminal Justice|0|<br>1|0|0|0|Followers:|806|624||||
|Other|10|<br>0|9|0|1|Likes:|684|549||||
|**TOTAL:**|**115**|<br>**72**|**65**|**47**|**62**|Average reach per post:|8,000|209||||
|||||||**DIGIDAD E-LEARNING PLATFORM**||||||
|**INDIVIDUAL HELP RECEIVED**||||||Registered users:|110|43||||
|Child Protection proceedings|30|<br>24|23|12|27|||||||
|Child/Team around the family|10|<br>1|1|3|7|||||||
|Family law proceedings|5|<br>5|5|0|8|||||||
|NEET status|30|<br>17|14|13|27|||||||
|Career progression|15|<br>11|5|4|8|||||||
|Housing, homelessness & benefts|25|<br>16|9|4|8|||||||
|Completing essential paperwork|30|<br>16|13|5|19|||||||
|Poverty & debt management|55|<br>9|17|10|12|||||||
|Domestic abuse|15|<br>21|12|7|21|||||||
|Offending behaviour|25|<br>6|16|3|10|||||||
|Mental & emotional wellbeing|45|<br>23|30|26|31|||||||
|Substance misuse & addiction|15|<br>7|8|6|12|||||||
|Sexual health|18|<br>5|3|5|2|||||||
|Other physical health conditions|10|<br>6|4|4|6|||||||
|Learning diffculties|10|<br>3|8|5|8|||||||
|Social isolation and loneliness|101|<br>72|60|47|51|||||||
|Parenting skills|50|<br>35|34|20|46|||||||
|Relationship skills|40|<br>23|27|24|25|||||||
|Bereavement & loss|15|<br>8|4|6|8|||||||
|Volunteering*|105|<br>74|3|8|25|||||||
|School exclusion|8|<br>6|5|3|2|||||||
|**TOTAL:**|**657**|<br>**388**|**301**|**215**|**363**|||||||



*This figure represents the total number of young men who volunteered at NEYDL over a 12-month period 

_**‘It has certainly been another fantastic and progressive year as promised!’**_ (Professor Anna Tarrant) 

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**North East Young Lads & Dads** | ANNUAL REPORT 2023 

_**‘All my mates knew about NEYDL already. Not just those that are dads, but lads, young men in general. It’s just something that people know about and respect.’**_ 

(Young Dad) 

## MEET THE TEAM 







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Andy Appleyard  Amy Bowman Colin Cowings Tom Jamieson Doug Laidlaw<br>(Senior Young Dads Worker) (Financial Officer) (Young Dads Worker) (Community Beekeeper) (Programmes Manager)<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>









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Nathan Noble Robert Oughton William Patterson  Jordan Richardson  Nikki Rummer Kevin Stoodley<br>(Cycling Coordinator and  (Peer Enabler) (Peer Enabler) (Peer Enabler) (Fundraiser) (Founder and CEO)<br>Peer Enabler)<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>


## SUPPORTING YOUNG DADS: A CASE STUDY 

**By Doug Laidlaw & Steven (A young Dad)** 

**Steven was referred to the service at 16. At the time he was in a relationship with the future mother of his child (age 15). Both Steven and his partner had previously been cared for by the local authority and were living together. The referral for support for Steven came from the Pre-Birth Intervention Team who identified support needs around parenting skills and reduction in social isolation. Steven and his partner were not in education, employment or training at the time.** 

Doug (NEYDL staff member) met with Steven to discuss the service at the family home. Steven asked if his partner could also attend part of this meeting to understand what support he could get. After discussing support and showcasing DigiDAD, Steven was keen to access this resource. Steven registered on the DigiDAD platform at our first meeting. 

Steven and Doug agreed a work plan and met weekly. Steven completed the DigiDAD programme. Feedback from Steven included: 

‘The videos were fun and made me feel more confident that I can do all the things new dads need to do.’ Steven reported that his partner had also been watching the videos. 

As Steven grew in confidence, he started engaging in NEYDL’s peer supported group work offer including football, cycling, bowling, Escape Room visits and go-karting. In response, he has formed close friendships with other young dads from NEYDL and joined their video gaming group. 

As the pregnancy progressed, Steven called Doug and informed him that his partner had gone into labour prematurely and was rushed into hospital. Doug offered emotional support to Steven via telephone. 

Following the birth, Steven contacted Doug to inform him that the baby had to go into hospital in Middlesbrough. Steven didn’t know how he could make the 30-mile journey from home to visit his child. Doug supported Steven to make these visits and stayed with Steven during the initial visits to offer emotional support. 

After baby was transferred to the RVI Children’s Hospital, Doug continued to provide visitation support for a further 6 weeks. With Doug’s support Steven grew more comfortable and confident in caring for his baby within the hospital setting and one day announced: 

## ‘Doug I’ve got this!’ 

Steven also started to ask the hospital staff questions concerning both his baby’s care and what support his partner and the baby would need when they came home. 

Doug and the Pre-Birth Team worked with the family to develop a support plan for when baby came home. 

Steven continues to be supported by NEYDL and dad, mam and baby are doing well. 

Unsolicited feedback from Steven included: 


‘You were the only one I could ask for help, and you were always there for me.’` 

_**‘The videos (DigiDAD) were fun and made me feel more confident that I can do all the things new dads need to do.’**_ 

(A Young Dad) 

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**North East Young Lads & Dads** | ANNUAL REPORT 2023 

_**‘Hey Doug, hope all is well...I wanted to say a massive thank you! When I was living up north, honestly if it wasn’t for you, I know genuinely I would have committed suicide…You was the only person who never judge me…You truly are an amazing person! An amazing dad and I never grew up with a dad myself, but you are what dads should inspire to be!’**_ (Young Dad) 

## TEEN DADS 

## **By Doug Laidlaw** 

**Thanks to a 3-year continuation grant from BBC Children in Need, the Teen Dads Project remains a vital part of our service offer in support of young men aged 19 and under in Tyne & Wear and Tees Valley. This is reflected by the marked increase in total young dads supported in both Middlesbrough (rising from 0 in 2022 to 18 in 2023) and Newcastle upon Tyne (rising from 7 in 2022 to 57 in 2023) over a 12-month period.** 

Bespoke and intensive 1:1 support is still at the core of our service offer to teen dads. In addition to help and support to understand, attend and contribute positively to complex and emotionally challenging proceedings (including children’s social care, family mediation and private family court meetings), over the last year I have seen an increase in teen dads reporting poor mental health including anxiety, depression, and low mood. My support for these dads has included help to register with and access support via GP’s and talking therapies. 

All the teen dads we have supported are now registered on and actively using our DigiDAD e-learning platform, which demonstrates their willingness to improve their parenting knowledge and skills to be the best dads they can be for their children. I have also continued to work closely with maternal and paternal families including grandparents and the mother of the child(ren) so that a ‘whole family’ support approach is taken to ensure the best possible outcomes for all involved with the child(ren). 

Peer supported group work and learning opportunities are also a key feature of the Teen Dads Project, and this year has been no different, with teen dads supported to attend Stay and Play sessions with their children, family outings, go-karting, gym sessions and bike rides. In addition, I have supported teen dads to become AmbassaDADS as part of the charity’s Regional Young Dads Council. 

It has been a joy and a privilege to work with so many amazing teenage dads who have often overcome significant adversity to play an active, attentive, and loving part in their children’s lives and I deeply look forward to another great year in their company. 


## EVALUATING THE TEEN DADS PROJECT 

## **By Dr Michael J Richardson** 

**I was asked to independently evaluate the final two years of North East Young Dads and Lads (NEYDL’s) Teen Dads Project (Year 2 covering June 2020 – July 2021 and Year 3 covering July 2021 – June 2022), funded by BBC Children in Need.  Dominating the timeframe of this project were the adverse impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and the effects this has had on the ability for NEYDL to conduct their work during these times. I have continued to work with NEYDL in the months since the evaluation window had closed, through an Innovation and Knowledge Exchange Sabbatical (between September 2022 and February 2023) at Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art (supported by the School of Geography, Politics and Sociology and the Humanities and Social Sciences Faculty at Newcastle University). This has given me unique insight to the legacies of the Teen Dads Project, especially through the development of the Regional Young Dads Council and the emergence of the AmdassaDADS (see article entitled AmbassaDADS Assemble!).** 


Readers of this annual report will know that at entry point to NEYDL, teen dads and expectant dads are often identified as socially isolated and severely marginalised. That they often lack access to professional parenting support due to their age and gender, experience social isolation from their immediate peer group and a loss of friendship networks often follows, due to changes in their circumstances. As a result, young dads often reported poor mental health, which is exacerbated by the lack of available support services. The different sections of this Annual Report are testament to the outstanding work NEYDL does to redress the balance. 

Throughout my time working with NEYDL I have always been impressed by the ‘revolving door’ policy that enables young men to return time and again for help, assistance, and friendship. Some young men who were service beneficiaries at the beginning of my working relationship with NEYDL, were absent for a period of time and then made a return when it suited them. This return was for different reasons, and what is impressive about the work of NEYDL is their lifelong commitment to supporting young dads. Some of these ‘young’ men are no longer teens. Some are no longer even classed as ‘young men’ at all (i.e., they are over the age of 25). However, due to the continued working relationships, NEYDL now has a better and longer standing knowledge of the difficulties facing young men who are fathers across different life course stages. 

## **Key learning points from this work are as follows:** 

1. The value of a flexible support offer (being responsive to participants’ needs and not assuming any particular method of communication will be desired). 

2. There is a clear need for early intervention (due to the isolating factors brought about by young fatherhood). 

3. The value of DigiDAD as an online resource. 

4. Continued value placed on face-to-face contact (running concurrently alongside the increased demand for digital resources). 


_**‘Honestly, without the support from the guys here (NEYDL) I don’t want to know where I probably would’ve ended up.’**_ 

**7** 

(Young Dad) 



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_**‘I’ve been working with a dad, supporting his confidence around parenting. I had attended a webinar of DigiDAD…and provided the information to a North East Dad I was working with. The Dad provided some feedback to me which I feel you should know. He said, “he had really enjoyed the DigiDAD parenting course”. He sent me two certificates, appeared really proud of achieving them, which supported raising his confidence around parenting…He said, “the courses were amazing!” Thanks, and thought you needed to be aware of the lovely, positive feedback you’ve been given.’**_ 

(Senior Resource Worker, Middlesbrough Council) 

## DIGIDAD: FROM PETERLEE TO PERU 

## **By Kevin Stoodley** 

**A year or so on from the well-attended and indeed internationally attended launch of the DigiDAD platform (February 2022), and I’m pleased to report that DigiDAD is still going strong, attracting a whopping 30,598 YouTube viewers (compared to 12,400 in year 1), viewing times in excess of 1,049 hours and a 110 registered users who have successfully completed e-learning courses via www.digidad.uk. Moreover, contrary to our wildest imaginings, DigiDAD – a platform co-created with 86 local young dads (and counting) who have recorded over 1,100 volunteering hours whilst gaining employability skills (including scriptwriting, storyboarding, acting, presenting, research and film making, social marketing and digital youth work) is attracting a diverse geographic audience with representation across the UK (including Northern Ireland, Scotland, South East London, Coventry and Wales) and further afield, including USA, Indonesia, Ukraine and Lima, Peru. ‘Way aye Peru!’** 

Building on the 35 short films, animations, podcasts and e-learning courses we co-created with young dads in preparation for the launch of DigiDAD, the platform’s content has grown significantly in the past year with the addition of the following series developed in partnership with Cumbria Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust, Following Young Fathers Further (The University of Lincoln), first aid consultant Carole Hewison and our 16 strong DigiDAD Advisory Board (with expertise in infant feeding, perinatal mental health and psychology, LGBTQIA+ community support, Family Law, Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting, Social Work, Youth Work and last but by no means least, lived experience of young fatherhood): 

- **6-part Paediatric First Aid** 

- **6-part Perinatal Mental Health** 

- **• 6-part Perinatal Parenting** 

We have also developed a 3-part film series on behalf of the Fatherhood Institute to support social workers to understand the challenges faced by young fathers in families where children have social care involvement, have collaborated with FutureMen to showcase DigiDAD content on their pioneering parenting app and are putting the finishes touches to a 3-part infant feeding series and revised 0-6 month parenting course in line with changes to best practice, all of which will be made freely available on the new look DigiDAD website to be launched in early 2024. 


In addition to content made specifically for young dads by young dads, our regional young dads council members (AmbassaDADS) have peer researched and co-created a father inclusive toolkit for professionals (Think Dad!) accessed via DigiDAD and featuring extensive links to new films and recorded interviews with expert stakeholders. Moreover, DigiDAD is extremely proud to be the chosen host platform of a pre-recording of ‘Father Unknown’, a play inspired by and co-created with young dads from NEYDL (see article entitled A Standing Ovation: Father Unknown). 


NEYDL has also worked closely with Keda Consulting to create a comprehensive development plan to enable the platform to achieve the following vision and outcomes: 

**The vision** for DigiDAD is to become the leading platform providing young dads with a community and a comprehensive early years (age 0-2) parenting and relationship skills programme using multiple formats, which is externally recognised. 

## **DigiDAD aims to achieve the following outcomes:** 

- Young dads have improved knowledge because of completing e-courses and watching videos on DigiDAD. The learning outcomes will be course-specific, within the content topic areas. 

- More minoritised young dads engage with NEYDL through our digital channels. 

- Young dads have improved peer-relationships and reduced isolation (through Video Gaming and Discord features). 

In addition, young dads from NEYDL have worked closely with Research Software Engineer Dr Mike Simpson (Newcastle University) to create a technical specification to upscale our current peer and professionally moderated video gaming channel (see article entitled Gaming Together). 

At the time of publication, I’m pleased to report that DigiDAD did the unthinkable, taking home winners awards in two categories at the prestigious **Children and Young People Now Awards 2023** held in London (Advice and Guidance and Youth Work). Recognition if it was needed of the platforms trailblazing approach to supporting and empowering young fathers to be the best dads they can possibly be. 

_**DigiDAD! Made by young dads for young dads from Peterlee to Peru!**_ 










_**‘I follow the work of NEYDL from a distance, and am a fan of the organisation.’**_ 

(Gateshead Councillor and Cabinet Member) 

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## _**‘We were watching the (DigiDAD) videos together not too long ago and it was quite funny, and then obviously I had a bit reminder of the examples and the answers of things, like what the things obviously you can do, or you can’t do. And I still watch them still, just obviously to get reminded.’**_ 

(Young Dad) 

## AN EVALUATION OF DIGIDAD: A PIONEERING DIGITAL EDUCATION AND SUPPORT OFFER FOR YOUNG FATHERS 

## **By Professor Anna Tarrant & Dr Izram Chaudry** 

**DigiDAD was launched officially in 2022 but was established during the pandemic when there were curbs on meeting and providing support face to face for young fathers and aspects of support were shifted online. Towards the end of 2022, before Anna was appointed as Chair of Trustees at NEYDL, Dr Izram Chaudry (The University of Bradford) and Professor Anna Tarrant (The University of Lincoln) conducted an independent evaluation of this pioneering new e-learning education and support platform that has been developed with and for young fathers.** 

The evaluation confirmed that just one year following its inception, DigiDAD has huge potential for supporting young fathers to develop their knowledge and skills in relation to parenting. Evidence generated further demonstrated that it is already meeting its primary objectives, namely, to ensure that: 

1.  More young fathers have the confidence, skills, and opportunities to be a positive presence in their children’s lives. 

2.  Statutory services recognise and value the role of young fathers, and that, 

3.  The stigma of being a young father is reduced. 

Findings show that young father users of DigiDAD value its accessibility and creativity and that through interaction with the content they felt supported to develop their confidence around their parenting skills with increased knowledge. The young fathers at NEYDL who have been involved in the content creation have also benefitted from gaining new skills, engaging in knowledge exchange processes with professionals and later securing employment. The platform is beginning to feature more professionals and is available to them to refer to young fathers. 

The evaluation process also highlighted the value of showcasing the capabilities of young fathers, in turn changing the narrative about young fatherhood in order to reduce stigma. The co-creation methodology that underpins the process for creating content also showcases the skills and strengths of young fathers engaged with the North East Young Dads and Lads and ensures that the content combines lived experience with the evidencebase. 

In terms of future growth for the platform, the evaluation process supported the following recommendations: 

- The retention of the co-creation process and partnership work between young fathers, experts and specialists to ensure further quality outputs, 

- Increasing the visibility of DigDAD through more effective marketing and referrals from professionals to a wider cohort of young fathers, 

- Maintaining its USP and local/regional identity as the platform grows, balanced alongside visuals presenting diverse experiences and identities of fatherhood, 

- Relatedly, developing all content so that it is as inclusive as possible, and 

- - Monitoring the use of the platform longer term to evidence its reach and impact. 

These recommendations are being taken forward by the charity as it seeks to fund and support further co-creation work and content development for the site. DigiDAD is a really exciting digital offer created by young fathers for young fathers, with great potential to reshape the support landscape for young fathers around the world. 

## **A link to the final evaluation report is provided here:** 



## GAMING TOGETHER 

## **By Will Patterson, Robert Oughton & Nathan Noble** 

**As discussed in our 2021 Annual Report, NEYDL has always been impressed by the potential of online video gaming to bring young dads together and strengthen peer relationships outside of facilitated group work activities, so much so that with the support of our funders (BBC Children in Need and The National Lottery Community Fund) we invested in a gaming pc and purchased gift vouchers as tournament prizes to support closed-group video gaming competitions. In addition, we have purchased and distributed gaming headsets and controllers to support engagement by young dads living in poverty.** 

Using ‘Discord’ (a software familiar and accessible to most of the dads we support which allows users to chat in real time as they play), we currently deliver video gaming sessions every Monday and Friday evening to up to 13 young dads living in Durham, Gateshead, Sunderland, and Newcastle. 


The gaming group is a big success for the charity, helping young dads to open-up about their difficulties, talk to NEYDL staff and young dads and form lasting friendships. Some of the dads who game with us suffer from social anxiety and have previously turned down invitations to meet other young dads face to face, but since we started 

the gaming group they’ve now started to meet up in person with and without NEYDL’s support. 

