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Daughters and Dads Active and Empowered

Empowering girls through sport. Engaging dads as advocates for gender equity. Enhancing the dad-daughter bond & wellbeing. University led research program.

Daughters and Dads Active and Empowered is a multi-award-winning, community-based program, that engages fathers/father figures in positive lifestyle role modelling and effective parenting strategies to improve the physical activity behaviours, physical confidence, sport skills and social-emotional wellbeing of their daughters

During the program, dads spend quality time with their daughters, having fun and working together in practical sessions involving rough and tumble play, sport skills, and health-related fitness games. Both fathers and daughters gain the knowledge and skills necessary to promote lifelong physical activity. Dads also learn evidence-based parenting strategies to enhance the physical and mental wellbeing of their daughters. Daughters are given opportunities to practise key social-emotional skills including self-control, persistence, critical thinking, resilience and self-reliance and spend quality time with their dads working together in fun practical sessions involving sport skills (eg kicking, catching, throwing), rough and tumble play and health-related fitness games. Formerly known as DADEE (Dads And Daughters Exercising and Empowered), the program name was changed to Daughters and Dads Active and Empowered in mid-2019. In addition to our Daughters & Dads Active and Empowered 'Classic' program, a four-year partnership with the NSW Office of Sport will see the University of Newcastle team work with a number of state sporting bodies to develop sport specific variants of the Daughters & Dads program (2019-2023). Daughters & Dads Cricket was piloted in early 2020 in consultation with Cricket-NSW and Cricket Australia and continues to roll out in 2021-2023. Daughters & Dads Basketball is planned for delivery in 2022 in consultation with Basketball NSW, to co-ordinate with the 2022 Women’s Basketball World Cup in Sydney, NSW. Daughters & Dads Football is planned for delivery in 2022-2023 in consultation with Football NSW and NNSW Football, to c-ordinate with the FIFA Women's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand in 2023.

02/10/2026

Families in ACT, now is your chance to sign up for Daughters & Dads Football! ⚽

There’s still time to join our Daughters and Dads Active and Empowered program! ⏰

The deadline has been extended to 12 midnight on Monday 5 October, giving girls and their fathers or father figures the opportunity to create lasting memories, build confidence, and share a love of football together.

Don’t miss your chance to get involved.

⚽ 🩷🩵 Register today: tinyurl.com/mwdeb5fa

01/10/2026

Wrapping up another incredible Daughters & Dads University Course at The University of Newcastle, Australia! 🎓

Prof Philip Morgan, Dr Lee Ashton and Dr Brad Jones had the pleasure of teaching nearly 80 students about the Daughters & Dads Program. This university course has been shown to reduce preservice teachers' negative implicit and explicit attitudes towards girls and physical inactivity. It also improves preservice teachers' awareness of, and skills to address, gender-related issues in schools.

It is powerful to hear students' reflections on the content they learned and how they will apply this knowledge and these skills throughout their teaching careers.

Until next year! 🤝

28/09/2026

Daughters & Dads Football is kicking off again in Football West Football West - Great Southern ⚽🩵

🎉 DAUGHTERS AND DADS ALBANY 🎉

We are very happy to announce that Daughters and Dads is back for Term 4 in Albany! 😍

To find out more about the program please see the link below! 👇
https://youtu.be/uMl5JVrrPso

Daughters & Dads is a multi-award winning, evidence-based program that brings together fathers/father-figures & their primary school-aged daughters to promote physical activity, enhance sport skills, boost wellbeing, strengthen the father-daughter bond & advance gender equity.

Places are limited and the first two programs sold out so get in early! Details and registration link are below! 👇
https://forms.footballwest.com.au/registration-form-13/

🗓️ Starting Friday's 30th of October 2026
⏰ 5:15-6:15pm
🎂 Primary School aged girls and their fathers
📍 Barrel Farm Winery - 47898 South Coast Hwy, Marbelup WA
💰 $45 for 8 sessions

This program has been made possible by the Play Our Way Program, funded by the Department of Health and Aged Care.

25/09/2026

Calling all football clubs across Australia! ⚽

Have you been interested in delivering Daughters & Dads Football? Now is the perfect time. Football Australia's Growing Football Community Grant Program is now open, offering clubs the chance to secure funding to support Daughters & Dads Football program delivery costs.

If you're considering an application, get in touch. We'd be happy to provide information and ideas to help strengthen your submission! 🩷💙

16/09/2026

Daughters & Dads Football 🤝 Melbourne Victory 💙⚽

We’re proud to announce our new partnership with Melbourne Victory!

As one of Australia's leading football clubs, Melbourne Victory is committed to creating inclusive, quality football experiences that improve the health, wellbeing, and social connectedness of young people across Victoria.

Together, we're looking forward to creating positive experiences for daughters and their dads to connect through football, strengthen father-daughter relationships, improve social-emotional wellbeing, and enjoy all the benefits of being active in sport.

Exciting times ahead! 👏

05/09/2026

Happy Father's Day to all the wonderful dads and father-figures! 🩷

You play such an important role in your children's lives, and we hope you all feel very special today. 😁

01/09/2026

POV: You understand how important you are in your daughter's life 🥹

As Father's Day approaches in Australia, we wanted to put a spotlight on the incredible transformations families experience through the program! It's special to see daughters and dads continue to be active together and prioritising one-on-one time. 💙

26/08/2026

Have you ever considered how school uniforms can affect girls’ opportunities to be active at school?

Body image is a major concern among girls. If their uniforms don’t allow them to feel comfortable and confident while moving, can we really be surprised when their participation levels are low? School uniforms should support girls to be active, not become another barrier to their participation.

It's time for change. 🏃‍♀️

19/08/2026

More photos from an incredible pilot Daughters & Dads Football program delivered in Canberra! ⚽💙🩷 Capital Football - Official

18/08/2026

Did you know it's National Science Week? 🔬

To celebrate, we're putting one of the lesser-known research benefits of the Daughters & Dads program under the microscope!

The University of Newcastle, Australia offers a course as part of its teaching degrees on the Daughters & Dads programs, where pre-service teachers are given the opportunity to be involved in program delivery and learn valuable lessons about gendered barriers to sport and physical activity for girls. 🏃‍♀️‍➡️

This course has been shown to:
👇 Reduce negative implicit and explicit attitudes towards girls and activity
👆 Improve pre-service teachers’ awareness of, and skills to, address gender inequity in schools

With over 300 pre-service teachers and dozens of in-service teachers having completed the course, the ripple effects of improved gender equity in schools are immeasurable!

Address

Global Sport & Movement Collaborative
Newcastle, NSW
2308

Website

https://www.daughtersanddads.com.au/, http://linktr.ee/daughtersanddadsau

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