About Us
Parenting Out Loud is when dads are loud and proud about their caring responsibilities at work. It supports them to be equal parents at home and it is a revolution for working dads.
It’s transformational. It’s a clear step change from what previous generations were able – or allowed – to do. It’s a redefinition of what it means to be a man and a dad.
Parenting Out Loud is dads taking full parental leave, asking for flexibility for childcare, blocking school runs in work calendars, leaving loudly at 3pm, and being honest when a child is sick. It’s visible, intentional, and it challenges the unspoken rules of work.
This work is urgent. If we want to tackle the motherhood penalty, support women into leadership, improve parental mental health, and create better outcomes for children, we must change deeply rooted, gendered parenting norms. More dads want to step up — but workplace culture and outdated ideas about masculinity still hold them back.
Supporting dads isn’t just the right thing to do — it’s smart business. Employers who enable Parenting Out Loud see better recruitment, retention, engagement and wellbeing, and become more competitive in a changing labour market.
At Parenting Out Loud, we lead the national conversation on working dads. We empower fathers through peer support, resources and events, and partner with employers through programmes, consultancy and workshops to build Parenting Out Loud workplace cultures. We also drive change through the media and our flagship moments — the Working Dads’ Summit and Equal Parenting Week.
This is a movement.
Whether you’re a dad, an employer or an ally — you belong here.
Meet the team
Elliott Rae is one of the UK’s most prominent writers and speakers on fatherhood and masculinity.
Elliott is a husband and father to 2 daughters, aged 10 and 3. His work on fatherhood and masculinity was shaped by personal experience after being diagnosed with PTSD following the traumatic birth of his eldest daughter, who was born with Group B Strep.
He spent his 2 weeks of paternity leave by his family’s side in the neonatal intensive care unit before returning to work the very next day. In the first year of his daughter’s life, he changed his working pattern 3 times — flexibility that he describes, without exaggeration, as lifesaving.
That experience ignited his commitment to reshaping workplace cultures so that fathers and families are better supported from day one.
Elliott coined the term Parenting Out Loud and created the culture change programme which has revolutionised the national conversation about working fathers and is a thriving community for working dads who want to do things differently.
As an author, Elliott curated the bestselling book, DAD, and as a presenter, he fronted the seminal BBC One documentary ‘Becoming Dad’ which was one of the 20 most watched documentaries across the whole BBC network in 2022.
Elliott co-hosts the popular podcast, To Be A Boy, with Joeli Brearley, founder of Pregnant Then Screwed. The podcast explores parenting, raising boys and masculinity. To Be A Boy is one of the most listened to parenting podcasts in the UK, reaching number 1 in the Apple parenting podcast chart, number 7 in the UK Spotify all podcast charts and clocking up 1.6 million listener minutes in 2025. The podcast attracts high profile guests and has featured interviews with the likes of Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Caitlin Moran.
He has written for publications such as The Independent, The Telegraph and Grazia. He frequently appears across the media, including a feature on Loose Women and regular contributions to LBC, Radio 5 Live, BBC Politics Show and BBC Radio London.
Elliott has held senior Inclusion positions in large companies, most notably as the Head of DEI Delivery at HM Treasury.
He is recognised by LinkedIn as the UK’s top voice on fatherhood and in 2025, Elliott was awarded a MBE from the King for his work supporting new dads. He was also recognised by the United Nations and awarded the #HeForShe Change maker of the year award by UN Women UK.
Elliott is a big football fan and supports Queens Park Rangers (thanks dad!) and he absolutely loves music, having met his wife in a band many years ago. When he’s not working, parenting or watching football, you’ll usually find him at a music festival somewhere — dancing in the sunshine and soaking up the vibes.
Stavroula Dimitriou-Fox | Business Support
Stavroula provides business and operational support to Parenting Out Loud, helping ensure the movement runs smoothly behind the scenes.
She brings extensive experience supporting founders and purpose-led organisations, with a focus on systems, structure and sustainable delivery that allow impactful work to grow.
Lauren Plüss | Content & Comms Lead
Lauren is Content and Comms Lead at Parenting Out Loud.
She brings extensive experience in digital communications and social-impact campaigns, shaping clear, human stories that drive culture change around parenting, work and equality. As a working parent herself, Lauren combines professional expertise with lived experience to help Parenting Out Loud connect with dads, employers and policymakers.
Tom Jepson | Coach
Tom supports our monthly Dad Sessions.
Tom is a full-time carer, fuller-time parent, and ICF-accredited life coach. With over 15 years living with challenging personal dynamics, Tom is here to help you navigate the map of mid-life; finding the right path to a destination that is truly your own.
Shaun Burke | Coach
Shaun supports our monthly Dad Sessions.
Shaun Burke is a coach and facilitator who helps people make deep identity shifts to step out of repeating patterns and create lasting change. Blending neuroscience, habit design and emotional regulation, he supports leaders, entrepreneurs and professionals through transitions, resilience and high performance. With 7+ years’ experience and ACCP accreditation, Shaun also works with fathers balancing ambition, wellbeing and family life, delivering practical, human sessions on belief and behaviour change.
Steve Cardwell | Coach
Steve supports our monthly Dad Sessions.
Steve Cardwell is a performance coach who works with dads who know they’re capable of more but don’t feel fully on top of things in this season of life. His coaching focuses on helping men stop reacting and start executing deliberately, defining clear standards across work, family and health, then building simple systems to hit them consistently. Drawing from his own experience as a Dad alongside years of coaching high-performing professionals and business owners, Steve delivers practical, straight-talking support through bespoke frameworks designed for messy real life with young kids!
Contact us
Have a question, idea or want to work with us? We’d love to hear from you. You can use the form below or email us at hello@elliottrae.com