Some of the ways young dads are benefitting from the video gaming group are presented below, in their own words: 

_**‘I’m happier sitting in the house and gaming than going out drinking and stuff. It stops you from getting into trouble.’**_ 

## _**‘When you’re gaming, people are more confident to talk about stuff.’**_ 

_**‘I was brought up by the most manly man. He’d go to the pub, get pissed, get in a fight, and come home. That’s just what he did. But that’s not me. I don’t want to be like that. Gaming’s my gateway. It’s how I vent.’**_ 

_**‘It’s a community. You start talking about the game and then end up getting into a conversation about anything and everything.’**_ 

## _**‘Your brain goes left. You don’t think about your problems. You think about the game. You think about the enemies you’re fighting and stuff. It’s like mindfulness.’**_ 

Funded and supported by Following Young Fathers Further at The University of Lincoln, we recently commissioned Research Software Engineer Dr Mike Simpson, Newcastle University, to work with our young dads to develop a technical specification for upscaling the video gaming project to support a regional audience of young dads, with consideration to GDPR compliance, accessibility, functionality, and safeguarding. At the time of publication, we are seeking additional grant funding to implement this technical specification and support more young dads through video gaming. 

## _**Watch this space!**_ 


_**‘The (DigiDAD) courses…they helped me very much and I got more active and got more, like, very comfortable with what I’m doing as a dad.’**_ 

**9** 

(Young Dad) 



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_**‘The play (Father Unknown) represented young dads exactly how life is for us, and Ryan (actor) couldn’t have done a better job at acting. It was great. Maybe it will open people’s eyes about young dads and the struggles.’**_ 

(Young Dad) 

## A STANDING OVATION: FATHER UNKNOWN 

## **By Kevin Stoodley** 

**On a balmy summer’s evening in 2023, I was lucky enough to be in the audience for the first performance of Father Unknown, a funny, honest, and powerful exploration of young fatherhood majestically portrayed by rising North East star of stage and screen Ryan Noble (most recently appearing in the BBC comedy drama series Power of Parker) at Durham’s Gala Theatre.** 

In Father Unknown, Ryan plays the role of Alfie, a 16-year-old Gateshead lad who discovers he’s going to be a young dad during his GCSE exams. Over the course of the next hour, Ryan takes us on a rollercoaster ride as Alfie tries to navigate the complexities of young fatherhood, from ‘breadwinner’ expectations to exam pressures, maternal family interference and gatekeeping, to misunderstanding and misjudgement. 

And whilst it’s fair to say that Alfie does drop a few major clangers along the way (who hasn’t?) and probably wouldn’t be everyone’s choice for ‘father of the year’, he is unrelenting in his desire to play an active, loving and meaningful role in his son’s life, like so many of the young men we are lucky enough to meet and support every day here at NEYDL. 

In a deeply moving scene towards the end of the play, we are invited to watch Alfie just being a dad to his child, a cherished experience for young Alfie which offers both hope and yet fragility, due to factors that are largely out of his control. 

The play closes with anonymous and authentic voice recordings made by the eloquent young dads supported by NEYDL, recollecting how they felt when they first heard they were going to be a dad, their first encounter with their new-born and what fatherhood means to them now. It’s fair to say that you could hear a pin drop in the theatre at this moment, as it suddenly dawned on the uninitiated members of the audience that Alfie’s story was not a work of escapist fiction, but an accurate portrayal of the very real challenges and barriers sadly faced by so many young dads both in our region and beyond. Following an extended and rapturous standing ovation (a reaction repeated during sold out performances at Northern Stage over the next 2 days), I had the pleasure to hang out with a group of NEYDL’s first ever service beneficiaries (the ‘Founding Fathers’ as they are lovingly known here at NEYDL), who had travelled from Durham, Gateshead, and Wales to see the play. We laughed, talked, and spun stories well into the night, covering many subjects including their children and families, new relationships, career changes, studies (one of the dads is now studying marine biology at university) and memories of the Wednesday night young dads group in Gateshead they had all attended for several years at the start of their fatherhood journeys, at a similar age to young Alfie in the play. Whilst none of their fatherhood journeys have been easy, and more challenges lie ahead for at least one of the dads in trying to maintain regular contact with his non-resident child, their love for their children and commitment to the role of father and parent was just as strong as it was on the first day we met. But unlike Alfie, thanks to the connections they had made through NEYDL (none of the dads in question had ever met another young dad before they joined us), these guys have each other, through thick and thin! Not a bad legacy for a ‘small but vital charity’ such as ours. 

Father Unknown was directed by the brilliant Jonah York (formerly a NEYDL staff member), produced by Jonah and the equally brilliant Dr Michael J Richardson (former trustee of NEYDL and current volunteer beekeeper), and written by Jonah, Michael, Elijah Young, Steve Byron, and members of the charity’s young dads council (AmbassaDADS), following extensive research involving young dads supported by NEYDL. A prerecording of Father Unknown is freely available to view only on NEYDL’s flagship DigiDAD website https://www.digidad.uk/father-unknown/ 15 June - Durham Gala Theatre 16 and 17 June - Northern Stage 


_**‘There was a load of anxiety building up to being a first-time dad at such a young age.’**_ (Young Dad) 

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**North East Young Lads & Dads** | ANNUAL REPORT 2023 

## _**‘I am a dad! I am not babysitting my own kids! I am parenting!’**_ 

(Young Dad) 

## FIRST AID FATHERS 

## **By Kevin Stoodley** 

**Since the earliest days of the charity, NEYDL has committed to supporting young dads to gain the skills, knowledge and confidence necessary to play a safe, active and meaningful role in their children’s lives. As part of this support, we have committed to providing Paediatric First Aid skills training to young dads on a regular basis and this year has been no different.** 



Thanks to an unexpected and most welcome donor support grant from Robson Laidler Accountants supported by County Durham Community Foundation, we have recently supported thirteen young dads from County Durham to attend and 

complete certified First Aid at Work and Paediatric First Aid courses in conjunction with first aid trainer and long-term collaborator Carole Hewison, with two further courses for young dads scheduled to take place in November and December 2023. 

Both courses delivered this year have been well received by young dads and expectant fathers, providing new opportunities for young dads to meet their peers whilst practicing essential first aid skills including CPR, applying bandages and yes, eating pizzas! 

In addition to our face to face first aid training, this year NEYDL committed to co-creating an online paediatric first aid course and film series for our DigiDAD website, supported by final year grant funding from The Esmee Fairbairn Foundation. Expertly presented by young dads Robert and Jordan and featuring other young men and dads who have attended our first aid training courses, this 6-part course covers essential first aid themes including emergency readiness, prioritising treatment, head-to-toe checks, choking, CPR, minor injuries and illness. It is now available to watch and complete (along with quizzes, downloadable handy hints, and certification) on the DigiDAD website (www.digidad.uk). 

A massive congratulations to all the young dads who have so far attended our first aid courses in person and thank you to Carole Hewison and the DigiDAD content creation team for producing an excellent and widely accessible resource. 



## BEES ON THE BALTIC & BEES IN THE BOROUGH 

**By Tom Jamieson & Jordan Pike** 

**We had a bumper harvest of honey in the Autumn of 2022. Our two hives on the south roof of BALTIC produced over 30 kilos of honey of exceptional quality, made by colonies which grew to huge numbers in mid-summer and then overwintered strong. It’s been a steep learning curve for our young beekeeping team, as all our normal patterns of work have needed adaptation in that unusual context. But, in a word, Success!** 

We have enjoyed the massive interest in rooftop beekeeping from BALTIC staff and visitors alike. No surprise, we decided in Spring 2023 to double our rooftop hives to four, and further research the foraging areas which our bees visit in east Gateshead. Meanwhile, established hives producing our Staiths Honey in Dunston and Forest Honey near Chopwell were productive too, allowing us to offer honey to five retail outlets in Gateshead and Newcastle. 

Our relationship with local charity The Comfrey Project has also proved a happy one. BUZZ beekeeping training sessions in their community room have proved popular, with six young men enjoying a first introduction to the craft. It was also a joy to attend The Comfrey Project Annual General Meeting and present every household of asylum seekers and refugees attending, with a jar of honey from the hives we keep on their site. 

Community beekeeper extraordinaire (and young dad) Jordan Pike’s own honey brand Raw & Rich Honey, produced from the hives and bees he has adopted from NEYDL, is in high demand and sold via two artisan food outlets he supplies in Newcastle upon Tyne. One of them included a jar in their Christmas Hamper of artisan goods produced on Tyneside, under the aptly named ‘Local Hero’ hamper. 

Remember the fantastic image (The Realm) which featured on the cover of last year’s Annual Report? Designed by Atomhawk and taking Baltic Beekeeping into their fictional world, the poster version has so far sold a whopping 139 copies via the BALTIC shop, raising funds to support both NEYDL and BALTIC’s important charitable work. A great measure of the public interest in our urban and rooftop beekeeping. 








_**‘The hum of a bee is the voice of the garden, my second language! I am but an extra hand in a hive, a friendly neighbour checking in from time to time and the taster of hard work.’**_ 

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(By Jordan Pike, NEYDL young Dad and community beekeeper extraordinaire) 



**North East Young Lads & Dads** | ANNUAL REPORT 2023 

## _**‘I don’t think I’d be at the stage I am now without North East Young Dads and Lads.’**_ 

(Young Dad) 

## STORY GATHERING AND SYSTEM BARRIERS INQUIRY 

**By Will Patterson & Dr Richard Gibbons** 

**We are currently delivering a number of projects which support the different communities of Gateshead. In last year’s NEYDL Annual Report, we detailed how some of our young dads had received training to gather people’s stories as part of a research endeavour. In partnership with the Gateshead Community Bridgebuilders and funded by The Lankelly Chase Foundation, this inquiry mapped thousands of factors that people shared with us about their lives, which highlighted many difficult-to-see systemic challenges people face in Gateshead.** 

This work has now evolved into a number of peer community groups, one of which focuses on marginalised young people. Supported by Will (NEYDL Peer Enabler) this work offers a weekly session which seeks to support young people to address their day-to-day problems and difficulties. Because the stories we collected suggest how young people are often excluded from meaningful participation in decision-making spaces, our groups are built around certain core principles. They are ‘relationship centred’; created as open and supportive spaces where the group members make decisions that help to steer how the space evolves and shapes moving forward. Groups also embrace the idea of ‘transformational participation’, which is promoted by supporting young people to develop their motivation and confidence to engage in decision making processes. 

Long term it is our ambition that the young people currently supported by this project become role models and community champions within their communities, just like Will Patterson, Dylan Brown, Adam Gorzelanczyk and Mark Ridden, the four young dads employed by NEYDL as Peer Link Workers and Peer Enablers on behalf of this inquiry over the past 3 years. 


## AMBASSADADS ASSEMBLE! 

## **By Dr Linzi Ladlow & Robert Oughton** 

**The AmbassaDADS are a group of 20 young dads from Tyne & Wear, County Durham and Teesside working together as a collective to affect social, policy and practice change that improves the lives of young fathers.** 

The group has grown from the pioneering work of NEYDL’s Tyne and Wear based Young Dads Council, some of which has been detailed in previous editions of the charity’s Annual Report. This includes the creation of a poster and e-zine responding to the BALTIC’s ‘Equal Play’ exhibition led by International Artist Albert Potrony and supported by Dr Michael J Richardson **https://www. theguardian.com/artanddesign/2021/sep/27/they-wanted-to-end-masculinitythe-artist-inspired-by-anti-sexist-mens-groups** 

Supported by NEYDL, Professor Anna Tarrant and Dr Linzi Ladlow from the University of Lincoln, key highlights from the group’s activities over the past year include the following: 


Father Unknown: Inspired by and cocreated with the AmbassaDADS, former NEYDL trustee Dr Michael J Richardson and former NEYDL employee Jonah York presented a 50-minute play about young fatherhood to sold out audiences at Durham’s Gala Theatre (15th June) and Northern Stage (16th and 17th June). Starring Ryan Noble, the play included a postperformance Q&A on Wednesday and 

Saturday evenings involving AmbassaDADS members. The play now features as a permanent recording via the charity’s DigiDAD website https://www.digidad.uk/ father-unknown/ 

Think Dad! Father Inclusive Practice Toolkit: AmbassaDADS members co-created a professional development toolkit following extensive peer research with other young dads and professionals. Launched via a webinar event attended by 165 professionals on 20th February 2023, this resource has been made freely accessibly via the charities DigiDAD website: https://www.digidad.uk/wp-content/ uploads/2023/09/NEYDL_toolkit_v13.pdf 






BBC Radio 1 Newsbeat: 4 members of the AmbassaDADS recently featured in a written and spoken word piece by BBC Radio 1’s news programme Newsbeat, gaining a readership of over 600,000 people. 

Over the next 12 months, the members hope to engage and involve more young dads from across the region in the AmbassaDADS project and work together to both change the narrative and challenge negative stereotypes of young fatherhood. Further, we are working with young dads in County Durham and Middlesbrough to develop geographic AmbassaDADS subgroups to contribute to Parent and Carer Panels associated with local Family Hubs. 

**The AmbassaDADS have assembled…** _**watch this space!**_ 





_**‘Thank you so much for sharing DigiDAD (Think Dad! Father Inclusive Toolkit).  I am very impressed by the work that is being done by the project. It made me think about how I can engage with dads, and I will be using DigiDAD information to support dads as well.’**_ 

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(Midwife) 



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_**‘I’m so glad we came. Meeting other Mams and Dads our age is so cool. Thanks for inviting us.’**_ (Young Dad) 

## DAD2DAD PEER SUPPORT 

## **By Will Patterson & Andy Appleyard** 

**Overview: Thanks to funding from The National Lottery Community Fund, NEYDL has been able to employ 2 Peer Enablers with lived experience of either fatherhood or young fatherhood to provide direct and intensive 1:1 support and peer supported group work opportunities to young dads/expectant fathers living in the geographic areas of Tyne & Wear and Tees Valley. Building on the charity’s existing Teen Dads Project provision for young dads aged under 19, Dad2Dad Peer Support has helped NEYDL in its ambitions to reach and support more disadvantaged young men, including those who fall outside the threshold of ‘teenage fatherhood’, or who live in geographic areas of greatest need (including Middlesbrough where the highest rates of young fatherhood in our region have been recorded and no previous dedicated service provision has existed for this community).** 

**Will’s report:** I’ve worked closely with 18 young dads aged 17 to 24 so far, covering areas of North and South Tyneside, Gateshead, Sunderland, and Newcastle. Whilst most of the dads I’ve worked with have needed support to address social isolation and improve their parenting skills using DigiDAD, I’ve also helped with housing issues, food banks, job searches, first aid training and family mediation. Seven of the young dads I’ve supported are involved in Child Protection and Child in Need proceedings and I’ve accompanied five dads to attend these proceedings, often advocating on their behalf to social work professionals. This has enabled one young dad to progress from having no direct contact with his child to unsupervised child contact arrangements, whilst a second has been granted supervised contact during activities hosted by NEYDL. Currently I’m also supporting one young dad to understand and navigate private family courts. 

Alongside 1:1 support, I’ve also created opportunities that bring young dads together to share experiences and make new friends, which can be difficult for some due to social anxiety and autism. This year I’ve organised snooker and pool activities for four young dads, museum visits for three young dads, ten pin bowling with six young dads and even a walking group. On one of the group sessions one of my dad’s brought his daughter along so it shows that he is feeling safe and comfortable. I’ve also delivered a weekly online video gaming project for young dads outside of normal working hours and supported two young dads to join our community beekeeping project. Finally, I’ve supported the Rainbow Family Centre in Washington to develop a father-inclusive service offer and father-friendly space, co-authored published sociological research in conjunction with the Following Young Fathers Further research team at The University of Lincoln https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/ epub/10.1177/13607804221090550 and contributed video evidence to the House 


of Lords Parliamentary Inquiry on Youth Unemployment (May 2021) https://fyff. co.uk/fles/74825fcaf47380b5e50c5019dceb30d1103d3934.pdf 

**Andy’s report:** In creating a new service for young dads in Middlesbrough on behalf of NEYDL, I initially focused my efforts on establishing new referral pathways with Early Help Services (part of Children’s Social Services), Maternity and Midwifery Services. This has so far led to direct work with 15 young dads (aged 13 to 23), many of whom faced similar challenges to those described by Will. In addition, I have accessed NEYDL’s Wheelie Good Dads Community Cycling Project to provide a mountain bike and related safety equipment to a Middlesbrough young dad (aged 23) on long term loan and made use of NEYDL’s Crisis Fund to help young dads purchase essential goods, buy Christmas presents for their children, cover essential travel costs, rent a removal van to move house and hire a professional gas fitter to install a cooker. 

Recognising the importance of bringing young dads together for peer support, fitness and learning, I have worked in partnership with NHS and Local Authority services (My Place, Healthier Together Programme, Head Start, Substance Misuse and Youth Offending) to establish and run a fortnightly drop-in for seventeen young men (including seven young dads) held at the Live Well Centre in Middlesbrough from 4-6.30pm with access to pool tables, a gymnasium, videogaming, crisis support and food bank/care parcels. In addition, I have supported one young dad (neurodiverse) and his daughter to attend fortnightly Dads and Toddlers ‘Stay and Play’ sessions at BALTIC, Gateshead and created wider social activities for four young dads including ten-pin bowling. 


_**‘The hospital provided information about NEYDL. It took me a few weeks to like reach out but I’m stoked to be able to be a part of it now.’**_ 

**13** 

(Young Dad) 



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## _**‘It (NEYDL) gets me out of the house and doing stuff…Sometimes I bring (named daughter) and (named partner) as well, if she’s not working. I like meeting new people. Playing football. Talking to the other lads about what it’s like for them and what they do, and I tell them about me.’**_ 

(Young Dad) 

## DAD2DAD PEER SUPPORT YEAR 1 INDEPENDENT EVALUATION 

## **By Dr Linzi Ladlow & Professor Anna Tarrant** 

**Funded by The National Lottery Community Fund, the Dad2Dad Peer Support project began in May 2022. In May 2023, we submitted an interim report evaluating the first year of the programme. Dad2Dad Peer Support provides direct and intensive 1:1 support and peer supported group work opportunities for young fathers and expectant fathers living in the regions of Tyne and Wear and Teesside. Led by two ‘Peer Enablers’, Will and Andy, Dad2Dad sets out to reach and support disadvantaged young men in these areas, including young fathers who fall outside the threshold of ‘teenage fatherhood’ or who live in geographic areas of greatest need. NEYDL remains the only dedicated service provision for young fathers in the region.** 

We conducted in-depth qualitative longitudinal interviews with two young fathers and four support workers to evaluate whether the programme was meeting it’s 5 key objectives: 

1. Helping young dads to recognise their potential and establish positive support networks. 

2. Improving parenting skills and relationships leading to safer and more resilient families. 

3. Addressing social, health and financial issues to break the cycle of poverty and overcome inequalities. 

4. Enabling dads to attend and navigate complex and stressful private family court and child protection proceedings, leading to safer families and more stable child contact arrangements for dads and their children. 

