The Break the Cycle Dads Project, run by a team of three at Family Action, have launched an exciting news agency for dads in partnership with Citizens’ Eye, called DNA.

They will be asking young people to say what makes a good dad using a giant graphic visual as they visit events across the city. It will build on their existing research in Leicester and help highlight local examples of good practice to encourage others to work with this group.

Dads and male carers can get a rough ride in the mainstream media. The aim is to shine a light on the positive impact a male role model can have on children and young people, whilst hopefully dispelling some of the commonly held myths. Elements of our society still view every hoodie wearing youngster as automatically up to no good and every man walking down the street with children on his own as suspicious.

We aim to engage dads and male carers in a way that allows them to express views that promote positive involvement in their children’s day to day lives. The Dads News Agency will provide a comprehensive programme of community media training and plans to create its first newsletter in Community Media Week, 8th-13th November 2010.

The news agency was officially launched on June 2nd 2010, during National Family Week.

If you’re a dad or male carer and would like to get involved in this ground breaking project, please contact the Break the Cycle team on 0116 308 7981.