Hit the Ground Crawling Discounts and Conference
Hit the Ground Crawling (HTGC) is a groundbreaking antenatal training programme for expectant and new fathers, launched in the UK by the Fatherhood Institute last year.
Facilitated by trained midwives, health visitors or Children’s Centre staff, HTGC gives groups of dads-to-be the opportunity to learn childcare skills from new fathers and their babies. To date, we have trained more than 250 midwives, health visitors and Children’s Centre staff in 15 English local authorities (and one in Wales) to run HTGC, which gives groups of dads-to-be the opportunity to learn childcare skills from new dads and their babies.
“I think it has been good for my confidence in fatherhood as my own dad wasn’t a very good dad”
A Dad in Staffordshire
Ready to book a HTGC course? Do it now and save £1,000!
Find out more about our HTGC training course here. If you already know you're interested in the programme and book the training before the end of March, we'll give you a 20% discount - a saving of £1,000! To book your discounted course, email Dirk Uitterdijk or phone him on 0782 516 5832.
Not ready, but interested? Book now for the HTGC Conference!
Why not join us on the 27 April at the Marriott Hotel in Leicester for our national Hit the Ground Crawling Conference, to discover more about this pioneering programme - and the benefits to families of early engagement with fathers, the power of mentoring and the cost benefits to service providers?
At the event you will hear from experts in Early Years and Maternity Services; and you will be able to listen to first-hand accounts of HTGC from practitioners running the programme, as well as from dads who have taken part as expectant fathers and mentors. You can also learn about the launch of a new version of HTGC which builds on the evaluation and latest research about engagement with mothers. Confirmed speakers include:
- Kate Billingham, Project Director, Family Nurse Partnership and Healthy Child Programme
- Pat Djemli (Senior Manager, E Staffordshire Early Years & Childcare Unit) and practitioners from E Staffs
- Claire Fraser, the researcher who has conducted an independent evaluation of HTGC in Staffordshire, and
- David Bartlett, Fatherhood Institute Deputy Chief Executive.
Book now and save!
The standard delegate price for this one day event is £195 + VAT (additional delegates £175 + VAT). Delegates from existing Hit the Ground Crawling programmes pay £175/head + VAT. Charity delegates pay £150 + VAT.
NB: Think Fathers Champions who have signed up for Champions Plus benefit from a further 10% discount on all these rates.
Who should attend
Frontline workers and volunteers (eg father/family workers in Children’s Centres and other early years settings, parent link workers); healthcare professionals (eg midwives, health visitors, health authority project leads); operational managers (eg Children’s Centre Managers, Children’s Trust managers, senior parenting practitioners); strategic managers (eg teenage pregnancy co-ordinators, heads of offender management); service commissioners (eg parenting commissioners).
Why you should attend
- To find out why early engagement with fathers is so important
- To hear about what works for dads, from dads themselves
- To discover the day to day benefits and challenges of running HTGC
- To network and share your own experiences and ideas
- To meet your New Regional Development Officer
- To book HTGC at 10% discount
Exhibiting at the conference
This conference attracts a large audience from across the children’s sector including senior managers, practitioners and commissioners, providing an excellent opportunity to showcase your products and services and to network with this key audience. To find out how, email Charlie Rice, Marketing Manager or call his direct line 020 7143 6877.
To book a place
Download and fill in a booking form here – or call Rachel Page on 0845 634 1328.
Date: Tuesday, February 2, 2010