5. Providing practical support to develop employability skills. 

Against the 5 key objectives, we found that Dad2Dad Peer Support is successfully meeting its outcomes. The passion and skillset of the support workers, alongside the resources available to them, has enabled Dad2Dad Peer Support to establish itself as an essential support service for young fathers that has adapted well to new local conditions. 

The provision provides proactive and reactive support, responding directly and immediately to the varied needs of the young fathers who attend each week, as well as proactively building on long-term goals. Dad2Dad is having a significant and meaningful impact on the young men and their families with reported improvements in parenting skills, relationships, confidence and social networks. Young men have also received more holistic support around their finances, preparing for or gaining employment, and moving to better housing. Dad2Dad Peer Support effectively utilises the strengths of the Peer-Support workers and the available resources in each location, creating tangible investments in these young men and their employability. 


From the interviews, one story was particularly striking. Andy supported a young father, his partner and their daughter, to move from unsuitable accommodation to a new home. Andy was with them every step of the way, supporting their application to the Housing Association, helping them access a charity that provides furniture and white goods, and using the NEYDL crisis fund to hire a moving van. Andy even drove the van himself! The support Andy provided to help this family move house is a powerful example of the life changing impact Dad2Dad Peer Support has had on this young man and family: 

When the mum of that family, when she moved house, she got a job within a week, and you could just see how much she’d grown.  And, you know, she was going out to work and then dad was looking after the baby. You know, the house, there was a park at the end of the road, and it was just great, like he’d show me his photographs on his phone of baby going down the slide or on the swings and stuff like that.  I’ve seen them grow personally over the past few months, which wouldn’t have been possible without this work (Andy). 

Our interim report shows that the project is on a strong trajectory. The service provided by NEYDL through the extended Dad2Dad Peer Support offer is an example of best practice in working with marginalised young fathers in the UK. Being a father is at the heart of service provision and the focus on fatherhood is a motivational factor for young fathers in overcoming challenges and meeting their aspirations. This service has potential to be developed further, by extending provision to more young fathers across the region. 




_**‘You were the only one that I could ask for help and you were always there for me.’**_ 

(Young Dad) 

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## _**‘Thanks for today. It was good to be out with just me and my daughter and to meet other people.’**_ 

(Young Dad) 


## WHEELIE GOOD DADS 

## **By Nathan Noble** 

**Over the past 12 months, myself and a team of 4 Community Cycling Group Leaders (also young dads) have planned and delivered 32 cycling excursions to 29 young dads, in addition to 4 cycling excursions for families, involving 6 children aged 1, 2, 3 and 7 years. The dads have really valued this project, as the following feedback shows:** 

## _**‘I feel so good out on the bike. It feels supportive.’**_ 

## _**‘Getting out on the bikes helps me to reflect and think.’**_ 

## _**‘I’m going to places I’ve never been before, and I’ve lived here all my life.’**_ 

Myself and the Community Cycling Group Leaders have also established a regular safety inspection and maintenance programme which includes home visits to young dads benefitting from our long-term bike loan scheme which includes access to cycle helmets, locks, pumps, and a puncture repair kit. 

The bike loan scheme is currently supporting 12 young dads living in the 10% most deprived areas of Gateshead, Sunderland, Durham, and Middlesbrough to get to work, attend training, access regular volunteering opportunities, visit and maintain contact with non-resident children and stay in touch with family and friends. The scheme is a huge hit with young dads as the following feedback demonstrates: 

_**‘Being able to use a new bike is so good. I’ve only ever had rubbish bikes to go out on and it put me off going out.’**_ 

## _**‘Having a bike to get to my training course (forklift truck driving) has helped me so much. I used to have to get 3 buses to get there which used to take me an hour. Now it just takes me 20 minutes. And the money I’ve saved on bus fares has really helped too.’**_ 

As part of our close working relationships with our funder Warburtons, young dads supported by NEYDL have made regular visits to the Warburtons bakery in Newburn, including attendance in a skills day delivered by Warburton’s HR staff which enabled the lads to practice and refine their interview skills and update their CV’s. 

In addition to gaining new skills and expertise in bike maintenance, I’ve also supported our Community Cycling Group Leaders to develop their skills as peer mentors and supporters (including completion of safeguarding training, First Aid at Work, Paediatric First Aid and Level 3 Mental Health First Aid). 

Finally, I’ve been busy supporting 6 of our most committed cyclists, all of whom are young dads to prepare for the Great North Bike Ride - a 60-mile day ride from Seahouses to Tynemouth due to take place on Sunday 27th August 2023. At the time of publication, I’m pleased to report that young dads Jordan and Jordan completed the mammoth and rain-soaked course in an admirable 4 hours and 35 minutes, alongside myself and staff members Doug and Kev. 

Alongside the cycling related activities, I’ve also planned and co-facilitated ‘Stay and Play’ sessions at the BALTIC attended by 8 families on a regular basis, plus family outings to Santa’s Grotto in December 2022 (attended by 16 young parents and 14 children aged 6 months to 7 years) and more recently Tynemouth Aquarium (attended by 14 young dads, 12 partners and 16 children aged 3 months to 7 years). For some young parents, these events represented the first time they had met other young parents as evidenced by the following feedback: 

## **A tremendous achievement!** 


## _**‘I’m so glad we came. Meeting other Mams and Dads our age is so cool. Thank you for inviting us.’**_ 





_**‘I feel so good out on the bike. It feels supportive.’**_ 

(Young Dad) 

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## _**‘My observation has been that NEYDL’s just been really innovative and got this group of lads, what can we do to get them together, meeting each other, talking with each other about wellbeing without saying right, you’ve got to come here and talk about your feelings.’**_ 

(Community Perinatal Mental Health Team) 

## DAD2DAD PERINATAL HEALTH PROJECT 

## **By Jan Rigby and Robert Oughton** 

**By Robert:** Over the last year, Jordan Richardson and I have delivered a part-time peer support service on behalf of Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust enabling young dads, expectant fathers, and non-birthing people whose families are supported by the Perinatal Community Mental Health Team to access help, support, and befriending. Following 9 initial referrals to the service, the Dad2Dad Perinatal Health Project has provided intensive 1:1 support to 7 young dads and families, including help to attend child protection meetings, relationship skills support, gym sessions and parenting support using the charity’s DigiDAD e-learning platform. Through the charity’s Crisis Fund one family was also supported to purchase and fit new carpets to a bare upstairs flat where a young child resided. In addition to this individual help, 4 of the young dads have engaged in a range of peer supported group work opportunities including father and child focused Stay and Play sessions, peer and professionally moderated online video gaming sessions and social events including bowling, Escape Rooms, pool, cinema trips and restaurant visits. Further, 4 of the young dads have progressed into volunteering roles within the charity including as trustees, AmbassaDADS and DigiDAD content co-creators (including the development of the Think Dad! Father Inclusive Practice Toolkit and a 6-part perinatal mental health film and animation series covering themes including self-care, supporting partners, suicidal thoughts, loss, and bereavement). Following the completion of this project, Jordan has secured employment outside of the charity and I have progressed into full time employment with the charity, supporting the development and delivery of our new Durham Family Hub service. 



**By Jan Rigby (Advanced Nurse Practitioner, Perinatal Community Mental Health Team):** Meeting and supporting the dads whose partners access the Perinatal CMHT is important. We know becoming a father is a huge transition and when their partner becomes unwell this can impact on their own mental health. Dads often take on caring roles for their baby and their partner. For this reason, the Long-Term Plan promoted an assessment to help us understand the dads’ mental health and wellbeing needs. Many of the dads we meet have ongoing mental health needs separate from caring and parental roles. How do we promote wellbeing and promote resilience alongside strengthening infant mental health knowledge? The offer of an assessment seems simple, however, promoting authentic engagement can be difficult with barriers, often around trust, fear of being judged, and not feeling we give dads a place to discuss their needs. This is complicated further if the couple separates. 


Working with NEYDL on the Dad2Dad Perinatal Health Project has been a fabulous opportunity for us to think together about how best to support dads. The charity’s ethos, coming from a youth service approach, always starts with engagement. They recognise engagement can take many forms and it does not start with an assessment which requires a conversation about what might be making a dad feel vulnerable. They acknowledge these conversations happen over time. We found Doug, Robert and Jordan’s approach to building relationships with the perinatal service staff worked well to support our discussions with dads. Perinatal staff expressed that they were better able to have more meaningful conversations with the men we met, and this led to a number of dads flourishing during their work with the charity. Understanding that services are keen to help and support dads and recognising the project was to last just over a year with an ambitious aspiration for us to develop a better understanding of how to support fathers. NEDYL’s exploration and development of the Think Dad! tool kit and DigiDAD expansion to include perinatal mental health, enables an improved understanding many services can utilise. It has been a great year working together. We hope the shared intention to offer dads the best start in their journeys will continue to develop and go from strength to strength. 


_**‘I’ve worked in services for many years and there are so many people who would have benefitted from North East Young Dads and Lads if it had been around then.’**_ 

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_**‘I usually get pulled in at school. Last time…it was because (named daughters) decided they were going to pour paint in each other’s pants. And when I bathed them, they had bits of orange and pink and yellow…’**_ 

(Young Dad) 

## KEEP ON RUNNING 

## **By Jonah York** 

**Among the 60,000 people who set off from Newcastle’s Town Moor on the morning of Sunday 11th September 2022 to raise much needed funds for brilliant charities in the Northeast, were 11 runners (Amy, Kevin, Ancha, Freya, Sam & Sam (the speed demon duo), Elijah, Anna, Claire, Steph, and Jonah), all wearing distinctive sky-blue t-shirts emblazoned with the slogan ‘I’m running for North East Young Dads and Lads.’** 

Representing the charity’s staff, trustees, project partners, family, friends, and most impressively young Mams whose partners are supported by NEYDL, our running team (some running a half marathon for the first time) all completed the course in one piece (although judging by his newly acquired limp at work the morning after, I suspect our CEO Kevin might have something different to say). 

In total, our fantastic runners managed to raise a staggering **£2,746.00** from their endeavours, which we quickly put to good use through the launch of a crisis fund providing much needed money direct to young dads and their families to help pay for essential food, clothing, baby care products, furnishings, transport costs and bills as we headed into winter during a cost-of-living crisis. 

Included on the list of much needed items and activities this fund supported were bus tickets to enable a young dad to make the daily visit to his baby in intensive care, a removal van to help a young family relocate from an unsafe private rented property and new carpets and furnishings to cover bare floorboards in an upstairs flat occupied by a young family with a toddler. 

We are extremely grateful to all the amazing people who gave so generously to this appeal and to our fabulous running team (some travelling from as far afield as London and Leeds) who gave their time and feet in aid of NEYDL. 

_**At the time of publication, I am pleased to report that a team of 7 runners including young dads have signed up for the 2023 race. Phew!**_ 

Best wishes. 




Jonah. 

## DURHAM DADS 

## **By Andy Appleyard and Nathan Noble with Colin Cowings and Robert Oughton** 

In September 2022, we were thrilled to receive funding from County Durham Community Foundation (NHS Health Improvement Fund) to establish a new provision for young dads and expectant fathers across County Durham under the ‘Durham Young Dads Project’ banner. Led by Andy and Nathan with support from Colin and Robert, at the time of publication we have worked with 27 young dads aged 15-25 years, helping them to address a range of support needs associated with food and fuel poverty, homelessness, NEET status, mental health and wellbeing, social isolation and loneliness, parenting and relationship skills and involvement in private family court and social care proceedings. 


Recognising the important part that wider family members can play in supporting young dads to navigate fatherhood, we have also worked closely with 16 adult maternal and paternal family members including 8 co-parents, 2 foster carers and 6 paternal grandparents of the child/unborn child. 

Despite the geographic challenges associated with bringing young dads together from across County Durham, we have managed to run a number of face-to-face and virtual peer supported group work opportunities including cinema and theatre trips, bowling sessions, Escape Room visits, cycling excursions, coffee shop trips, Paediatric First Aid training and video gaming sessions attended by 16 young dads. In addition, 10 young dads, 8 co-parents and 10 children aged under 2 have attended family activities including soft play. 

At the time of publication, 6 Durham young dads supported through this project have progressed into key volunteering roles within NEYDL as part of a 20 strong community of AmbassaDADS (see article AmbassaDADS Assemble!). In addition, thanks to new funding from Durham Family Hubs, we are delighted to announce that support for young dads and non-birthing people aged 25 and under will continue beyond the length of this original project, supported by Colin Cowings and Robert Oughton (see article ‘Support For Young Dads Through Family Hubs’) 




_**‘North East Young Dads are an amazing charity who (named young dad) reached out to when he was at his lowest.**_ 

(Parent of a Young Dad supported by NEYDL)) 

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_**‘If I ask the question and then they (NEYDL) can give me the answer and I’ll say right, okay, that’s what I need to do and that’s what I need to be aware of, and then that’s me, like me stress, like, calms down. I say right, there’s nothing to stress about. I need to just look at the texts just in case I forget, so I know what I’m doing, so that’s the best thing about it.’**_ (Young Dad) 

## SUPPORT FOR YOUNG DADS THROUGH FAMILY HUBS 

## **By Kevin Stoodley** 

At the time of publication, the launch of the Government’s Family Hubs and Start for Life Programme with a focus on providing a system-wide model of joined up, whole family support has raised the potential for NEYDL to work more closely with local authorities. We are pleased to report that NEYDL has now been commissioned to provide 1:1 and peer supported group opportunities to young dads, expectant fathers, and non-birthing people during the perinatal period (0-2 years) in County Durham (excluding Darlington), Middlesbrough, Sunderland, and Gateshead. Whilst still in its infancy, this work is already showing promise, leading to a marked increase in referrals from young dads identified by health visitors and midwifery services and a strong uptake in our services by young men on a voluntary basis. We look forward to reaching and supporting ever more young dads and families over the next 2 years as an integral part of the Family Hub service. 








_**‘No one really thinks about the young Dad and the huge impact it brings. Very few health professionals actually asked how (name of Dad) was coping with a new baby and he was too worried to tell people! Special mention to Rob (NEYDL staff member) who’s been amazing.’**_ 

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## _**‘I find it hard sometimes to think about leaving the house, but when I know it’s with NEYDL it makes me feel okay.’**_ 

(Young Dad) 

## ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 

None of the outcomes or achievements detailed in this report would have been possible without the continued support, kindness, encouragement, friendship and generosity offered by so many people, groups, projects, organisations, services, foundations and institutions, who have given NEYDL so much and asked for so little in return. Though far from exhaustive, we believe the following individuals and organisations deserve an extra special thank you for their huge contribution to NEYDL over the past 12 months. 

## **Board of Trustees from 7th July 2022:** 

Emma Alcock Steven Bramwell (Chair) Chloe Cottrell Jennifer Goldstein (Treasurer) 

Chris Humba (Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Officer) Sarah Oliver (Safeguarding Advisor) Jordan Pike Professor Anna Tarrant (Secretary and Vice Chair) Angela Ward 

## **Board of Trustees from 11th July 2023:** 

Jenny Goldstein (Treasurer) Destiny Greenwood Chris Humba (Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Officer) Mark Hutchinson (Secretary) Sarah Oliver (Safeguarding Advisor) Jordan Pike Tyler Reed Professor Anna Tarrant (Chair) Colin Workman (GDPR Compliance Advisor) 

## **DigiDAD Advisory Group** 

Amy Berry Colin Cowings Ella Fielding Jenny Goldstein Chris Humba Mark Hutchinson Adam Johnson Doug Laidlaw (Chair) Nathan Noble Sarah Oliver Robert Oughton Jan Rigby Margherita Rovida Kevin Stoodley Professor Anna Tarrant Angela Ward 

**AmbassaDADS;** 

## **North East regional young dads council** 

Jed Donnelly Lewis England Ethan Fingleton Ben Homerman Josh Nicholson Cameron Nick Nathan Noble Robert Oughton Will Patterson Dylan Peggs Jordan Pike Andrew Pittman Karl Preston Tyler Reed Curtis Solace Lewis Spence Sam Sterling Alex Teller Josh Wiborg James Withycombe 

## **Our volunteer beekeepers** 

Yakob Araya Jed Donnelly Corey Fletcher Jordan Pike Dr Michael Richardson Mark Ridden 

**Our friends and project partners** 

Andy Dawson Arts Council England Atomhawk Design BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art Benjamin Michael Smith (film maker) Brown March and Bowman Ltd Accountants Charities Aid Foundation Chopwell Officials Club Chopwell Regeneration Group Durham County Council Durham Gala Ernie, Ouseburn, Newcastle upon Tyne Following Young Fathers Further at The University of Lincoln Forestry England Future Men Gateshead Council Honeypot Creative Immediate Theatre Keda Consulting Kingsmeadow Community Comprehensive School Leeds Dads Men and Boys Coalition 

Middlesbrough Council Motif Pictures My Pockets Ngozi Lyn Cole Northern Stage Perinatal Mental Health Clinical Network – North East and North Cumbria Pixel Buddy Ltd Sunderland City Council The Barn Café, Dunston, Gateshead The Comfrey Project The Family Nurse Partnership The Staiths Café Thornley Woodlands Centre Thread Media Suitability Sunderland City Council Throneware Ltd 

## **Our current funders and sponsors** 

BBC Children in Need Connected Voice - VCSE Cost of Living Crisis Fund Community Foundation Tyne & Wear and Northumberland (1989 Willan Charitable Trust) County Durham Community Foundation (NHS Health Improvement Fund) Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust Cycling UK (Funded by The National Lottery & Sport England) Fatherhood Institute Following Young Fathers Further Garfield Weston Imagine Foundation Joicey Trust Lloyds Bank Foundation Newcastle University The Ballinger Charitable Trust The Council of The of County Durham 

The Esmée Fairbairn Foundation The Lankelly Chase Foundation The National Lottery Community Fund The William Leech Charity The Tudor Trust Warburton’s - Families Matter County Durham Community Foundation – Donor Support (Robson Laidler Accountants Ltd) St Columba’s United Reformed Church Swire Charitable Trust 

## **Our Inspiration** 

Last but not least, thank you, thank you, thank you to all the utterly brilliant young men and families we have met so far and those we have yet to meet. This project and this report exist because of you! 

