Funded & Ready To Go

The Next 6 Months

This is our plan for what happens the moment funding lands — month by month, dad by dad. No dad stands alone.

Dads Love CIC vision board: football, boxing and fitness, online support groups, dad and kids days, fishing trips, theme park days, F1 experience days, and city breaks

Alongside everything shown above, we're also building out group hiking trips through open countryside — real conversation, fresh air, no pressure to talk if you don't want to.

14 Dads

Per programme cohort

Safe Space

No judgement, ever

Tailored

Built around dads' real needs

Dads & Kids

Always welcome together

For Life

Building friendships that last

Our 6-Month Roadmap

What funding unlocks, phase by phase.

Month
1–2

Foundations & First Cohorts

  • Formalise our Wellbeing Zoom Calls into a regular fortnightly programme with a full intake of fathers
  • Expand Super Sunday Dad Nights at The Alchemist, Canary Wharf into a consistent monthly fixture
  • Launch our first funded football coaching cohort — up to 14 dads per group
  • Complete DBS checks and safeguarding onboarding for all coaches and volunteers
Month
3–4

Expand The Offer

  • Launch boxing sessions alongside football coaching
  • Run our first Bank Holiday Family Day, with food and activities for the whole family
  • Begin monthly Cinema & Family Nights
  • Start scoping our first outdoor trips — fishing, hiking and bushcraft with Laszlo
Month
5–6

Reach & Recognition

  • Deliver our first F1 experience day for fathers and children
  • Begin father mentoring cohorts — structured 10–12 week programmes
  • Open conversations on expanding delivery into Teesside and the wider North East
  • Publish our first impact report, with real session data and outcome tracking

Getting Our Name Out There

Our plan for visibility and reach over the next 6 months — building on a following that already exists.

Goal

Press & Local Media

Pitching our story to local and regional press across our delivery areas, building on genuine coverage of our launch and events.

Goal

Podcast Appearances

Seeking guest spots on parenting, men's mental health and fatherhood podcasts to share our story and reach fathers who need us.

Goal

Creator & Community Partnerships

Working with content creators and voices in our founder's existing network across football, boxing and fitness to widen our reach organically.

In Progress

Dads Love Clothing Network

Growing our existing 16,500+ community following through the Dads Love Clothing brand, turning followers into programme sign-ups and referrals.

Goal

Video & Social Content

Behind-the-scenes footage from real sessions once delivery is underway — replacing concept imagery with genuine documentation of our impact.

Goal

Funder & Partner Updates

Regular, honest reporting back to funders and partners on what's working, what we're learning, and where every pound has gone.

These are our goals and current activity, not confirmed media placements. Any named partner, publication or platform will only be announced once it's actually secured.

Help Us Make This Real

This entire plan is ready to go — it just needs funding behind it.

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