ABSTRACT
A worker from the Bradford Health of Men team working for Bradford City Primary Care Trust provided health checks and advice for the men attending the event. The idea for a tournament came up in a meeting of the Dads United Network held at the Bradford Health Promotion Service in September 2004 during a discussion about positive ways to involve dads in the lives of their children. When presented with the opportunity to father their own child many are unable to discover the inner resources needed because they haven't experienced it for themselves. The feel good factor generated by the success of the five-a-side football tournament encouraged the group to organise further events and subsequent tournaments with similar success. Children's activities were provided, including two children's art workshops which were well supported by volunteers from the various organisations and by the parents who attended the event.