_**‘You have done more than you’ll ever know for my son and grandson.’**_ 

(Parent of a young Dad supported by NEYDL) 

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## THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO READ THIS, OUR SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT 

**For further information, please visit our website and social media feeds, or just send us an email.** 

**Email:** info@neydl.uk **Charity website:** www.neydl.uk **DigiDAD e-learning platform:** www.digidad.uk **Facebook:** @the.neydl **X (formerly Twitter):** @NEYDandL **Instagram:** neydl2 **YouTube:** DigiDAD 


To donate to NEYDL and help us to improve the lives and prospects of more young fathers, their children, and families, please use the weblink and QR code provided here. **Thank you for your support.** 

https://www.paypal.com/gb/fundraiser/ charity/3617049 


## **NORTH EAST YOUNG DADS & LADS** 

Baltic Centre for Contemporary Arts South Shore Road Gateshead NE8 3BA Tel: Doug Laidlaw 07990 164449 

Registered in England Charity No: 1172924 Company No: CE009920 


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ends enly to105e Tny5¢1f in th¢ wralth of rich, variLMI atKI Wond￿ •orie& and imagery shat*l by in¢Tedibl¢ Staff, tru￿ee
voluntrff5 and project parttw resulting in a burning desir¢ ￿ Show￿ this Wl>Tk in all its gkKy. ¢v¢n if It d(x8mtan addins y¢t anoth¢T
page OT four kn the final rqxm. In the w(Yds of Roy s¢hethlChiefBr￿YI dwinghis fiN with theovt¥si*l And nthisal
G￿t While Slwk in the nM>vieJahs,'you'T¢Krn a biggu Imwl. Or in bigw pnntrr!
l know l $4y thi5 rv￿ y¢arb￿ 2023 really h8$ be#hl)wbcAy¢•r oKr. ￿)d SUM*￿Ing mfftyowg d•J& eX￿t fathets *MI
nork-binhin8 wle{any yuU￿¥ pcrson th)iifies Is a fithu figu￿ tn¢ludin8 kinthip CATlYS} than evw bef(yte. across a gwgrnrknic
r¢a which now vA*nds from Tyrt arnl W¢aT io Tce5 Valley. and th￿.$ witknu¢ TnEntyoDing the trnsof thousands of peopk who ar￿SS
I)UT OtTrline fil￿ animaiions. BKkasts coursecrnteni by yi>w8 dad4 foryoungdads and show¢&sed ￿ DigiDAD.
Whilst th￿e 8re mony things Bbwl NEYDL'S in 2023 drwving of high waise 4$ dthibj in this wotmltyfvl ¥q￿rt. I believe our
defjning achievement this ye4T has t05UWLrt ¢m￿)wer 8t)d athl¢ yo￿% dad5 w progr&%s frffli thtp)sition of $em￿b￿¢fi¢ianC9
into ene ormore of th¢ wy voluntecrin8 {V￿111ti¢S Mroffcr. pcu Te5taT￿ iocommunity cycling gwup Ic4d¢T& community
bttk¢q)cr5 and b¢e-entreprth#Jrs to Di8iDAD ¢£￿¢Tea10rS aThJ ex￿1 AmbassaDADS to th￿tts. For yeUttR dads Rib,
Nathott. Will artd JoTd&N thi5 Jiw has ultimatefy kd to th•'r at NEYDL tskith8 on wi. vit4J. arKI valKd Tolcs as Peer
EnablcTS and Cyclin8 GTOUP t**rs Wh00th￿ ywk8 d*ls narLwa]ly y•viwe aTh4 Iwk to u ￿l￿ve m￿¢ rol¢ models
&$ the folk>witi8 feedback from 2 yo￿8 da¢ts ptsfrtly d￿N)ns￿l*s..
'7he&ervr¢¢ fN£YDL) andRobhlmseff(NEYDL siuffrn¢mbtr) al￿1t1￿ ￿¥TaI￿¥1fv the st*pwY Ihove recelwd.
You helpedjpre l*¢ome iheF4therlwonl 10 bc.,
'IfeelinWplvcdathln￿r¢ aThndpwle ih¢zro¥p. I'm howerdxdlstsrt ltsw 11, o¥4se wh•mvlknu8or
WIII (NEYDL stllffmemberj) soyoh redo1rt8agrovpsess1(￿ IA￿4￿1¢. il cuure 1olMwy5 Wt io hong otsi
wilh ihfm. Because ihey're. li*e. reollynit*péople...undifln¢edAe￿. Ihrycoo* ondiélk ￿ rne. Ifl needhelpon something them ihey
jwijlep on lhepedo1w￿Ihen tslk to andAelp Jv. like. know. slrgKT. OTze1￿ch I reolty look up th Ivill in
Ihegrw bÉcdus¢ IoppTeciale ￿knhe. li*¢he I*l￿*￿t througA Ifeelow&léil￿joTfilrn. '
R¢￿ WUTd, as a Str¢ngtwassa.b&￿ co[￿nWIity dtyelwKni strviK ￿ are fijlly committ￿1 ty swwr¢ing cvu more youn8 dads 10
grow in confidence. skill$. kwwkdge and tXF**ise Ls lth pamts •tyd of wtjery. l io(th fon4vrd day not
fBT awBy torn￿ sUW¢¢b¢n¢fi¢i￿ of NEYDL is Sitti￿ in my (•xl th)in#b fu of it I don't thAthI.
Alth(Ngh il's bffn a ye4r fw NEYDL it h¥5 b¢¢n mcrdibly challtngin8 ￿ d¢sptr41¢ fOr￿Y of the y￿8 f8militt we supr
who often liv¢ irt th¢ rtLaSt dwiyed North arKI 4T¢ thu5 mos¢ swkly alreth￿ by the ta114*f.Iivin8 cfisLS,
hoy5in¥, homclusness. limited jth FY05F¢Cts. In *kJitton. ylMm8 mui tiKitinuc to high Icvcls of social isolAtkon a
10ndir￿sS and w mcntsl hulth lincltyJin8 gAltIthl (krywi￿. ￿81 anxw, ￿￿5 and bekavatt¢nl). Wc Mryll wniinue to do
¢vythin8 within OUT wwers and ¢I￿lty ttbdr•w ￿liOn 10 thech8]1th8es In￿111¢S facing this Ifthg.nc8lxtrd tommunity
whilst rmvidinB meattingfvl SUPEXWt to YO￿8 dad* kn *rKI it's ncakd, in close colla1xnti￿ with tyjr s¢Tricc PaTtt
which next year will irKlude SwMlerlaTMI. County Durham atld Middl¢sbrou8h F•mLly Hub5.
Thc inCToJknI le work and Xhi¢v¢)￿ts ¢¢kbrat•J in thisreFK)rt ￿v¢been p0551bk the8¢T￿￿ty. SL4Wt *¥J
encouragement yhown by ow amaring fiJThJws. 4knsor5 otynisai)(Kwl pArtnu& and theddttminalion, skill$ aJMI exp￿18¢ shown by
of our suw tslenied Current staff t¢wm- IlKbrilliani Wtll. J(th. Robrt Andy, Qilin. Nath￿. TonL Amy Jnd Nikki.
departing staff n￿MberS Jonah Y￿k aThi Dylan Brow), ow volw)ier¥& trusi¢es. JXDjeCt COTLsultsnts Knd youn8 da¢ts at¥J their
f8rnili¢s. li 15 b¢c4use of you that we look forward io •Jothw hwy Jwodu¢tive*Thl su￿￿$￿] w¢nth yelr sw'nK yThLng d#d5.
BdoTC I sign off, can I ple￿ tak¢ a 10 thank our der*rting Chair St¢v¢n Br￿m￿lI. wljo T￿endY st4￿] domm 4ft¢r O y¢￿5 in
off1￿ havinK exp¢rtty s￿￿{￿j thcchaTJ"ty fr(*n its infatv *5 a lrttle PArt.ttme Gatesha wvice to thc Ptruvian
wcrhou8c ii has bttome(see articl¢ ffiiiild DIGTDAD.. Frrmn Pderfee 10 Pou}. W¢ cwldn't havegrrt hue without yoy St¢vcnl A v
warni welcome 15 4Jso toow incomin8 Chair profe￿ Annll Tarrant- wcgr¢ in safc hanthl
I will thi$ Introduth"(xJ with an recartly rtte1v￿ from the pami ofa s￿F￿￿ted by NEYDL which
voj mc deepty..
'You donemoTt Ile¥erknowfvrmyson

Kevin Stwjky (FOU￿]￿ and CEO)

OUR IMPAcr
{Co4Yrfng th• pwltyl frryn l¥¢ ltsy 2022to 30th Awll 20231
R￿lOn for r•fenl
Ywng f8therl expxtw* d•J
￿"rthing P￿FI8
Totsl:
2019
2018
10
47
Engagwmqnt ty youn9
referral
0￿ry gJFVXt
rotsl:
25
47
87
115
47
Lo¢•llty
Sund8rf8ThJ
G8lesh*ad
s(￿jth Tymstde
Nthvcosde urui Tyr
North
Duth
23
19
31
57
14
15
Ml(kJk8sbroL
18
47
Young kl•n Llvlng In of I1*￿t D•wl¥thi IB•••d on I1￿201
10% d•prfv•J are88
115
71
Olher
Tot•1
A9• 4t •niry polnt
UTrJw 16
1&18
1￿25
Ncl ghen
Toi•l:
18
21
31
21
24
71
16
115
72
47
YrAlh Y+tJth ¢W
Sod818eThk8S
Earfy Help T￿8
Famlty Nurse P•bwthlp
Sem￿1¢￿￿3
& Edu¢thi
10
11
16
16
23
21
10
18
18
16
17
17
14
Cdmlnal
Olhor
Total..
Indbvldual h•lp rnc•lv•d.
Ch5￿ Prot¢(*on wrc•edh
Chlwearn the f8mty
F8mty law
NEET st81u8
10
Ils
47
24
12
24
io
17
11
14
13
14
15
Corylefjry essenlial
Poverty & de￿ m**Je￿nt
C*yneslk abjse
16
13
17
12
16
10
15
21
21
10
31
12
12
Mental & ￿￿￿)no1
15
18
10
10
SexAJ81 heatth
L88miThJ drffwN%s
47
51
P8fWtrvJ s￿lIS
R8L8lh)nship skAs
19
24
15
1c6
Vdunteefity.
74

Totsl:
215
134
IndIV￿￿￿ contscttkn• Ihrnl
D8d5 and YoJLler5 group5
1..1 lo
1..1 Supp￿ It￿e￿ & meLlal
JThnt meelir*Jsiwth cthr rrfDleS￿
PÉ8r S￿￿rtad I￿p
"I"rainiry odlvereo lo prrrfe55fnW"
72
5T2
234
140
912
101
15)
51
c￿PaIgn1r#J. m•Jla. 8ThJ
CThmmunty t¢eke￿nI
Poor M￿l0￿￿a &
Other
T¢t•l:
257
2.825
1,491
17
3.TI• 3,14J 1893 1516
218
127
Av•r•g• Ind1¥1d￿l ¢onl•¢¢ Ilm
41
K•y outcorn
Chikl PrOte¢b￿ Hans ¢*h￿r8d•S crf cunF4thJ 22
Chlld-lTrN86d pL8ns crrfW0d
Progr055•J lrtofvm s
AtX*S98d 8Fédal￿t m8Lkal hetP8TrJ WFftsl
Total:
18
10
18
10
15
YouTub• C￿nn•1- ￿lIK1*Y 2021
VI8%￿..
Watch tkne (ho￿)..
Organicwt•thtw8.'
1.598 12.4
1.019
97.7rAI 41.8(
.S% 68.2%
43.5% 41.V
Fom8*'.
Ag• dwr•pld¢•
18-24..
.9% 3YA
44.3% 40%
19.1% 19.4%
6.plj 7ffj%
2&34..
1.152
Foll
824
549
A¥¥•ag reach w pt*t.'
(X9IDAD E4Mrrfng Platlorrn
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SUPPORTINC YOUliC DADS: A CASE STUDY
Bylknmg Loldla￿ (A )txthgiW)
Swaj WtsT¢faTal to the seThic¢at 16. At thc iimc h¢ was in a Rlatiorthip wryth the fu(we mothtt of hi5 child lage 15). BLKh Sitvth aDd
his parmu had pm]0￿[Y been (wul for by the local auth(xity atwj wer¢ tO8dh¢r. Th¢ refflrnl for sUp￿rt for Stcvcn came from
the Pre-Birth lThtffv¢nnoTh Tfam th LdthtificAI 5wn ari¥￿] pArttth"n8 skiU5 red￿ll￿ in wcial isolatio￿ St¢vfn and his parttmy
ww¢ not in edu¢AtithJ. employ[￿1 or trainiThB ai the tith¢
Doug{NEYDL staff mettLkrl m¢t wryth Steven to discuss th¢swvic¢ ￿ the family ask￿ if his patr¢wid also att￿ p
of this meetirtB to v￿J¢TS￿nd what he w]Id ga. Aftu di5CU8Sin8 51w)w¢4siThg Di￿DAD. Slw was to ac£&
this rexburce. tEgisl¢Td (AJ th¢ DigiDAD plarfiKm at ow first meain
St¢v¢n I￿] Dw plan aNI wt**ty. Stevett Di8iDAD ]wIn]￿. Fc•Jback from Si¢vM in¢ludd:
'The ww¢ fill) ￿￿1 madrmc feel that I rando all theth￿ Jw dad5 ner41 to th).. Stevth tw￿rt¢￿ that his pamer
had alsobtffi wwthing the ￿ld￿kS.
A8 Sievth 8rw ID ClY)f)dcnce. he staftal ¢ngA8ing in NEYDL'S pe# gnx]p WO￿ off¥ in¢luding fLwMball. cyclin8, bowlin8.
Escape R￿M ￿Sits 80-kartuw ITh h•5 chxe with thyrAm8 d*ts from NEYDL joine41 their
video Bamin8 group.
As th¢prwan¢y pro￿￿8¢4 stev￿ tkw8 aThl Inf￿ thbt his pwtsxrhad ihto labour pr￿￿lY and ru5hcd into
h05Pitol. D￿£ off¢wJ ¢rr¥Jti￿l to St¢vffi vil tclcF4h
Followrbg theb7￿ St¢ven contxtLyJ Dou8 to inf￿￿ htm thai the h￿1 to 80 how.￿ in M￿d]r&br{￿8h. Stcvcn didn't kthDW
how h¢ wuld Tr￿k¢ the 31kmile journ¢y h(¥m¢ w wsii his th'ld tknJ8 to nuk¢ ￿Sits stay￿1 wth Stcvcn
duTin8 the initi•J visits to offer sypp
After bAby trBnsferrd to the RVI Chilrbth's H¢)spiMI. Lknu8 (•tttinu¢d to prowde ¥i6iratian for a further 6 we£k8. Wtth
Doug'5 5UFVOrt Slev¢n 8feW ftk)r¢ ri￿rOn￿b]e aThl confylthrf in￿rIng fwhis baby wthin the ￿￿tal sctttn8 and dAy onnouThced..
'tk>ug l*e Bot thist.
also s¢artLyJ to tsk th¢knspitsI 5tDff qw#ions c(*wn1ry￿th his Ixby's ¢•r¢ aDd his parthv •nd theboby would
ne*J whert came home.
Dou8 *)d th¢ Pre-Birth Team wrxkoj tht famity todeveko 2 ￿ plan for whtn
Sievth ¢on¢inu￿ w be SUFW¢￿ by NEYDL and rnwn 8nd Wy fft thin8 ￿11.
UnsoliGi¢¢d ftdback from Sievth) i￿]￿.
'You wae Ih¢o¥bly onr I could ask faf you *yreat￿Ys thtt¢fw ￿,

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Frtdb*ek from #rv6tt b¢ttdl&rkL"
'Yoru4Y¢ amazy￿. I'llfoyoyrl￿gratsfyI aod ￿lIJvPWrt the alarityfvrv¥*r.'
{Youn8 Dad)
'They (NEYDL) Mvy..
(Young Dad)
'Hry (NEVDL siaffm¢mb¢r). hoye all.rs wyll.. l ￿￿￿edt0 say tho*k)Thil Ivhu I nonh, I￿n￿rI￿￿11 wosii'ilor
yo¥ Jknowgemiinely I Wouldha￿ com1￿￿ed5￿￿7￿É...Y￿ 0￿YperSo￿ th ￿t￿rI&￿se￿w...yo￿ t1￿Y￿re<￿ ame￿#8PerSOn.
An amazingdodandlr*¥*rgrew ￿1h d d￿myse￿. Iwijvy are Wh￿dadj should bel.
(Young Dad)
'Honcstly, witknul th¢ frrrfn th¢ guys hw¢ INEYDL) I ikn'i want to know kn I WF..
{Youn8 Dad)

