Posted on: 22nd October 2024

The 2024 UNISON Black History Month Awards evening was held in Leeds over the weekend, as an opportunity to celebrate the contributions of individuals and groups towards promoting, encouraging and supporting diversity inclusion.

Errol Murray, from Leeds Dads, was nominated for his work bringing together a diverse community of fathers in Leeds for social interaction and wellbeing support. Leeds Dads is a member project of Leeds Christian Community Trust.

More than a thousand dads a year visit the group with their pre-school children for lots of different activities, including free soft play, breakfast clubs, forest schools and more. The group is predominantly based in Beeston and Chapeltown, areas associated with deprivation, so the services are easily accessible for those who need them most.

Errol also does lots of work to raise awareness and support for fathers in his day job as an NHS Perinatal Partners Peer Supporter.

Read more about the awards here.