Dads Chat Project
Consultation has concluded
January 2025 update
Thank you to everyone who shared their thoughts and ideas on how we can prioritise the wellbeing of dads and male carers. We received over 100 contributions from local dads and male carers in Maroondah and Yarra Ranges .
Your feedback is being used to develop programs and activities for dads and male carers of children aged 0-8 years.
We are excited to announce that we have begun rolling out activities based on your input.
Stay informed
- To stay updated about the latest offerings through our Dad’s Chat project, as well as activities and events for parents and carers in Maroondah visit the Parenting Information sessions webpage on Council's website.
- Subscribe to the Maroondah Children & Families newsletter. By subscribing to our Children and Families Newsletter you will find out about upcoming events, the latest news, as well as information on a wide range of family and children's services in Maroondah.
December 2024 consultation
Creating opportunities for dads and male carers across Maroondah and Yarra Ranges to connect with support, programs and activities.
Yarra Ranges Council and Maroondah City Council understand the importance of prioritising the wellbeing of dads and male carers. After identifying a gap in programs and activities, the Family, Children and Youth teams are working together with Building Better Brains, to develop a plan of programs and activities for dads and male carers of children aged 0-8 years.
Help us to build a quality program, by sharing your feedback on what would best support you in your role as a dad or male carer, whilst building social and community connections!
Any man can be a father, but it takes someone special to be a dad.
Have your say
Share your ideas and feedback to inform a program of events for local dads and male carers.
Complete the survey
Come and chat!
This project is unashamedly gender focussed, and as a result of this we will only be planning programs for dads and male identifying carers.
Yarra Ranges and Maroondah Councils are available for a chat and to find out more about this project at the following locations/events and times:
- Lilydale Community Garden: Thursday 7 November from 10am to 2pm
- Maroondah Festival, Town Park Croydon: Sunday 10 November from 11am to 2pm
- Healesville Community Parklet: Thursday 14 November from 10am to 2pm
- Bunnings Chirnside Park: Saturday 16 November from 8am to 12pm
- Tecoma Twilight Market: Sunday 17 November from 4pm to 8pm (to be confirmed, contact Yarra Ranges Council)
- SelbyFest 2024: Saturday 23 November from 2pm to 8pm (to be confirmed, contact Yarra Ranges Council)
- Kilsyth Festival: Sunday 24 November from 10am to 4pm
- Seville Woolworths: Thursday 28 November from 10am to 3pm
- Warburton Waterwheel: Friday 6 December from 3pm to 9pm
Follow and share
- If you know local dads or male carers who would like to get involved in programs and activities to support their roles, share the link to this survey so we can hear from a wide range of families.
- To follow this project, visit Shaping Yarra Ranges Dads Chat Project and click the '+Follow' button.
Contact us
If you have any questions or want to learn more about this project, our contact details are below:
Youth & Children's Services at Maroondah City Council
1300 882 233
maroondah@maroondah.vic.gov.au
Family & Children's Services at Yarra Ranges Council
1300 368 333
mail@yarraranges.vic.gov.au
- If you need an interpreter, call the Translating and Interpreting Service (TIS National) on 131 450 to speak to an interpreter. Ask them to phone Yarra Ranges Council on 1300 787 624
- The National Relay Service (NRS) for help you if you are deaf, or find it hard to hear or speak to hearing people on the phone.
- TTY: 133 677 (ask for 1300 787 624)
- Speak and Listen (speech-to-speech relay): 1300 555 727 (ask for 1300 787 624)
- NRS call numbers and links | Access Hub