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PLANS FOR FUTURE PEIUODS
Over the n¢xi year. the chtirity will continue to WO￿ to ow $￿tegIC obMivcs d¢fi￿a b¢low.
Provide individu81 suNxTrrt to young dads to athJrLks their issues and achicv¢ p¢rsonal outcomes.
Enable young Dads io engage in aCtivitic5 (i) where they share experiencc and 5UPPOrt whth other young dads
and lil) where they can speryl time with mother thj chi￿.
Provid¢ ￿oI￿nI￿¢S to improve k￿wledg¢. 5kil]s. confideKe aTh* self-e5teern through training aThl infomation
resour¢es.
Influ¢nce ￿l1¢Y and prnctkce ￿ be nMTrre in¢lusive and s￿￿1]Ve of young Dads.
Ensure NEYDL ihe Tesourcu required to achieve ts olwe objectives mintaining high qu?lity, authentictty.
and ¢ffe¢tivetts$.
FINANCIAL REVIEW
Ai ihe year eTwJ. the IM)ard of trustr¢s ¢onSide￿I the ch￿lty to be in a healthy fIr￿￿]￿l ￿si￿on with approxima¢ly six
Mont￿ of operating costs bein8 held within unrestricted r¢serves. Ai the 3￿ April 2023. the board of trus*es identif￿d no
uncertaines relating to the charity ability to ¢oniinue a5 * Boing cowern. Th¢ Imwd of tnts*es' revicw and updatr their
financial ¢ontrois on a regular b&sis.
PrlntlpAI hndl
Th¢ ¢hariti¢s principal source of fiuMLs 15 of voluntsry gr￿S frnn tsusts and fouTrJations aThJ SthDJ￿ry grants aThl
serviec comrni85ioning.
In the yeu CTKted 30th April 2023, North East YounB Dads and Lads Projeci CIO contÈrnKd to work on pn)je¢ts, which
during the cuttent year were fundcd larg¢ly by the following fouThJDtions and organis81ions with our deq)esl grdlitudc and
The Ballinger Charithble Tw
Cumbrio, Nonhumberlarf Tyme And Wear NHS FouThknn Tnjgt
BBC Childmi in Need
Connected Voice- VCSE Cost of Livtng Crisis Fund
County t)urham Community Foundation- [kn￿r Support
CyclÈng UK funded by The National Lottery & Sports E￿d
The Eymee Faijbairn Foundation
Fatherhood Insti¢ut¢
Garfield Wesion Foun￿li￿n
The Imagine Foundation
Th¢ Lankelly Chw Foundthtioti
Lloyds B8nk Found&tion
N¢w¢&s¢le University
NHS Health Irnprovem¢nt Fund do County L￿rt￿Th Ctimmwty FouTrJ4tion
Swire Charitsble Tti
Naiional IA)tiery Cornmunity Fund
Thc William Le¢¢h Charity
1989 Wilknn Charitable Tryst ¢Jo Cornm￿1ty F￿￿kIlliOn TyiK & Wear & Nonhumberland
The Tudor Trust
The Joicey Tntsi
WarburtOI￿ Proj¢¢t Grant
The Council of The County of fknh8m- thuham Family Hubs
The North East Young Dad5 and Lads Projec¢ CIO will cerry fonvard £287.1(KJ of restricted hJThJs and £141.￿& of
un￿StrIcted funds to be spent in the 2023-2024 fwjancial ytar.
FiDanclai re9erves poli¢y
The purpose of the p)licy is to ¢￿SUrE that the North E*st Ywng aThJ L*ds Project CIO can m¢¢t its contractual
obligotiojks and fllwice the planned growth of the organisati¢)n. Th¢ level of free Trserve5 (excluding restricted fimdsl

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is reviewed annually by th¢ Trusteas. The TTustres c4)Nid¢rthat th¢ rtM)5t appropriate level of reserves on 30th April 2023
would be £143202 which is equivalent to approxirnateTry six ll￿ntIL$ basis Costs.
The general reserves Ott 30th April 2023 anw)unto4 to £141.(KKI, WI￿ is ¢onsi¢knd ￿ frcc rcservu.
Fundra181￿$ Poilcy
Th¢ North Eut Young D*ts Lads Projeci CIO ¢n8age5 fundntsing eonwhants from time to time to support the
chorilles CEO ￿ develop $ts3tegic plans of &ctivilies rekvani w volwifary and statutory grani futhising 8JMI service
cornmissioning (yportsjnities. The charity not purchase external lists of po*niial iThJividual donots or utsjertake Dirttt
Moll appeals to $u¢h lists.
The charity adher￿ to the Fundrai5in8 Ci)de of Prnctice I&8￿d by ts Funthaisin8 Regukntor and does appnx¢h or
pr¢s5ure vulncrable peoplc to support its w￿.
Any fimdT8iSitt8 events catTi¢d out on b¢h•lf of the ehvity thai we ue aware of are suNx)rted aThJ mon1￿￿ by the CEO.
Any marketing materials and 8pproa¢l*s are scNiinised w ensure wrnpliance with the Fundrnising Code of Praciice and
details of income and expenditure are Carefully T¢wrded by the Firwice Manager. I￿orne is acknowled¥ed and gralefvl
thanks are senL typically with a letter.
STATEMENT OF TRUSTEE RESPONSIBILITIES
The tru8ttt$ are T¢sponsible for PTeptirin8 the financial s*tenKnts in accord￿¢¢ with applicable jaw and United Kingdom
Accounting StaThJards (United Kingdom G¢nernlly Atcep*d Accouniing Practice). irKludin8 Finaneial Pwning Standwd
102 "The Finoncial R¢portin8 Stsndard a￿licable in the UK and R¢public of trel*nd."
Company law rcquires thc trus¢ees fina￿1¥] stalemcnts for cach fina￿la1 year which Bive a true and fAir view of
the sthte of *ffoiri of the charithble wmpany and ofthc incoming resources and application of resOU￿e$, including the
i￿ome and expcnditurc, of the charitsble ￿mPAnY for thai periiml. In rnring Uk)se fina￿1￿ statcment& the Injs￿e9 otr
rcquired to,
s¢IKI suitsble ￿¢0￿111￿8 p)licies ATrJ then a￿1]Y them eINtsi￿ty.
observe the methods and PriD¢ipl¢s in thc Charity SORTr.
make judgements and estima￿ thai are rwonable and prndent.
prepare the finawial statements on the going ¢oncem basis unl¢ss xl is imppmpriate kn Pre5W￿ that the ehorithble
ompany will contitiue in kninesg.
The try5tecs are rcsponsible for keeping proper acwuniin8 TttL)rd5 which disclose with re490nAble aecuff*y at any time the
fin&ncial position of th¢ charitable eompany aThJ ￿ en&ble to m5UT¢ that thc financial th￿ments ¢¢)rnply with t
Companies Act 2006. They are also resp)TLsible for safeguarding the assrts of the ¢haritabk comptny and hence for tsking
reasonable stw for the prevention atbj detrciioD of frnud and other iwknrities.
In so far ￿ the trus1ees arc aware..
there is no relevant audit infonnation of which the ch8ritsble company'5 Inde￿Jent examiners OTe unaw8re,' and
the tnLSttts have tsken ill steps th81 they oughi to have taken to make themselves awaT¢ of any rclcvant audit
inf0m￿tion and to establtsh that the ttlevant examiners aTe aw4re of that infOn￿ll.
Thib report has been ￿ePAred iti aC¢otd￿lCC with the spxi¥l provisi0Th8 of Pth 15 of Companies Act 21Y)6 relatill8 to
small wmpanies.
Approved by tsrderof the b)ard of tnL5tecs on 1311212023 and si￿)e￿ ￿ its beh¥Jf by:
A T4nxnt- Chair to Tnjstees
Anna TaTrani

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J Goldsiien- Treasurer

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Inde
ndcnt Examincr's
rt to thc Tntstets of
No]th East Youn
Dads and IAds Pro eci CIO
Independent eXan￿￿er.5 report to the trysteu ofNortb E*5t YouD¥ Dads and L#ds ProJe¢i CIO (*he CoD)p*ny")
I report to the elwity trustees on tny examina¢ioll of accounts of the Company for th¢ ye4r ended 30 April 2023.
RespoA5ibilities •Dd bgsls of report
As the charity's tnL%ieu ofthe Company (and aLw its directOf5 for the of compxny ]aw) you are resFKJnsible ford
pr¢pardtion of the accounts in aceordan¢e with the requirements of the Companies Ad 2(K)6 (kn 2(M)6 Aet-).
Having s&tisfied myself that the accounts of the CornpaTry are not required to b¢ audital under Part 16 of the 2(MJ6 Act and
are eligible for indewth7t examinariofy I report ID resrrtt olmy examintition of your charity's ￿Counts &8 carried out
under section 145 of the Charitie5 Aci 201 (-the 2011 Act￿. In wing oui my examination I have followed the D1￿ctorS
given by the Charity Commission utth s¢ction 145(5Xb) of thc 2011 ACL
IDd¢pendeD¢ ex•miner'• ¥t•tem¢Dt
I have complctcd my eX￿lI￿li0n. I confm rnattm have ￿rne to my attenlion in conttetiort with the examimtton
giving me to beli¢v¢-
ac¢ouniing r￿Orth were not kept in resrrtt ofthe Compny as required by ￿tiOn 386 of the 2(X)6 Ad.. or
2. thc accounts (k) not accord with tkne re¢(&th,' or
3. the a￿o￿nts do not comply with thc ￿oun￿n￿ requirements of se¢iion 396 of thc 2006 Act otkr than any
requircrncnt that the &c¢¢)unts give a true and fair view whi¢h is not 4 rnatter corLsidcred as part of an independent
exomination: or
4. the accounts have not been prepared in 4¢¢0rdAnce with the methoth and principles of the Ststement of
R¢¢ornmended Practi¢¢ for accounting And rewling by ch￿ille$ I￿p]Icable io chaTili¢S prep8ring their ￿OUnts
in ￿£0[danCe with the Fina￿1￿ Rep)rtin8 Sthndard aPpli￿ble in the UK ar41 Republic of Ireland IFRS 102)].
I have no concerns aThJ have come across no other mattCf5 in connection with the exaMin￿lOn lo which att¢n¢ion should be
drawn in this report in order to enabk a proper uAler8thfMl1￿ of the accounts w be rwh¢d.
Paul Brown
PA Brown & Company Ltd
16 Abbey Meadows
Morpeth
NE612BD

16
North East You
ect CIO
tement of
vitie8
for the Year Ended 30 A ril 202
Unrestrictcd Restricted
Totsl
INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FIiOM
Public Donations
ChAril•ble •ctivities
Swire Charitable Trust
Newe&stle Univ¢rsity
The Cou￿lI ofthe County of Durham- tknhom Fkniily Hubs
The E5mee Fairb¥irn FouThJation
Th¢ Imagine Foundation
NHS Health Improv¢meni FuThJ clo County t￿[harn
Community Foundation
Cyclin8 UK fundd by The Naiional Lottery & Sport England
Connected Voice- VCSE Cosi of Living Crisis Fund
WATburtons PrOJ￿t Grani
Th¢ L4nkelly Chase Foundation
Lloyds Bank Foundalion
BBC Children in Nttd
The Ballinger Charit#ble Tn
The National Lottery Community FuThl
The William Leeeh Chan'ty
Th¢ 1989 Willan Charitsble Tnm clo Community F(￿￿&110￿
Tyne & Wear & Northumbu
The Tudor Tn￿l
The Joi¢ey Tnkst
County IXLrham Community F￿JndIi10rt- DOKY Syp
Garf￿ld Weston Fourthtion
F&therhood llL￿ltYte
8.609
23.0
23.0(M)
1,440
200.000
44,0(K)
22.0(M)
19.5(K)
1,440
200.IXKI
22.0
19.5(Kl
480
480
10.0
34,578
10,000
34,578
27.250
26,886
15.000
35,000
27250
26.886
15.(
35,0
10,
10,LVJO
42,000
2.000
2,000
15.0
2,000
15.(XKI
To¢
208 859 338 884
547 743
EXPENDITURE ON
BAisin8 Funds
Cbarit*ble ￿tIvItIe¥
Cmher
18236
18.236
81,478
186,689 268,166
Total
99.714
186,689 286,403
NET INCOME
152 195 261340
TOTAL FUNDS BROUGHT FORWARD (RFSTATED)
31055
134,965
16&820
TOTAL FUNDS CABJUED FORWARD

17
141.1
287,100
428,160
CONTINUING OPERATIONS
All incorne aTwJ expeThlitswe have wisen fmtn cth)tinuing ￿liVitI¢&
Tr not&4 forni pirt of th¢s¢ ruw￿111 sta￿ents

18
North E&st Yo
and
tcl
Balanc
She
At 30 A ri12023
UnTestricted R¢str￿ted
funds
Total
funds
CURRENT ASSETS
Cash at bank
Cth in hand
141.(KKI
287.1￿ 428,160
TOTAL ASSE13 LE&S CURRENT
141,(W 287,1￿ 428.160
NET ASSLTS
141,(KXI
287.IfAI 428,160
FUNDS
Unrestri¢t¢d funds
R¢stri¢*d funds
141,(KJO
287,160
TOTAL FUNDS
428,160
The charitable company is entitled to ¢x¢rnWion fwom &tyJit und¢r Section 477 of the Companies Act 2￿6 for the p¢riod
ertd￿ 30 April 2022.
Th¢ m¢mbeTS have N)t required the con4)any to obtsin an atyjit of its firwKial sth*ments forthe peTiod enda 30 April
2021 in &ccordan¢e with Section 476 of the Compttnic5 A¢1 2¢NJ6.
The tr￿s¢￿S acknowledge their Tesponsibilities for
(i) ensuring th&t the Charitabl¢ ￿MpanY kccp5 accounting TecoTth thai ¢omply with Seciions 386 and 387 of the
Companies Aci 21Xb6 artd
(b) preparing finthtial statements which 8ive i t￿￿ fairview of the stste of affatrs of the clwitsble company os at th¢
end of each financial yetr and of its sury)lths ordeficit foreach fin8n¢ial year in accordance with thc requirements of
Sections 394 ￿MI 395 arKI which othmwi5e comply with the requirenKnts of the COMP￿1￿ Act 2(M)6 relating to
fiMrni&l stalem¢nw so far as applicable ￿ the charitsblc ¢￿￿ny.
These financial sta*ments have i*cn PTepar¢d in x¢onJkntc with the Speci￿ provisi0Tr5 of Part 15 of Comp￿]¢$ Act
2006 relating to charitable small ¢omp#nie5.
The fLnarKial sthiements w¢re approved by the Board of Tntstres on 12 December 2023 8Th1 wer¢ signed on its behalf by:
A Tamt- Chair of Tn￿ttt$

19
The ￿t¢S forni prt ofthese fina￿la1 statanents

20
North You
Dads and Lads Pro ect Cl
Sta
Year Ended
ri12023
A. ACCOUNTING POLICILS
B415s of prep8rlDg the Iln*ntla] stAt¢ments
Thc financial statements of th¢ ¢harithbk cotwy. which is a publi¢ benefit entity under FRS 102. have been
prepared in accordance with the Chariiies SORP (FRS 102) 'Accouniing #TMI R¢p)rting by Charities.. Sthtrment of
Recomtncnded Praciice applicable in the UK ar¥J Rcpubli¢ of Irrland (FRS 102) leffectiv¢ l January 2015).,
Financial Reportin8 Standard 102 'The Finan¢ial Ryrtillg Strt￿rd applicable in the UK and Republic of
Ireland. #IKI the Companies Act 2006. The financial 5th￿ments have I￿en prryartd under the hIS￿rical cost
convention.
Intome
All income 15 recognised in the Ststcrn¢nt of Finan¢i#l Activilies oncc thE chariry has entitlemeni to the funds. it is
pmbable that the irt¢omc will ￿ rtteived and the anM)uni Can be measurryj reliably.
Eipendlture
Liabiliiies are recognised as exrKndinwe as soon tlwe is a legal or constructive obligation ¢ommittin8 the
charity ￿ that ¢xpendittwe. il is probable that a transfer of economic b¢nefits will bc required in bett]cment and the
amouni of the obligation be rne4sur￿ reliably. Expendiwre is accounted for on an accruals basis and ha5 becn
¢iatsifLed under headings thai aggregate all relakd ￿te￿Ory. Whar eosts c4ftt￿ be dirccily attributed to
particular headirtgs they have been all￿8*d ￿ activities on a basis ¢orLSiStcnt with the use of r¢sout¢es.
T#xAIloD
The chrity is ¢x¢mpt from corpmtion tax on its charithble Ktivilies.
Fund Ateoutstlne
Unrcstri¢t¢d funds. ekn b¢ w8ed in ￿Cold#￿e with the eharitsble objectives at the discretiort of thc tn￿￿¢8.
Restrietcd fvnds Can only b¢ wd forpffiiculjr restric*d pryses within the objects of the ch￿lty. Rutri¢lions
*ri8¢ when specified by the th)nor LY WI￿ are rnised forpaniculu re5trictyJ purposes.
Further explanation of the nathre purFK>se of each is in the the finan¢i41 ststements.
2. TRUSTEES. REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS
Thcrc were no tr￿1￿5, r¢munerknrt orother benefits fc* ￿ y¢arended 30 April 2023.
Tru#tets' expen
There were no trustees, experncs paid for yeareryled 30 April 2023.

