Steve Mortlock
- Jul 13, 2018
- 10 min
Cracks in the Wall
Editors Note: When Salford Dadz – Little Hulton first started we played with the idea of having an online message board so that local dads could talk to each other on line, write blogs about their stories, or to generally ask for advice. Although it worked to a certain extent there didn’t appear to be much of an appetite for it and over time it fell into disuse. I was reminded of this message board the other day and had a look through it and unsurprisingly found a couple of g
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Steve Mortlock
- Jul 8, 2018
- 1 min
Hilton Lane Primary Summer Fete.
We had a great time last weekend down at Hilton Lane Primary's summer fair, we took our tin can alley game along with us and had great fun. The weather, for a change has been great but unfortunately we suffered from quite gusty wind over the playground and had to close the stall earlier than we would have liked. We still managed to raise some funds for the school though. This weekend we had a water fight out on Peel Park which was Dadz versus Kids, I think the kids won but on
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Steve Mortlock
- Mar 31, 2018
- 1 min
Saturday Dadz and Kidz @ Easter
We had lots of fun decorating Easter eggs today at our Saturday Dadz and Kids club. As you can see there was lots of concentration required, I think most of them may have made it home but I'm not sure how long they will last. #GENERAL
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Steve Mortlock
- Sep 12, 2017
- 3 min
Little Hulton Goes Large - Sept 9th 2017
Well wasn't it wet! "Little Hulton Goes Large" was first thought of after the Lowry announced that the "Roundabout Theatre" would be coming to Little Hulton roughly 12 months ago. The desire of those involved was to give the local residents a festival that Little Hulton would enjoy, its aims to bring community together to have some fun and to showcase some of the local groups and businesses that exist in the area. A group of local residents and council workers as well as staf
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Steve Mortlock
- Aug 16, 2017
- 1 min
Nice Blog from Nesta featuring Salford Dadz
Nesta have published a nice blog featuring Salford Dadz called "Dads are doing it for themselves". The blog talks about one of our members recent presentation, along with Heather Henry from Unlimited Potential, during the Innovators Showcase session at their "The Future of People Powered Health" event. You can read it here http://www.nesta.org.uk/blog/dads-are-doing-it-themselves This will open in a new window. #GENERAL
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Steve Mortlock
- Jul 7, 2017
- 2 min
What if your story could make a change?
We all have our own stories, either it be good or bad or in the middle. Regardless of which these are our journeys to where we are today, but what if our journeys could help others. What if they could make things just that little bit easier for someone else on a similar journey. No matter what your position in life is right now, you have acquired some sort of lived experience. It could be homelessness, drug or alcohol issues, mental health or physical health issues, mental or
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Steve Mortlock
- Apr 10, 2017
- 2 min
Losing Control Event - Oxford April 2017
What happens when you put a group of people in a room to discuss the practicalities of creating a social movement fit for change? Well a little bit of chaos, a lot of learning, and a great new bunch of friends who share the vision of creating something good. Three of us here at Salford Dadz - Little Hulton were invited to attend this event which formed part of "Marmalade" the informal, dynamic, free and open-access fringe event to the Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurs
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Steve Mortlock
- Mar 22, 2017
- 1 min
End of Term Event - Tony Lloyd
One of our members went along to GMP Headquarters yesterday to listen to Tony Lloyd, Interim GMP Mayor and Policing and Crime Commissioner and Jim Battle, Deputy Commissioner speak about the work that has been done during their terms. It was a great evening with both thanking the groups that were there for their input and support. We have met with Jim Battle a few times to discuss what we are doing and how we can play a part in supporting the police. The evening included a s
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Steve Mortlock
- Mar 19, 2017
- 1 min
Mothers Day Gifts Pt2
We had great fun decorating our Mothers Day Gifts yesterday, here are a few of them, don't they look great! #GENERAL
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Steve Mortlock
- Mar 11, 2017
- 1 min
Mothers Day Gifts Pt1
Here is some of the wonderful Mothers day inspired clay work done by the kids today at our Saturday Dad's and Kids club. We aren't going to say whose is whose so it doesn't ruin the surprise though. The kids had a great time and really.enjoyed thinking about what they wanted to make. Next week, when they have dried, we will be painting them ready for Mothers Day. #GENERAL
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Steve Mortlock
- Mar 9, 2017
- 1 min
Visit to The School of Nursing @ Salford University
A couple of our Dadz had a great time today telling first year child nursing students @ Salford University all about our work. We told them about the initial project, how it all started, what methods were used and how it grew. The audience were very welcoming and were interested in what we had to say. We explained the impact that our work has had on local men and how it can benefit others as well as discussing how dads can sometimes feel left out when discussing their childre
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Steve Mortlock
- Nov 17, 2016
- 1 min
Realising The Value Event
Over the last eighteen months Nesta and the Health Foundation have been working on Realising the Value which was designed to enable people to take an active role in their own health and care. Our friends at Unlimited Potential were a partner in this project and the work done with Salford Dadz played a role in this. Yesterday we attended the final event of this project in Manchester, one of our members was also a speaker at the event. He did brilliantly speaking in front of a
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Steve Mortlock
- Nov 3, 2016
- 1 min
In The Media
Salford Dadz - Little Hulton feature in a piece written by Jeremy Taylor in the Guardian this week. Jeremy is chief executive of National Voices, the national coalition of health and care charities in England and discusses how different approaches to healthcare should be treated seriously. You can find the article here https://www.theguardian.com/social-care-network/2016/nov/03/we-cant-rely-on-the-same-old-care-service-models #GENERAL
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Steve Mortlock
- Sep 29, 2016
- 1 min
NHS Alliance
The NHS Alliance website featured an article about us on 29th September last year written by Heather Henry the project manager from Unlimited Potential that managed the original project. You can read it here http://www.nhsalliance.org/salford-dadz-building-relationships-better-therapy/ #GENERAL
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Steve Mortlock
- Aug 31, 2016
- 1 min
In the media
Well what a strange world! We made the cover of the Nursing Standard on 31st August 2016. There was a great two page article about us as well written by Heather Henry. Heather was the project manager who worked with us on the initial project back in 2013 and is now working on the Dadly Does It Project in Winton, Salford. You can read the online version of the article that was publiched online on 12th August 2016 here: https://rcni.com/nursing-standard/features/how-we-empowere
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