Resources

We know that it's not always easy to get fathers involved. There are so many reasons for this. That said, we hope that these tips equip you to take a step in building a good partnership with those fathers who do want to be involved.

This one-page download has some tips for fathers on how they can be involved in their children's lives during their early years. You can download it and share it with fathers at your ECD centre. 

We developed this toolkit to support ECD practitioners in  their essential work investing in the lives and education of children. This resource can help encourage increased father participation in early learning.

This short discussion guide can be used together with the fourth video clip from our ECD animated video series. 

Download these tips to find out more about how to be a positive, safe male role model to young people. 

The Fathers Matter Church Booklet gives and overview of how churches can partner with Heartlines to encourage the active, positive presence of men in children's lives. It also includes ideas for Fathers Matter events that can be run in churches and communities. 

This discussion guide has been designed for Christian youth and young adult small groups and includes questions and reflection actvities based on the Fathers Matter film series. 

This resource contains one standalone sermon outline on the topic of diversity and inclusion, and five session outlines on the topic of building bridges in the context of the church.

This resource contains four sermon outlines on the topic of story-sharing. They can be used as part of a church-wide rollout of What’s Your Story?

This resource contains ideas on how to create a sense of community at a time when people are feeling increasingly disconnected from one another.

This four-session journey will help build relationships and a stronger sense of community within and beyond your small group.