21
North East Yo
Dads aTKI Iads Pro ect CIO
-con
for the Year Ended 30
ri12023
3. MOVEMENf IN FUNDS
(BESTATED) Net movem¢nt
AI 30.4.22
in fiuxts
At 30.4.23
Unrutricted funth
31,855
109.145
141,0
Restrirt¢d fuDdi
Cycling UK fvnd¢d by The N￿10￿1 Lottery & Sport
England
The ITnagine FouDdati
The Council of the County ofDurlwn- thuham
Family Hubs
Newcastlc University
NHS Healih Improvement FuThJ rjo Cow tAulwn
Community FouT¥Jaiion
County Durham Colum￿lty Founda¢iou- rh)Th)r
Support
Fatherho￿ Insti￿1¢
Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyme and WearNHS
FoundAtion TnLSi
The TuthTrr Trust
Lankelly Chw (Welli￿rng Grnnt)
The Lankelly Chase Foundation
Wthurtons Project Grtht
The Natio￿7 Lonery Community FuThl
The Tudor Trust {Wellbeing GT¥nt)
Th¢ Joicey TTUSI
The William Leech Chuity
Cy¢ling UK CCC
The Balling¢r Charitsble Tn
BBC Children in N¢¢d
480
4,808
(4.808)
200,(￿)
200,000
516
16.955
516
16,955
960
79J29
(61.743)
17,586
23249
393
13,011
(23.249)
(393)
11.750
2.676
2.974
1,2(KJ
24,761
2,676
2.974
1,21)0
3.000
233
6,435
7J)7
{6,435)
4.545
12,052
TOTAL FUNDS
166820

22
Net movement in i￿l￿deJ￿ in the #lM)ve are as follows:
Incotning ResouT¢ts Movement in
expend
nds
UDmtrkted
208,859
(99.714)
109,145
R¢strScted hDds
Newca5tlc University
Th¢ Naiion81 Lottery Ccrfnmunity Furkl
The Council of the County of fhLrham- Durharn
Family Hubs
The Tudor Trwl (Wellbeing Grant)
The William Leech Charity
The Joi¢ey Trust
Curnbria. Northumber1￿¢ arml Wear NHS
Foundation Tn￿1
Cycling UK ￿nded by Th¢ NaiioMI Lottery & Sp
England
Warburtons Project Grant
NHS Health Improvement FuThJ elo County
Comrnunity Foundation
County Durham Community Foujm￿l￿- E*)M)r
Support
Fltherhood Institu
The Ima8Lne FouThJaii(
Cycling UK CCC
The Lankclly Chose FouThJation (WellbeitiB G[￿t}
Thc Lan&elly Chase Foundaiio
The B811in8er Charitabk Tn￿1
The Tudor TNSI
BBC Children In N¢¢d
1.440
35.IXKI
(924)
132.026)
516
2,974
200,0(K>
1800)
1.200
3,1N)O
2.000
(61,7431
(61.743)
480
480
io,(
19.5(Kl
(7.324)
(2,545)
2,676
16,955
{1.040)
960
2.000
(4.808)
(233)
1393)
11,750
16.435)
(23,2491
4.545
(4.808)
1233)
1393)
(22.828)
(6.435)
(23,249)
(22,341)
J4,578
26.886
TOTAL FUNDS
286 403
4. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES
Th¢re were ￿ r¢l•¢d party trans¥iion5 for the perithj eThled 30 Awil 2023 Otherth￿ those disclos¢d in note 2.

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North East Youn
Dads al￿ tAds Pm ect CIO
f r the Year Ended 30
ri12023
UDrestricted Restricted Tota)
INCOME AND ENDOWMENIS FROM
Public Donations
Charitable *ctiviti
Th¢ Swirc Charitable Tn
The Council ofth¢ County of Durhfirn- txth Family Hubs
New¢&rtl¢ UnivcT8ity
The Esmee FaI￿alM Foundatioti
The Imagine FouThJaiion
NHS Health Improvemcnt FUTMI ejo County Durharn
Community Foundation
Cyclins UK- Community Cycle Clubs Togetlv Fund
cOnD￿led Voices- VCSE of Living Crisis Fu￿1
WArburtons Projttt Grani
LAnkelly Chase
Lloyds Bank Foundation
BBC Children in Nccd
The Ballinger Charitsblc Tft￿l
The National tATrttery Community Fund
The William Lttch Charity
The 1989 Willan Clwithble Tru￿ clo Community Fcrtmd•lion
The Tudor TNst
The Joi¢ey Trust
County Durham Community Foundaiion- DoMr Supp(ffL
Garfield Weston Foundaiion
F&therhood Instiwt¢
8.(lJ9
23.OIKI
23,0
200,(KM> 200,000
1,440
44.ol
22.0
22.0(K)
19.5
19.5(KJ
480
4,000
10.ocN)
34.578
27250
26,886
15,O¢X)
35,0
3,000
10.o¢y)
42,0(￿1
10.ID)
34,578
27250
26.886
15.0
35.(Kx)
io,(
40,OLX)
15,(KKI
15,(KNJ
To¢
208 859
547 743
EXPENDITURE
R*ls£Dg doDAtlon$ Ind1¢8￿1
Marketing and advertising
Raising Funds
1.338
18236
2.675
4,013
18236
Support ¢08ti
Wages. ER NI & ER Pension
Computer Equipmen¢
Cycling Equipment
Staff Training & Welfare
Group Work & PrDj¢Ct ExpeThJiwre
Postsge & stationery
Consultancy ftts
Telephone
Client & s¢aff travel
Accountan¢y/Financ¢ Officcr
Insuranc¢
10.324
8.310
126,T17
2,232
3.581
2,798
26.785
127
137,101
10,542
3,647
3,695
57,369
270
11,681
1,645
6,073
13,176
.136
897
30,584
143
11,681
1,645
6,IK)3
5,340
1.136
70
7,836

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SubscriptiOTLS
OfficelAdmin Expenses
Rep8ir5 & R¢newals
534
2.462
233
144
1.938
678
4,41)0
241
12,5(M)
5.5
Tota] rew￿ree1 exptDded
99,714
186,689
286,403
Net IDcome
109,145
152.195
261.340
This page rk*s tw)t forni wt of th¢ Stsbjtory finwial slatcments.

REGISTERED COMPANY NUMBEIL. CE(M)9920 {England and Wales)
REGISTERED CHARTfY NUMBER.. 1172924
rt ofthe Trustec5 thj
North Ea￿ Youn
Dth aThJ Lads Pro
eLi CIO
Browi4 March and Bowman IAd
4 Tyne View
Newcasde upon
NE15 8DE

Nonh East Youn
t>ads and Lals Pro Lxt CIO
Con*nts of the F.
For the YeaT E￿I¢d 30
rii 202
Report of th¢ Trwstr
31014
Independent Examiner's Repcffl
15
Staiement of Financial Activities
16ty17
Ba14n¢¢ Sh¢
18to19
Notes ¢0 th¢ Financial Sthkments
20￿22
DetAiled Ststemeni of Financial Aetivili¢s
231024

North East Yo
Dads and IAds Pro"
cio
for
Year Ended 30
The who are also directors of th¢ charity for the puTw)ses of the Companies Aci 2(KJ6, prwnt their report alongside
the r]nancial slalcments of the charity for the year eThled 30 April 2023. The tsustrcs have adopted the provision of
Accounting and Reporting by Clwiii¢s: Statrrncnt of RecOrn￿ed Prnctice applKable to charities pr¢paTing thcir
accounts in acCOrda￿t with the Fin&rti￿ Reporting StsAlard applicabk in th¢ iJK thl Ryblie of Irelatyj (FRS 102)
(effective l January 2019).
REFERENCE AI¥D ADMINISTrATIVE DETAllS
Cbarlty Name
North East Young Dads and IAds Projeet CIO
Reg18tered Comp*ny number
CEI)09920 {England and Wales)
Regfltered Charlty number
1172924
RtKlJtered •fflee
o BALTIC Centre for Conl¢mFKJrary Arts
South Shorc Road
Gateshead
NE8 3BA
Trnste
Prof. Anna Tarrnnl Ichair) (appointed 07107r2022)
Tyler Reed lappoin*d 1210912023)
Destiny Greenword (appointed 121(KJll023)
Colin Workman (appointed 11ffj712023)
Mark Hutchinson {apptsinted 11107f2023)
Jordan Pike (appoinied 07ffj7120221
J¢nnif¢r Goldstrin (appointed 09107J2020)
Sarah Oliver{apwinted 0910712020)
Emrna Alcock (now rcsigncd)
S*ven Bramwell (now resi8￿d)
Chloe Cottrcll {now rt5igned}
Chris Humba (now r¢signed)
An8cla Ward (now resignol)
Chl¢f Exeeuflve Offieer
Kevin S￿M)dI¢Y
Indepelldtnt txaJnln¢r
PA Brown & Cornpany Ltd
16 Abbey Meadows
Morpeth
NE612BD
BAnk¢rs
The c￿Op¢rntsYC B8nK P.0 Box 101. l Ball￿￿ Strr¢ Manchesw, Mfll 4EP

INCORPORATION
The chan'tsble company inwrpoAted on 9 May 2017 and cornn*￿￿ tr*linB on the sime da*.
STRUCTURE. GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
Governing docwnent
The charity is controlled by ity goveming documen( a deed of try￿ aThl Con￿lt￿t¢S * limited compw, limited by
8uaran*e, a8 defined by the Companies Act 2(K)6.
Trustee Reerth¢Dt
The charity 18 governed by an clccted boATd of tnLs*e& who meet re8u]ariy forquarterly ly)anl meetings an annu41
public AGM with the CEO of th¢ ¢lwity. At thcse rncctings. the otvortunity arises for new trustres to be nominated,
carefully considered by the board. a￿1 opprovcd. All arc required to t￿Id a valid enhanced DBS Certificate which is
viewed cvcry 3 y¢ars.
OWECTIVFS, ACHIEVMENTS AND PERFORMANCE
NEYDL is a unjque youth wpport service that is dedicatrd ￿ helping young mcn and young fathm to play an active thl
meaningful role in thc livcs of th¢ir childro withiti farnilics and wid¢r gxiety.
Mission md Vision
r vision is for ycrtlng dads to be val￿d aThl sUP￿T*d in their Tole as ptrcnts.
(￿r mission is w enable youn8 to pL4y a S8fe, aciive aThJ meartil￿ful Tol¢ in their ¢hildM's live& by
supporting thl connwtsng young d&ts and influencing wider practice.
CHAIRS REPORT
ByPmfe&wAnwo T&rTunl
It is an abwlul¢ hO￿￿r lo intrc44wt the NNth E&si D•ds arO L4ds' 2￿23 Arwl Repmi io my brthd.rM¥ capacity as the Chair of
Trusieeg. As o slart¢r for lcn. Ple￿ rKm)ii me io brirfovcrview of I c4mt to tsk¢ thi5 Tok. I fiTSI beKame acquaint
with th charity in 2017 and thth aBain in 2020 in ryty as • resear￿. Initi￿ty #t th¢ Univ￿57￿ ofLe&ts and now th University
of LitKoln. I hBVC been reS￿ri￿1n8 the Iivc5 of in knv-irKon* familits for a Im8 tim¢ now. irKludin8 a strand of w￿k with yowl
fith¢T5 and have always interestal in the wrKuin8 work of suvic¢5 thal OT¢ involved in supr*Jrtin8 fathers at>J fwnilic5
lo flourish. My research ieam (Following Youn8 Fathers Further) th¢chaTity in 2020 hawns sea) CEO K¢v tslk about
Ihe pionttrrin8 work of th¢ N￿1 yo￿8 Dads and th¢ BBC arml il wasclcarthtt ow inttt¢Sts ond 48¢rth for SUPE
young father5 in innpvativc wiys aliBnoJ. In a Ttsear¢h ¢ap4Eity. ￿ wilkal to swTA)rt someof NEYDL'syoung dads to rxjnduct peu
researth part of th¢ Thvu5e Dads sts￿y. We eollkntyOt¢tWV T¢sraT¢h [q￿S and a p￿revieW¢d￿￿nll articl¢ the dads as the
DivLYse D￿18 Coll&bowaiivc and dtmonstrated thecwity of YLW dnds to d￿lI￿Re neptiV¢ 5try¢otyw 4trf)ut than8elves and
by wi¢ributin8 n¢wkrK)wled8e and by ch￿￿n¥ th¢ nawrnivL I la￿ Join￿ the of T￿￿￿t￿S in 2￿12, bnnBin8 my r¥¢ar¢h
exrKriaKe inio the C￿v￿￿tionS of th¢ bw
Wh¢n StCVLYL Br&mwell anno￿ h¢ w 5tqyn8 (k)wn 18 Chair of TnLSt¢4 I mAd¢ thc ¢knsion ￿ tske the step up: 10 sup[￿ K¢v
nd the NEYDL team wth their •thitii¥15 f(r this ch8rity. to w¥xk wrth th¢ Bovd of TnJMee5 to swyxt Kcv and his 5trale8lC
vision, a￿1 10 susiaiti the rfljos 4￿j 8mb>iions of thedjan'ty. ANI whjt big 1 must filll A(tudith8 to Tny re5¢wch 4 go(xJ C￿lf of
trusttts is altruistir. H g(KKJ scnse of hwtw. (xTr￿ arw] 1$ fntThlly and humbk. I'd lik¢ to think I wt￿15¢ all of tIM)se
thing5 Isen5¢ of hunKwr Incl￿1) ¢ertairttyour oulwng Chair stev￿ is all thBsethir¥5 in sF*&s. 11 is tht¥doremy aim to bring
th¢s¢ qualitiC5 wxi a conwable level of p￿10￿ thi"K aThl to thtrol¢ *5 Stcvcn did.
As the it•n$ ITh thi5 yar's TtportdenMstrnt4 th¢ •ntiripta tsajwof and Iruthatl￿ thwt wosdrscnlyui in the2022 rq)orL
has b￿￿ rtfjli%d and somel Tt has catsinly ￿￿th¢T tants#￿ atsj ]wts5ivey¢ar Jswmisedl The charity cujtittuts to Attr*t
significan¢granl fimdin8 and 15 5UPPMiDg an vU-expaTrJin8]￿rtr0I1O ofyouThg fathus n￿just acfoss the Nthth F4st 4nd Tyne
Wear region. but also nationajty ￿ ¢vrm mTc4nattrmlly. llje (Ym[n￿lty bttkryingy and IVhe£lieCthd D*ls PTDjtds hav¢ gone froffl
strength 10 stTh8th and via th¢ th"¥iDAD plaifm, the ¢hty is Trachin8 ncw Bnd irKrr45ingty distsnt dtsti1￿I(A￿ from lh¢ dwhs of
Wales to the far flwig T¢achcs of Peru. T¢sthm￿t to the uKr¢4sing visibiliry and ofthe charity JrKI its work ffl Di8iDAD. the
charity 5hortlistd ITh the CAte8rryof Cknty oftk YAr in the presti8ms Thildrth a￿1 Yixwg PwplcNow Awards 2022 and a

furthtt 2 ca*8iYi&8 llj 2023 (Advice and Guthnce and YLwJth ca*giw). This is ihu8¢ testamtht to tht risms
Vi5Jbility and impacl of the charity. aTKI its wY)Tk wth atld fi*y(Am8 fathc¥s.
As theY￿r 2023 unfolds. I wrysh lo say a huge thank you w the y(M]n8 to the the Con￿ltants. the funders, dnd the ¢ver.
Fwmting staff t￿1￿ at NEYDL foT ¢vwthiThR y(wJ th). Thanks also ￿ Kev, for yourtirtle5S cOT[￿l￿￿t to thc dad8 and ￿ the
charity &$ it develops and *¥ il 8rows in IL8 reath and iTrnut4Kc I ILx* fiYw4rd to ThThking all in the yearthead.
Bcst Wi5h¢&
Pwf4sor At)n¥ Taryw)I (Chatr orTn￿tea sirtt I i&Juty 2023 aThl Vicea￿1r/Sca￿￿ frrrfn P Jujy 2022 to I l July 20231

CEO'S Report
ByKevim Sththll
A very warm welc4mJ¢ lo this our sixth Annual ReryK( Lxwqing th¢ rhon"ty's ethvrArsar#l athievemtsts ovq a l2.rn￿th ￿lL¥l from
May 2022 to Apnl 2023.
Lik¢ the besi laid plans of mtce 8th1 JJJ¢n. ¢v¢ry Y￿ l endeavourto short JTWJ 5nNFW Annua] Rqyjrt a8 sthi &$ the tharity'5 yf4T
ends enly to105e Tny5¢1f in th¢ wralth of rich, variLMI atKI Wond￿ •orie& and imagery shat*l by in¢Tedibl¢ Staff, tru￿ee
voluntrff5 and project parttw resulting in a burning desir¢ ￿ Show￿ this Wl>Tk in all its gkKy. ¢v¢n if It d(x8mtan addins y¢t anoth¢T
page OT four kn the final rqxm. In the w(Yds of Roy s¢hethlChiefBr￿YI dwinghis fiN with theovt¥si*l And nthisal
G￿t While Slwk in the nM>vieJahs,'you'T¢Krn a biggu Imwl. Or in bigw pnntrr!
l know l $4y thi5 rv￿ y¢arb￿ 2023 really h8$ be#hl)wbcAy¢•r oKr. ￿)d SUM*￿Ing mfftyowg d•J& eX￿t fathets *MI
nork-binhin8 wle{any yuU￿¥ pcrson th)iifies Is a fithu figu￿ tn¢ludin8 kinthip CATlYS} than evw bef(yte. across a gwgrnrknic
r¢a which now vA*nds from Tyrt arnl W¢aT io Tce5 Valley. and th￿.$ witknu¢ TnEntyoDing the trnsof thousands of peopk who ar￿SS
I)UT OtTrline fil￿ animaiions. BKkasts coursecrnteni by yi>w8 dad4 foryoungdads and show¢&sed ￿ DigiDAD.
Whilst th￿e 8re mony things Bbwl NEYDL'S in 2023 drwving of high waise 4$ dthibj in this wotmltyfvl ¥q￿rt. I believe our
defjning achievement this ye4T has t05UWLrt ¢m￿)wer 8t)d athl¢ yo￿% dad5 w progr&%s frffli thtp)sition of $em￿b￿¢fi¢ianC9
into ene ormore of th¢ wy voluntecrin8 {V￿111ti¢S Mroffcr. pcu Te5taT￿ iocommunity cycling gwup Ic4d¢T& community
bttk¢q)cr5 and b¢e-entreprth#Jrs to Di8iDAD ¢£￿¢Tea10rS aThJ ex￿1 AmbassaDADS to th￿tts. For yeUttR dads Rib,
Nathott. Will artd JoTd&N thi5 Jiw has ultimatefy kd to th•'r at NEYDL tskith8 on wi. vit4J. arKI valKd Tolcs as Peer
EnablcTS and Cyclin8 GTOUP t**rs Wh00th￿ ywk8 d*ls narLwa]ly y•viwe aTh4 Iwk to u ￿l￿ve m￿¢ rol¢ models
&$ the folk>witi8 feedback from 2 yo￿8 da¢ts ptsfrtly d￿N)ns￿l*s..
'7he&ervr¢¢ fN£YDL) andRobhlmseff(NEYDL siuffrn¢mbtr) al￿1t1￿ ￿¥TaI￿¥1fv the st*pwY Ihove recelwd.
You helpedjpre l*¢ome iheF4therlwonl 10 bc.,
'IfeelinWplvcdathln￿r¢ aThndpwle ih¢zro¥p. I'm howerdxdlstsrt ltsw 11, o¥4se wh•mvlknu8or
WIII (NEYDL stllffmemberj) soyoh redo1rt8agrovpsess1(￿ IA￿4￿1¢. il cuure 1olMwy5 Wt io hong otsi
wilh ihfm. Because ihey're. li*e. reollynit*péople...undifln¢edAe￿. Ihrycoo* ondiélk ￿ rne. Ifl needhelpon something them ihey
jwijlep on lhepedo1w￿Ihen tslk to andAelp Jv. like. know. slrgKT. OTze1￿ch I reolty look up th Ivill in
Ihegrw bÉcdus¢ IoppTeciale ￿knhe. li*¢he I*l￿*￿t througA Ifeelow&léil￿joTfilrn. '
R¢￿ WUTd, as a Str¢ngtwassa.b&￿ co[￿nWIity dtyelwKni strviK ￿ are fijlly committ￿1 ty swwr¢ing cvu more youn8 dads 10
grow in confidence. skill$. kwwkdge and tXF**ise Ls lth pamts •tyd of wtjery. l io(th fon4vrd day not
fBT awBy torn￿ sUW¢¢b¢n¢fi¢i￿ of NEYDL is Sitti￿ in my (•xl th)in#b fu of it I don't thAthI.
Alth(Ngh il's bffn a ye4r fw NEYDL it h¥5 b¢¢n mcrdibly challtngin8 ￿ d¢sptr41¢ fOr￿Y of the y￿8 f8militt we supr
who often liv¢ irt th¢ rtLaSt dwiyed North arKI 4T¢ thu5 mos¢ swkly alreth￿ by the ta114*f.Iivin8 cfisLS,
hoy5in¥, homclusness. limited jth FY05F¢Cts. In *kJitton. ylMm8 mui tiKitinuc to high Icvcls of social isolAtkon a
10ndir￿sS and w mcntsl hulth lincltyJin8 gAltIthl (krywi￿. ￿81 anxw, ￿￿5 and bekavatt¢nl). Wc Mryll wniinue to do
¢vythin8 within OUT wwers and ¢I￿lty ttbdr•w ￿liOn 10 thech8]1th8es In￿111¢S facing this Ifthg.nc8lxtrd tommunity
whilst rmvidinB meattingfvl SUPEXWt to YO￿8 dad* kn *rKI it's ncakd, in close colla1xnti￿ with tyjr s¢Tricc PaTtt
which next year will irKlude SwMlerlaTMI. County Durham atld Middl¢sbrou8h F•mLly Hub5.
Thc inCToJknI le work and Xhi¢v¢)￿ts ¢¢kbrat•J in thisreFK)rt ￿v¢been p0551bk the8¢T￿￿ty. SL4Wt *¥J
encouragement yhown by ow amaring fiJThJws. 4knsor5 otynisai)(Kwl pArtnu& and theddttminalion, skill$ aJMI exp￿18¢ shown by
of our suw tslenied Current staff t¢wm- IlKbrilliani Wtll. J(th. Robrt Andy, Qilin. Nath￿. TonL Amy Jnd Nikki.
departing staff n￿MberS Jonah Y￿k aThi Dylan Brow), ow volw)ier¥& trusi¢es. JXDjeCt COTLsultsnts Knd youn8 da¢ts at¥J their
f8rnili¢s. li 15 b¢c4use of you that we look forward io •Jothw hwy Jwodu¢tive*Thl su￿￿$￿] w¢nth yelr sw'nK yThLng d#d5.
BdoTC I sign off, can I ple￿ tak¢ a 10 thank our der*rting Chair St¢v¢n Br￿m￿lI. wljo T￿endY st4￿] domm 4ft¢r O y¢￿5 in
off1￿ havinK exp¢rtty s￿￿{￿j thcchaTJ"ty fr(*n its infatv *5 a lrttle PArt.ttme Gatesha wvice to thc Ptruvian
wcrhou8c ii has bttome(see articl¢ ffiiiild DIGTDAD.. Frrmn Pderfee 10 Pou}. W¢ cwldn't havegrrt hue without yoy St¢vcnl A v
warni welcome 15 4Jso toow incomin8 Chair profe￿ Annll Tarrant- wcgr¢ in safc hanthl
I will thi$ Introduth"(xJ with an recartly rtte1v￿ from the pami ofa s￿F￿￿ted by NEYDL which
voj mc deepty..
'You donemoTt Ile¥erknowfvrmyson

Kevin Stwjky (FOU￿]￿ and CEO)

OUR IMPAcr
{Co4Yrfng th• pwltyl frryn l¥¢ ltsy 2022to 30th Awll 20231
R￿lOn for r•fenl
Ywng f8therl expxtw* d•J
￿"rthing P￿FI8
Totsl:
2019
2018
10
47
Engagwmqnt ty youn9
referral
0￿ry gJFVXt
rotsl:
25
47
87
115
47
Lo¢•llty
Sund8rf8ThJ
G8lesh*ad
s(￿jth Tymstde
Nthvcosde urui Tyr
North
Duth
23
19
31
57
14
15
Ml(kJk8sbroL
18
47
Young kl•n Llvlng In of I1*￿t D•wl¥thi IB•••d on I1￿201
10% d•prfv•J are88
115
71
Olher
Tot•1
A9• 4t •niry polnt
UTrJw 16
1&18
1￿25
Ncl ghen
Toi•l:
18
21
31
21
24
71
16
115
72
47
YrAlh Y+tJth ¢W
Sod818eThk8S
Earfy Help T￿8
Famlty Nurse P•bwthlp
Sem￿1¢￿￿3
& Edu¢thi
10
11
16
16
23
21
10
18
18
16
17
17
14
Cdmlnal
Olhor
Total..
Indbvldual h•lp rnc•lv•d.
Ch5￿ Prot¢(*on wrc•edh
Chlwearn the f8mty
F8mty law
NEET st81u8
10
Ils
47
24
12
24
io
17
11
14
13
14
15
Corylefjry essenlial
Poverty & de￿ m**Je￿nt
C*yneslk abjse
16
13
17
12
16
10
15
21
21
10
31
12
12
Mental & ￿￿￿)no1
15
18
10
10
SexAJ81 heatth
L88miThJ drffwN%s
47
51
P8fWtrvJ s￿lIS
R8L8lh)nship skAs
19
24
15
1c6
Vdunteefity.
74

Totsl:
215
134
IndIV￿￿￿ contscttkn• Ihrnl
D8d5 and YoJLler5 group5
1..1 lo
1..1 Supp￿ It￿e￿ & meLlal
JThnt meelir*Jsiwth cthr rrfDleS￿
PÉ8r S￿￿rtad I￿p
"I"rainiry odlvereo lo prrrfe55fnW"
72
5T2
234
140
912
101
15)
51
c￿PaIgn1r#J. m•Jla. 8ThJ
CThmmunty t¢eke￿nI
Poor M￿l0￿￿a &
Other
T¢t•l:
257
2.825
1,491
17
3.TI• 3,14J 1893 1516
218
127
Av•r•g• Ind1¥1d￿l ¢onl•¢¢ Ilm
41
K•y outcorn
Chikl PrOte¢b￿ Hans ¢*h￿r8d•S crf cunF4thJ 22
Chlld-lTrN86d pL8ns crrfW0d
Progr055•J lrtofvm s
AtX*S98d 8Fédal￿t m8Lkal hetP8TrJ WFftsl
Total:
18
10
18
10
15
YouTub• C￿nn•1- ￿lIK1*Y 2021
VI8%￿..
Watch tkne (ho￿)..
Organicwt•thtw8.'
1.598 12.4
1.019
97.7rAI 41.8(
.S% 68.2%
43.5% 41.V
Fom8*'.
Ag• dwr•pld¢•
18-24..
.9% 3YA
44.3% 40%
19.1% 19.4%
6.plj 7ffj%
2&34..
1.152
Foll
824
549
A¥¥•ag reach w pt*t.'
(X9IDAD E4Mrrfng Platlorrn
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SUPPORTINC YOUliC DADS: A CASE STUDY
Bylknmg Loldla￿ (A )txthgiW)
Swaj WtsT¢faTal to the seThic¢at 16. At thc iimc h¢ was in a Rlatiorthip wryth the fu(we mothtt of hi5 child lage 15). BLKh Sitvth aDd
his parmu had pm]0￿[Y been (wul for by the local auth(xity atwj wer¢ tO8dh¢r. Th¢ refflrnl for sUp￿rt for Stcvcn came from
the Pre-Birth lThtffv¢nnoTh Tfam th LdthtificAI 5wn ari¥￿] pArttth"n8 skiU5 red￿ll￿ in wcial isolatio￿ St¢vfn and his parttmy
ww¢ not in edu¢AtithJ. employ[￿1 or trainiThB ai the tith¢
Doug{NEYDL staff mettLkrl m¢t wryth Steven to discuss th¢swvic¢ ￿ the family ask￿ if his patr¢wid also att￿ p
of this meetirtB to v￿J¢TS￿nd what he w]Id ga. Aftu di5CU8Sin8 51w)w¢4siThg Di￿DAD. Slw was to ac£&
this rexburce. tEgisl¢Td (AJ th¢ DigiDAD plarfiKm at ow first meain
St¢v¢n I￿] Dw plan aNI wt**ty. Stevett Di8iDAD ]wIn]￿. Fc•Jback from Si¢vM in¢ludd:
'The ww¢ fill) ￿￿1 madrmc feel that I rando all theth￿ Jw dad5 ner41 to th).. Stevth tw￿rt¢￿ that his pamer
had alsobtffi wwthing the ￿ld￿kS.
A8 Sievth 8rw ID ClY)f)dcnce. he staftal ¢ngA8ing in NEYDL'S pe# gnx]p WO￿ off¥ in¢luding fLwMball. cyclin8, bowlin8.
Escape R￿M ￿Sits 80-kartuw ITh h•5 chxe with thyrAm8 d*ts from NEYDL joine41 their
video Bamin8 group.
As th¢prwan¢y pro￿￿8¢4 stev￿ tkw8 aThl Inf￿ thbt his pwtsxrhad ihto labour pr￿￿lY and ru5hcd into
h05Pitol. D￿£ off¢wJ ¢rr¥Jti￿l to St¢vffi vil tclcF4h
Followrbg theb7￿ St¢ven contxtLyJ Dou8 to inf￿￿ htm thai the h￿1 to 80 how.￿ in M￿d]r&br{￿8h. Stcvcn didn't kthDW
how h¢ wuld Tr￿k¢ the 31kmile journ¢y h(¥m¢ w wsii his th'ld tknJ8 to nuk¢ ￿Sits stay￿1 wth Stcvcn
duTin8 the initi•J visits to offer sypp
After bAby trBnsferrd to the RVI Chilrbth's H¢)spiMI. Lknu8 (•tttinu¢d to prowde ¥i6iratian for a further 6 we£k8. Wtth
Doug'5 5UFVOrt Slev¢n 8feW ftk)r¢ ri￿rOn￿b]e aThl confylthrf in￿rIng fwhis baby wthin the ￿￿tal sctttn8 and dAy onnouThced..
'tk>ug l*e Bot thist.
also s¢artLyJ to tsk th¢knspitsI 5tDff qw#ions c(*wn1ry￿th his Ixby's ¢•r¢ aDd his parthv •nd theboby would
ne*J whert came home.
Dou8 *)d th¢ Pre-Birth Team wrxkoj tht famity todeveko 2 ￿ plan for whtn
Sievth ¢on¢inu￿ w be SUFW¢￿ by NEYDL and rnwn 8nd Wy fft thin8 ￿11.
UnsoliGi¢¢d ftdback from Sievth) i￿]￿.
'You wae Ih¢o¥bly onr I could ask faf you *yreat￿Ys thtt¢fw ￿,

li
Frtdb*ek from #rv6tt b¢ttdl&rkL"
'Yoru4Y¢ amazy￿. I'llfoyoyrl￿gratsfyI aod ￿lIJvPWrt the alarityfvrv¥*r.'
{Youn8 Dad)
'They (NEYDL) Mvy..
(Young Dad)
'Hry (NEVDL siaffm¢mb¢r). hoye all.rs wyll.. l ￿￿￿edt0 say tho*k)Thil Ivhu I nonh, I￿n￿rI￿￿11 wosii'ilor
yo¥ Jknowgemiinely I Wouldha￿ com1￿￿ed5￿￿7￿É...Y￿ 0￿YperSo￿ th ￿t￿rI&￿se￿w...yo￿ t1￿Y￿re<￿ ame￿#8PerSOn.
An amazingdodandlr*¥*rgrew ￿1h d d￿myse￿. Iwijvy are Wh￿dadj should bel.
(Young Dad)
'Honcstly, witknul th¢ frrrfn th¢ guys hw¢ INEYDL) I ikn'i want to know kn I WF..
{Youn8 Dad)

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PLANS FOR FUTURE PEIUODS
Over the n¢xi year. the chtirity will continue to WO￿ to ow $￿tegIC obMivcs d¢fi￿a b¢low.
Provide individu81 suNxTrrt to young dads to athJrLks their issues and achicv¢ p¢rsonal outcomes.
Enable young Dads io engage in aCtivitic5 (i) where they share experiencc and 5UPPOrt whth other young dads
and lil) where they can speryl time with mother thj chi￿.
Provid¢ ￿oI￿nI￿¢S to improve k￿wledg¢. 5kil]s. confideKe aTh* self-e5teern through training aThl infomation
resour¢es.
Influ¢nce ￿l1¢Y and prnctkce ￿ be nMTrre in¢lusive and s￿￿1]Ve of young Dads.
Ensure NEYDL ihe Tesourcu required to achieve ts olwe objectives mintaining high qu?lity, authentictty.
and ¢ffe¢tivetts$.
FINANCIAL REVIEW
Ai ihe year eTwJ. the IM)ard of trustr¢s ¢onSide￿I the ch￿lty to be in a healthy fIr￿￿]￿l ￿si￿on with approxima¢ly six
Mont￿ of operating costs bein8 held within unrestricted r¢serves. Ai the 3￿ April 2023. the board of trus*es identif￿d no
uncertaines relating to the charity ability to ¢oniinue a5 * Boing cowern. Th¢ Imwd of tnts*es' revicw and updatr their
financial ¢ontrois on a regular b&sis.
PrlntlpAI hndl
Th¢ ¢hariti¢s principal source of fiuMLs 15 of voluntsry gr￿S frnn tsusts and fouTrJations aThJ SthDJ￿ry grants aThl
serviec comrni85ioning.
In the yeu CTKted 30th April 2023, North East YounB Dads and Lads Projeci CIO contÈrnKd to work on pn)je¢ts, which
during the cuttent year were fundcd larg¢ly by the following fouThJDtions and organis81ions with our deq)esl grdlitudc and
The Ballinger Charithble Tw
Cumbrio, Nonhumberlarf Tyme And Wear NHS FouThknn Tnjgt
BBC Childmi in Need
Connected Voice- VCSE Cost of Livtng Crisis Fund
County t)urham Community Foundation- [kn￿r Support
CyclÈng UK funded by The National Lottery & Sports E￿d
The Eymee Faijbairn Foundation
Fatherhood Insti¢ut¢
Garfield Wesion Foun￿li￿n
The Imagine Foundation
Th¢ Lankelly Chw Foundthtioti
Lloyds B8nk Found&tion
N¢w¢&s¢le University
NHS Health Irnprovem¢nt Fund do County L￿rt￿Th Ctimmwty FouTrJ4tion
Swire Charitsble Tti
Naiional IA)tiery Cornmunity Fund
Thc William Le¢¢h Charity
1989 Wilknn Charitable Tryst ¢Jo Cornm￿1ty F￿￿kIlliOn TyiK & Wear & Nonhumberland
The Tudor Trust
The Joicey Tntsi
WarburtOI￿ Proj¢¢t Grant
The Council of The County of fknh8m- thuham Family Hubs
The North East Young Dad5 and Lads Projec¢ CIO will cerry fonvard £287.1(KJ of restricted hJThJs and £141.￿& of
un￿StrIcted funds to be spent in the 2023-2024 fwjancial ytar.
FiDanclai re9erves poli¢y
The purpose of the p)licy is to ¢￿SUrE that the North E*st Ywng aThJ L*ds Project CIO can m¢¢t its contractual
obligotiojks and fllwice the planned growth of the organisati¢)n. Th¢ level of free Trserve5 (excluding restricted fimdsl

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is reviewed annually by th¢ Trusteas. The TTustres c4)Nid¢rthat th¢ rtM)5t appropriate level of reserves on 30th April 2023
would be £143202 which is equivalent to approxirnateTry six ll￿ntIL$ basis Costs.
The general reserves Ott 30th April 2023 anw)unto4 to £141.(KKI, WI￿ is ¢onsi¢knd ￿ frcc rcservu.
Fundra181￿$ Poilcy
Th¢ North Eut Young D*ts Lads Projeci CIO ¢n8age5 fundntsing eonwhants from time to time to support the
chorilles CEO ￿ develop $ts3tegic plans of &ctivilies rekvani w volwifary and statutory grani futhising 8JMI service
cornmissioning (yportsjnities. The charity not purchase external lists of po*niial iThJividual donots or utsjertake Dirttt
Moll appeals to $u¢h lists.
The charity adher￿ to the Fundrai5in8 Ci)de of Prnctice I&8￿d by ts Funthaisin8 Regukntor and does appnx¢h or
pr¢s5ure vulncrable peoplc to support its w￿.
Any fimdT8iSitt8 events catTi¢d out on b¢h•lf of the ehvity thai we ue aware of are suNx)rted aThJ mon1￿￿ by the CEO.
Any marketing materials and 8pproa¢l*s are scNiinised w ensure wrnpliance with the Fundrnising Code of Praciice and
details of income and expenditure are Carefully T¢wrded by the Firwice Manager. I￿orne is acknowled¥ed and gralefvl
thanks are senL typically with a letter.
STATEMENT OF TRUSTEE RESPONSIBILITIES
The tru8ttt$ are T¢sponsible for PTeptirin8 the financial s*tenKnts in accord￿¢¢ with applicable jaw and United Kingdom
Accounting StaThJards (United Kingdom G¢nernlly Atcep*d Accouniing Practice). irKludin8 Finaneial Pwning Standwd
102 "The Finoncial R¢portin8 Stsndard a￿licable in the UK and R¢public of trel*nd."
Company law rcquires thc trus¢ees fina￿1¥] stalemcnts for cach fina￿la1 year which Bive a true and fAir view of
the sthte of *ffoiri of the charithble wmpany and ofthc incoming resources and application of resOU￿e$, including the
i￿ome and expcnditurc, of the charitsble ￿mPAnY for thai periiml. In rnring Uk)se fina￿1￿ statcment& the Injs￿e9 otr
rcquired to,
s¢IKI suitsble ￿¢0￿111￿8 p)licies ATrJ then a￿1]Y them eINtsi￿ty.
observe the methods and PriD¢ipl¢s in thc Charity SORTr.
make judgements and estima￿ thai are rwonable and prndent.
prepare the finawial statements on the going ¢oncem basis unl¢ss xl is imppmpriate kn Pre5W￿ that the ehorithble
ompany will contitiue in kninesg.
The try5tecs are rcsponsible for keeping proper acwuniin8 TttL)rd5 which disclose with re490nAble aecuff*y at any time the
fin&ncial position of th¢ charitable eompany aThJ ￿ en&ble to m5UT¢ that thc financial th￿ments ¢¢)rnply with t
Companies Act 2006. They are also resp)TLsible for safeguarding the assrts of the ¢haritabk comptny and hence for tsking
reasonable stw for the prevention atbj detrciioD of frnud and other iwknrities.
In so far ￿ the trus1ees arc aware..
there is no relevant audit infonnation of which the ch8ritsble company'5 Inde￿Jent examiners OTe unaw8re,' and
the tnLSttts have tsken ill steps th81 they oughi to have taken to make themselves awaT¢ of any rclcvant audit
inf0m￿tion and to establtsh that the ttlevant examiners aTe aw4re of that infOn￿ll.
Thib report has been ￿ePAred iti aC¢otd￿lCC with the spxi¥l provisi0Th8 of Pth 15 of Companies Act 21Y)6 relatill8 to
small wmpanies.
Approved by tsrderof the b)ard of tnL5tecs on 1311212023 and si￿)e￿ ￿ its beh¥Jf by:
A T4nxnt- Chair to Tnjstees
Anna TaTrani

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J Goldsiien- Treasurer

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Inde
ndcnt Examincr's
rt to thc Tntstets of
No]th East Youn
Dads and IAds Pro eci CIO
Independent eXan￿￿er.5 report to the trysteu ofNortb E*5t YouD¥ Dads and L#ds ProJe¢i CIO (*he CoD)p*ny")
I report to the elwity trustees on tny examina¢ioll of accounts of the Company for th¢ ye4r ended 30 April 2023.
RespoA5ibilities •Dd bgsls of report
As the charity's tnL%ieu ofthe Company (and aLw its directOf5 for the of compxny ]aw) you are resFKJnsible ford
pr¢pardtion of the accounts in aceordan¢e with the requirements of the Companies Ad 2(K)6 (kn 2(M)6 Aet-).
Having s&tisfied myself that the accounts of the CornpaTry are not required to b¢ audital under Part 16 of the 2(MJ6 Act and
are eligible for indewth7t examinariofy I report ID resrrtt olmy examintition of your charity's ￿Counts &8 carried out
under section 145 of the Charitie5 Aci 201 (-the 2011 Act￿. In wing oui my examination I have followed the D1￿ctorS
given by the Charity Commission utth s¢ction 145(5Xb) of thc 2011 ACL
IDd¢pendeD¢ ex•miner'• ¥t•tem¢Dt
I have complctcd my eX￿lI￿li0n. I confm rnattm have ￿rne to my attenlion in conttetiort with the examimtton
giving me to beli¢v¢-
ac¢ouniing r￿Orth were not kept in resrrtt ofthe Compny as required by ￿tiOn 386 of the 2(X)6 Ad.. or
2. thc accounts (k) not accord with tkne re¢(&th,' or
3. the a￿o￿nts do not comply with thc ￿oun￿n￿ requirements of se¢iion 396 of thc 2006 Act otkr than any
requircrncnt that the &c¢¢)unts give a true and fair view whi¢h is not 4 rnatter corLsidcred as part of an independent
exomination: or
4. the accounts have not been prepared in 4¢¢0rdAnce with the methoth and principles of the Ststement of
R¢¢ornmended Practi¢¢ for accounting And rewling by ch￿ille$ I￿p]Icable io chaTili¢S prep8ring their ￿OUnts
in ￿£0[danCe with the Fina￿1￿ Rep)rtin8 Sthndard aPpli￿ble in the UK ar41 Republic of Ireland IFRS 102)].
I have no concerns aThJ have come across no other mattCf5 in connection with the exaMin￿lOn lo which att¢n¢ion should be
drawn in this report in order to enabk a proper uAler8thfMl1￿ of the accounts w be rwh¢d.
Paul Brown
PA Brown & Company Ltd
16 Abbey Meadows
Morpeth
NE612BD

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North East You
ect CIO
tement of
vitie8
for the Year Ended 30 A ril 202
Unrestrictcd Restricted
Totsl
INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FIiOM
Public Donations
ChAril•ble •ctivities
Swire Charitable Trust
Newe&stle Univ¢rsity
The Cou￿lI ofthe County of Durham- tknhom Fkniily Hubs
The E5mee Fairb¥irn FouThJation
Th¢ Imagine Foundation
NHS Health Improv¢meni FuThJ clo County t￿[harn
Community Foundation
Cyclin8 UK fundd by The Naiional Lottery & Sport England
Connected Voice- VCSE Cosi of Living Crisis Fund
WATburtons PrOJ￿t Grani
Th¢ L4nkelly Chase Foundation
Lloyds Bank Foundalion
BBC Children in Nttd
The Ballinger Charit#ble Tn
The National Lottery Community FuThl
The William Leeeh Chan'ty
Th¢ 1989 Willan Charitsble Tnm clo Community F(￿￿&110￿
Tyne & Wear & Northumbu
The Tudor Tn￿l
The Joi¢ey Tnkst
County IXLrham Community F￿JndIi10rt- DOKY Syp
Garf￿ld Weston Fourthtion
F&therhood llL￿ltYte
8.609
23.0
23.0(M)
1,440
200.000
44,0(K)
22.0(M)
19.5(K)
1,440
200.IXKI
22.0
19.5(Kl
480
480
10.0
34,578
10,000
34,578
27.250
26,886
15.000
35,000
27250
26.886
15.(
35,0
10,
10,LVJO
42,000
2.000
2,000
15.0
2,000
15.(XKI
To¢
208 859 338 884
547 743
EXPENDITURE ON
BAisin8 Funds
Cbarit*ble ￿tIvItIe¥
Cmher
18236
18.236
81,478
186,689 268,166
Total
99.714
186,689 286,403
NET INCOME
152 195 261340
TOTAL FUNDS BROUGHT FORWARD (RFSTATED)
31055
134,965
16&820
TOTAL FUNDS CABJUED FORWARD

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141.1
287,100
428,160
CONTINUING OPERATIONS
All incorne aTwJ expeThlitswe have wisen fmtn cth)tinuing ￿liVitI¢&
Tr not&4 forni pirt of th¢s¢ ruw￿111 sta￿ents

18
North E&st Yo
and
tcl
Balanc
She
At 30 A ri12023
UnTestricted R¢str￿ted
funds
Total
funds
CURRENT ASSETS
Cash at bank
Cth in hand
141.(KKI
287.1￿ 428,160
TOTAL ASSE13 LE&S CURRENT
141,(W 287,1￿ 428.160
NET ASSLTS
141,(KXI
287.IfAI 428,160
FUNDS
Unrestri¢t¢d funds
R¢stri¢*d funds
141,(KJO
287,160
TOTAL FUNDS
428,160
The charitable company is entitled to ¢x¢rnWion fwom &tyJit und¢r Section 477 of the Companies Act 2￿6 for the p¢riod
ertd￿ 30 April 2022.
Th¢ m¢mbeTS have N)t required the con4)any to obtsin an atyjit of its firwKial sth*ments forthe peTiod enda 30 April
2021 in &ccordan¢e with Section 476 of the Compttnic5 A¢1 2¢NJ6.
The tr￿s¢￿S acknowledge their Tesponsibilities for
(i) ensuring th&t the Charitabl¢ ￿MpanY kccp5 accounting TecoTth thai ¢omply with Seciions 386 and 387 of the
Companies Aci 21Xb6 artd
(b) preparing finthtial statements which 8ive i t￿￿ fairview of the stste of affatrs of the clwitsble company os at th¢
end of each financial yetr and of its sury)lths ordeficit foreach fin8n¢ial year in accordance with thc requirements of
Sections 394 ￿MI 395 arKI which othmwi5e comply with the requirenKnts of the COMP￿1￿ Act 2(M)6 relating to
fiMrni&l stalem¢nw so far as applicable ￿ the charitsblc ¢￿￿ny.
These financial sta*ments have i*cn PTepar¢d in x¢onJkntc with the Speci￿ provisi0Tr5 of Part 15 of Comp￿]¢$ Act
2006 relating to charitable small ¢omp#nie5.
The fLnarKial sthiements w¢re approved by the Board of Tntstres on 12 December 2023 8Th1 wer¢ signed on its behalf by:
A Tamt- Chair of Tn￿ttt$

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The ￿t¢S forni prt ofthese fina￿la1 statanents

20
North You
Dads and Lads Pro ect Cl
Sta
Year Ended
ri12023
A. ACCOUNTING POLICILS
B415s of prep8rlDg the Iln*ntla] stAt¢ments
Thc financial statements of th¢ ¢harithbk cotwy. which is a publi¢ benefit entity under FRS 102. have been
prepared in accordance with the Chariiies SORP (FRS 102) 'Accouniing #TMI R¢p)rting by Charities.. Sthtrment of
Recomtncnded Praciice applicable in the UK ar¥J Rcpubli¢ of Irrland (FRS 102) leffectiv¢ l January 2015).,
Financial Reportin8 Standard 102 'The Finan¢ial Ryrtillg Strt￿rd applicable in the UK and Republic of
Ireland. #IKI the Companies Act 2006. The financial 5th￿ments have I￿en prryartd under the hIS￿rical cost
convention.
Intome
All income 15 recognised in the Ststcrn¢nt of Finan¢i#l Activilies oncc thE chariry has entitlemeni to the funds. it is
pmbable that the irt¢omc will ￿ rtteived and the anM)uni Can be measurryj reliably.
Eipendlture
Liabiliiies are recognised as exrKndinwe as soon tlwe is a legal or constructive obligation ¢ommittin8 the
charity ￿ that ¢xpendittwe. il is probable that a transfer of economic b¢nefits will bc required in bett]cment and the
amouni of the obligation be rne4sur￿ reliably. Expendiwre is accounted for on an accruals basis and ha5 becn
¢iatsifLed under headings thai aggregate all relakd ￿te￿Ory. Whar eosts c4ftt￿ be dirccily attributed to
particular headirtgs they have been all￿8*d ￿ activities on a basis ¢orLSiStcnt with the use of r¢sout¢es.
T#xAIloD
The chrity is ¢x¢mpt from corpmtion tax on its charithble Ktivilies.
Fund Ateoutstlne
Unrcstri¢t¢d funds. ekn b¢ w8ed in ￿Cold#￿e with the eharitsble objectives at the discretiort of thc tn￿￿¢8.
Restrietcd fvnds Can only b¢ wd forpffiiculjr restric*d pryses within the objects of the ch￿lty. Rutri¢lions
*ri8¢ when specified by the th)nor LY WI￿ are rnised forpaniculu re5trictyJ purposes.
Further explanation of the nathre purFK>se of each is in the the finan¢i41 ststements.
2. TRUSTEES. REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS
Thcrc were no tr￿1￿5, r¢munerknrt orother benefits fc* ￿ y¢arended 30 April 2023.
Tru#tets' expen
There were no trustees, experncs paid for yeareryled 30 April 2023.

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North East Yo
Dads aTKI Iads Pro ect CIO
-con
for the Year Ended 30
ri12023
3. MOVEMENf IN FUNDS
(BESTATED) Net movem¢nt
AI 30.4.22
in fiuxts
At 30.4.23
Unrutricted funth
31,855
109.145
141,0
Restrirt¢d fuDdi
Cycling UK fvnd¢d by The N￿10￿1 Lottery & Sport
England
The ITnagine FouDdati
The Council of the County ofDurlwn- thuham
Family Hubs
Newcastlc University
NHS Healih Improvement FuThJ rjo Cow tAulwn
Community FouT¥Jaiion
County Durham Colum￿lty Founda¢iou- rh)Th)r
Support
Fatherho￿ Insti￿1¢
Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyme and WearNHS
FoundAtion TnLSi
The TuthTrr Trust
Lankelly Chw (Welli￿rng Grnnt)
The Lankelly Chase Foundation
Wthurtons Project Grtht
The Natio￿7 Lonery Community FuThl
The Tudor Trust {Wellbeing GT¥nt)
Th¢ Joicey TTUSI
The William Leech Chuity
Cy¢ling UK CCC
The Balling¢r Charitsble Tn
BBC Children in N¢¢d
480
4,808
(4.808)
200,(￿)
200,000
516
16.955
516
16,955
960
79J29
(61.743)
17,586
23249
393
13,011
(23.249)
(393)
11.750
2.676
2.974
1,2(KJ
24,761
2,676
2.974
1,21)0
3.000
233
6,435
7J)7
{6,435)
4.545
12,052
TOTAL FUNDS
166820

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Net movement in i￿l￿deJ￿ in the #lM)ve are as follows:
Incotning ResouT¢ts Movement in
expend
nds
UDmtrkted
208,859
(99.714)
109,145
R¢strScted hDds
Newca5tlc University
Th¢ Naiion81 Lottery Ccrfnmunity Furkl
The Council of the County of fhLrham- Durharn
Family Hubs
The Tudor Trwl (Wellbeing Grant)
The William Leech Charity
The Joi¢ey Trust
Curnbria. Northumber1￿¢ arml Wear NHS
Foundation Tn￿1
Cycling UK ￿nded by Th¢ NaiioMI Lottery & Sp
England
Warburtons Project Grant
NHS Health Improvement FuThJ elo County
Comrnunity Foundation
County Durham Community Foujm￿l￿- E*)M)r
Support
Fltherhood Institu
The Ima8Lne FouThJaii(
Cycling UK CCC
The Lankclly Chose FouThJation (WellbeitiB G[￿t}
Thc Lan&elly Chase Foundaiio
The B811in8er Charitabk Tn￿1
The Tudor TNSI
BBC Children In N¢¢d
1.440
35.IXKI
(924)
132.026)
516
2,974
200,0(K>
1800)
1.200
3,1N)O
2.000
(61,7431
(61.743)
480
480
io,(
19.5(Kl
(7.324)
(2,545)
2,676
16,955
{1.040)
960
2.000
(4.808)
(233)
1393)
11,750
16.435)
(23,2491
4.545
(4.808)
1233)
1393)
(22.828)
(6.435)
(23,249)
(22,341)
J4,578
26.886
TOTAL FUNDS
286 403
4. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES
Th¢re were ￿ r¢l•¢d party trans¥iion5 for the perithj eThled 30 Awil 2023 Otherth￿ those disclos¢d in note 2.

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North East Youn
Dads al￿ tAds Pm ect CIO
f r the Year Ended 30
ri12023
UDrestricted Restricted Tota)
INCOME AND ENDOWMENIS FROM
Public Donations
Charitable *ctiviti
Th¢ Swirc Charitable Tn
The Council ofth¢ County of Durhfirn- txth Family Hubs
New¢&rtl¢ UnivcT8ity
The Esmee FaI￿alM Foundatioti
The Imagine FouThJaiion
NHS Health Improvemcnt FUTMI ejo County Durharn
Community Foundation
Cyclins UK- Community Cycle Clubs Togetlv Fund
cOnD￿led Voices- VCSE of Living Crisis Fu￿1
WArburtons Projttt Grani
LAnkelly Chase
Lloyds Bank Foundation
BBC Children in Nccd
The Ballinger Charitsblc Tft￿l
The National tATrttery Community Fund
The William Lttch Charity
The 1989 Willan Clwithble Tru￿ clo Community Fcrtmd•lion
The Tudor TNst
The Joi¢ey Trust
County Durham Community Foundaiion- DoMr Supp(ffL
Garfield Weston Foundaiion
F&therhood Instiwt¢
8.(lJ9
23.OIKI
23,0
200,(KM> 200,000
1,440
44.ol
22.0
22.0(K)
19.5
19.5(KJ
480
4,000
10.ocN)
34.578
27250
26,886
15,O¢X)
35,0
3,000
10.o¢y)
42,0(￿1
10.ID)
34,578
27250
26.886
15.0
35.(Kx)
io,(
40,OLX)
15,(KKI
15,(KNJ
To¢
208 859
547 743
EXPENDITURE
R*ls£Dg doDAtlon$ Ind1¢8￿1
Marketing and advertising
Raising Funds
1.338
18236
2.675
4,013
18236
Support ¢08ti
Wages. ER NI & ER Pension
Computer Equipmen¢
Cycling Equipment
Staff Training & Welfare
Group Work & PrDj¢Ct ExpeThJiwre
Postsge & stationery
Consultancy ftts
Telephone
Client & s¢aff travel
Accountan¢y/Financ¢ Officcr
Insuranc¢
10.324
8.310
126,T17
2,232
3.581
2,798
26.785
127
137,101
10,542
3,647
3,695
57,369
270
11,681
1,645
6,073
13,176
.136
897
30,584
143
11,681
1,645
6,IK)3
5,340
1.136
70
7,836

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SubscriptiOTLS
OfficelAdmin Expenses
Rep8ir5 & R¢newals
534
2.462
233
144
1.938
678
4,41)0
241
12,5(M)
5.5
Tota] rew￿ree1 exptDded
99,714
186,689
286,403
Net IDcome
109,145
152.195
261.340
This page rk*s tw)t forni wt of th¢ Stsbjtory finwial slatcments.